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Google Books, books.google.com/books?id=m9xbAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=king%2Bgeorge%2Biii&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixzfXa5OLXAhWiw1QKHXHrCeAQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=king%20george%20iii&f=false. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “George II.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 24 July 2014,…

HITLER: A HERO OR A DICTATOR? According to (Randheer, 2014) Adolf Hitler was definitely not acknowledged by Germans as a hero for he is the main culprit for millions of death during the Nazi era. There were small groups who praised him for his so-called patriotism but majority of the population of Germany and Austria loathes Hitler for his wrong doings. Hitler's political project had resulted to a world war, abandoning a crushed and ruined Eastern and Central Europe, including Germany. His…

of a substance contains 6.02 x10^23 particles of the substance. That number is known as Avogadro’s number ("Amount of." SI Units Explained). “The number of atoms or other particles in a mole is the same for all substances” (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). That…

Jacqueline Cochran - Spring Semester Project Jacqueline Cochran, whose given name was Bessie Lee Pittman, ran a multi-million dollar company, broke numerous aviation records and was the first woman to become involved in piloting programs. Just as Mary Curie, Amelia Earhart, and Susan B. Anthony are appreciated names that define an era, there are also underrated historical figures such as Jacqueline Cochran that should be acknowledged. Cochran, born on May 11th, 1906, was the youngest of five…

Americans, and the rest of the world, should switch to nuclear power because it produces great amounts of energy with little to no waste, is constantly available and reusable, and nuclear energy is safe. Nuclear energy provides great amounts of energy with very little amounts of nuclear material. In the documentary “Pandora’s Promise” Leonard Koch(died on the fifteenth of may in 2015) said that “one pound of uranium, which is about the size of my fingertip, would produce the same amount of…

In his books “The Discourse of Inequality” and “The Social Contract” Jean-Jacques Rousseau supported ideas such as the abolition of private property, the unnaturalness of inequalities or the government by the common people (Delaney). 150 years later, ideas of the same nature were stated in the “Communist Manifesto” of Karl Marx, the book which led to the Russian October Revolution in 1917(Trotsky). Jean Jacques Rousseau was a French philosopher who lived in the 18th century (Enlightenment). He…

Alcatraz was built as a maximum security prison, it was capable of escape, but prisoners never made it off the island alive. This prison on the water was built to hold the most dangerous criminals, because it was the hardest prison to escape from. Today you can visit and or tour Alcatraz it is now a national park for people to witness some of the stuff prisoners had to go through being there. Alcatraz has a lot of things people don’t know about it like what was the purpose, how many…

Civil rights are the rights of citizens to political and social equality. One of the major goals of the American Civil Rights movement was to give all people, regardless of race, equal rights. In the United States, civil rights are supposed to be for all people. Throughout history, people have had to fight for their rights when others tried to deny them. Today, all people enjoy the benefits of civil rights advocates. Susan B. Anthony changed the course of history. Without Susan B. Anthony,…

is Hinduism because it originates from the Indian subcontinent. (“Britannica”) One belief of the Hindus is in karma. (“9 Beliefs” ) This pertains to Pi in the story because when the hyena kills the zebra and the orangutan, he wishes karma upon the horrendous hyena. (ch. 45) Another thing that goes along with the story is that Hinduism is one of the biggest religions after Pi’s other two religions: Christianity and Islam. (“Britannica”) “I am a Hindu because of sculptured cones of red kumkum…

Charles Blackwell Mr. Coley U.S. History 16 March 2017 3rd Marking Period Quarterly Many countries including the U.S. and USSR had major impacts on the Cold War. The Cold War effected economies as well because of the uprising of communism in Soviet Union and China. Many people were scared that it would come to their country too. This time period was also a new age of technology to help countries gather information to see who could be the most powerful and smartest country. There were many…