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    Born on August 13,1593, Henry Hudson, was considered one the most famous explorers. Henry Hudson made four voyages in his career. The first voyage began in May of 1607 and ended in September of that year. The Muscovy Company, out of England, hired Hudson to find a northern route to Asia. The voyage began in England. He sailed on a small, three-masted ship that was named Hopewell. As he was trying to find a northern route to Asia, he was stopped by the Great Barrier Reef. Hudson was forced to…

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    minerals then mended together with a base material. The problem here with traditional roads is the waste of heat and the poor quality; the tar coating tends to let water seep through and over time the road just decomposes itself, forming pits and cracks. India and the Netherlands are the known countries for cultivating plastic wastes and turning it into a reinforcement material in bitumen. Plastic is not identified as a biodegradable material…

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    any further, it reached its highest point. Through this time there has been many important factors, the privateers being one they. They were the ones that defeated the colonies. They had their own ranks, uniforms, and tactics and were huge. The Dutch East Corporation had the fourth largest navy on the earth. Another important factor were the trade…

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    American Revolution Dbq

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    There are five things that consist of the Intolerable Acts. The first is the Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston until the Dutch East India Company was repaid for the tea that had been dumped in the harbor. The second is the Massachusetts Government Act which put the government of Massachusetts almost entirely under the control of the British. The third was the Administration of Justice…

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    The men on the boats were falling ill and they needed a refreshment station between destinations. The Cape was a perfect place for this as it was a half way mark. Jan Van Riebeeck, his men and family arrived in the Cape in 1652. Led by the Dutch East Indian Company (DEIC) however, known as the VOC. A large shipment of slaves were introduced to the Cape in 1658, according to a source in “In Search of History” however according to SA online in 1655 three of the first slaves were…

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    Revolutionary War Causes

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    all the tea overboard. Another cause of the American revolution war the Intolerable Act. The Intolerable act is where the king imposed new laws as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party. There was the closing of the port of Boston until the Dutch East India Company had cleaned and repair the for the destroy tea. And then there was the Massachusetts Government act where Massachusetts is almost full control of British control. Then there was where the royal officials to be tried in Britain if the…

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    1. The three fundamental variables that added to the Ottoman Empire's development after it rose in northwestern Anatolia were the pioneers' knowledge, the arrangement of an armed force with conventional abilities and new military innovation, and its control of the Dardanelles strait, which was a beneficial connection amongst Asia and Europe. 2. Selim had a vital impact in the historical backdrop of the Ottomans by consummation the Safavid shah's potential risk on the Ottoman Empire. He…

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    Explain the apparent military decline of East Asia after 1700 East Asia had been regarded as one of the most military advanced region of the globe since the early firearms were invented by the Chinese before the Europeans perfected them. Indeed, the earliest known formula for gunpowder is found in a Chinese work dating from the 800s. This allowed the Chinese to apply it to warfare through producing a variety of gunpowder weapons among them rockets, bombs, mines, and rockets before inventing the…

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    Vermeer's Hat Summary

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    Beginning from the 17th century, world trade started to expand and people interact with each other by sharing knowledges and different cultures. However there exist two opposing views of the impact that the world trade imposed upon us. Vermeer states that the world trade was one in which people of different origins and race have come to unite and cooperate. For Rediker, on the other hand, the 18th century world of trade caused the separation and alienation along class and race lines by the…

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    English Imperial System Name: Institutional Affiliation: English Imperial System The mention of the terms imperialism and colonization cannot be used in the current society without inciting some political pasts. Even so, some people such as the Europeans believe that the terms do not have adverse connotations and has resulted to most of them claiming that their imperial reach brought forth economic progress in their colonies. However, some human activists have maintained that the…

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