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From 800 to 1169, we had the first Viking raids, to the raids of the Norman invasions. Viking ports were set up at Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork and Limerick, which became the first big towns in Ireland. Ireland was set up with tribes who were semi-independent known as the Túatha. During these invasions, many attempts were made by various factions to take control of the whole island. During this period, there was rivalry between the High Kings of Ireland, from the Northern and Southern…

the crown of a royal country like England, France and Spain. In England’s case, a royal governor who carried out the instructions of the crown, which weren’t exactly commands to the governor, more like strong suggestions, ruled each of these types of colonies. The significance of the royal colony is that it brought the idea of micromanaging countries. This would later on make the United States have governors to govern their state and mayors to oversee the city/town. Proprietary Colony: Was a…

embargo. Textile manufacturers in New England suffered considerably with the sudden collapse of trade. According to Ware, these findings tend “to destroy the theory that it was the embargo which, by cutting off foreign competition and throwing out of employment labor and capital, gave the impetus and protection to the American industry which enabled it to become firmly established. . . . By striking at the prosperity of the commercial elements of the New England coast towns, it destroyed the…

society, though less so, since there was more equality between the social classes in English American than England at the time. In addition, the English king granted English America much independence. Governors ruled the colonies, who, for the most part, were elected by the colonists. Colonial English America also consisted of…

It was in the second decade of the Twentieth Century, after the Great Plague had devastated England, that Hermann the Irascible, nicknamed also the Wise, sat on the British throne. The Mortal Sickness had swept away the entire Royal Family, unto the third and fourth generations, and thus it came to pass that Hermann the Fourteenth of Saxe-Drachsen-Wachtelstein, who had stood thirtieth in the order of succession, found himself one day ruler of the British dominions within and beyond the seas. He…

them. However, many Americans do not realize that this legend originated from a story that appears in Washington Irving’s book, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Washington Irving was born to a Scottish immigrant family on April 3, 1783, in New York City. Later that year, The Treaty of Paris was signed,…

who not only was a child, but later died in Orkney after falling ill on her way to Scotland. In an effort to avoid civil war, King Edward I (aka Longshanks) was asked to be an arbitrator while a new king was elected. The new king, John Balliol, ended up being very weak and through him, King Edward I of England took control of Scotland in 1296…

was destroyed. New South boosters came in during the industrial era and worked to improve the South by building railroads and factories. Southerners also began shipping out raw materials such and timber and coal. Just as before the war a majority of the South was poor. In books such as Rick Bragg’s Ava’s Man and Hard Times Cotton Mill Girls by Victoria Byerly the lives of the working class poor in the New South were described in detailed oral histories. The working poor of the New South era is a…

Paper Towns is a coming of age novel set in Orlando, Florida. It was written by John Green in 2008 and features high school students as they coming to terms with growing up and learning about the diversity and complexity of humans. By exploring how the characters learn the book connects to its audience and gives them the chance to reflect on their own lives. The novel begins in a subdivision called Jefferson Park. The narrator Quentin “Q” Jacobson and his neighbour Margo Roth Spieglman, both…

Element 2 Samsung is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company. Headquarter is located in Samsung Town, Seoul. In 1938s, Samsung was founded by Lee Byungchul as a trading company. He diversified his group into different area such as processing, textiles, insurance, securities and retail. After lee’s death in 1987, Samsung was separate into four different groups– Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group and Hansl Group. Since 1990s Samsung has increasingly globalized electronics and…