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Learning Site. [online] History Learning Site. Available at: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-one/causes-of-world-war-one/the-naval-race-1906-to-1914/ [Accessed 25 May 2017]. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (2017). Bosnian crisis of 1908 | Balkan history. [online] Encyclopedia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/event/Bosnian-crisis-of-1908 [Accessed 25 May 2017]. Cornish, P. (2017). What You Need To Know About Pre-First World War Alliances. [online]…

Rhiana Bishop CHY4U Mrs. Ritsma December 22, 2017 Effects of Industrialism the Industrial Revaluation was one of the main turning points in history of man-made inventions. Our class was given a picture of the workers in a textile mill in the Lancashire area in the Mid-nineteenth century. From this picture many question could be asked. People could ask about what was the machinery used in this factory or in the textile factories of the times. Or people could wonder about the conditions in the…

As Europeans increased in numbers to settle America, their presence had a profound effect upon the native people living there. The exchange of knowledge on food items, weapons, religion, language and the introduction to disease are just a few examples of the impact Europeans had on Native Americans (Schultz, n.d.). Initially, the relationships between the two were friendly, the Natives traded food, fur pelts and knowledge to be self-sufficient in this new world for European manufactured items…

Zack Nutter Analysis of Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America’s Race to the Moon Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America’s Race to the Moon by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton Copyright 1994. Moon Shot is written by two authors. Alan Shepard was the first American to be in space and also one of the main people in Mission Control during the moon landing. Shepard was also an extremely good pilot and was known for wanting to land on aircraft carriers over anything else. Deke Slayton…

Blaise Pascal- Pascaline An idea does not just come out of nowhere; there needs an action to trigger those specific thoughts. The same goes for inventions, events need to lead up to the need/idea for an invention. For example, sliced bread would have never been invented had not the recipe for bread itself been created. Another example takes place in the life of Blaise Pascal. The upbringing of Blaise Pascal led to one of his greatest inventions, the Pascaline calculator. Blaise Pascal was born…

The Red-Headed League because of his fiery red hair, but it was abruptly suspended as shown in this statement: “The Red-Headed League is dissolved October 9, 1890”. The Red-Headed League offered Wilson a job with a salary of 4£ for copying Encyclopædia Britannica for four hours. Wilson puts Holmes to the task of finding out what…

Very few artists have captured the minds of audiences young and old quite like the way Vincent van Gogh has. His life and works have proven to fascinate time and time again. During his lifetime it was stated, "of his 700 paintings and thousands of drawings, of which he sold less than half-dozen in his lifetime." (Fiero, 2011) In this paper, the life of Vincent van Gogh will be addressed up until the point of his demise. Within this discussion, one of the most recognizable paintings titled "The…

Academic Search Elite. Web. 7 Feb. 2017. McCook, Matt. "The Animated Man: A Life Of Walt Disney." Canadian Journal Of History 44.1 (2009): 152-153. Academic Search Elite. Web. 7 Feb. 2017. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Technicolor." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 20 July 1998. Web. 27 Jan. 2017. "Walt Disney and His Influence on the Mass Media." Walt Disney and His Influence on the Mass Media. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2017. "Walt Disney's Life." PBS. PBS, n…

property rights. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica has stated. “This so called Law of the Twelve Tables was from the basis of all subsequent Roman private law.” Around the end of the 5th century BCE, the expansion of Rome started to begin throughout the Etruscan states (Britannica.com). The expansion of Rome was caused by the population increasing throughout the cities and towns. During the expansion of the city-state, Rome went to war with Fidenae, Veii, and they also started the Latin…

Following the incredible chaos of World War One, the restlessness in America shaped into a new era: the Jazz Age. “The Jazz Age is the name given to the era in American history between the end of WW1 and the start of the Great Depression in 1929 (Alchin, Linda. 1913-1928: WW1 & Prohibition).” The Nineteen Twenties were a time of many radical cultural changes in America. Young men who had returned from combat longed to make the most of the rest of their time, and began living rather reckless…