New Model Army

A civil war was fought because of the king’s unconstitutional acts, but later became a dispute over the powers of the crown and Parliament. In order to increase the Roundheads’ chances of victory, Colonel Thomas Pride led his troops in the English House of Commons and removed one hundred Royalist and Presbyterians who were accused of siding with Charles I and were also seen as unreliable in the army. By the end of the English Civil War, the Roundheads obtained victory. Oliver Cromwell was convinced monarchy was not needed in England. He forced Parliament into trying, convicting, and executing King Charles I for “treason against the people” because Charles I was personally responsible for the outbreak of the Second Civil War (“English Civil War”). Oliver Cromwell handpicked judges and forced them to sign the death warrant of King Charles (“Cromwell, Oliver”). Charles I refused to give up his power as king and was beheaded on January 30, 1649. On that same day, the Rump Parliament passed an act prohibiting any person to become a monarch in England. Their intention was to crush any potential successors to the…

theory dates back to a Jesuit Missionary in 1590 who believed these people could not have evolved ‘in-situ’ (O’Neill 2004, 6). This was due to a religious explanation in which God created Adam and Eve in the old world, therefore, people must have migrated (O’Neill 2004, 7). While this idea is not widely accepted anymore, the migration model is one of great prominence. This book uses science to prove why the Bering land bridge is the best hypothesis to explain the peopling of North America. The…

Andre Freire 1. The Pacific Coast Migration Model theory states that hunters and gatherers traveled in boats along the Pacific Coast line and into the Americas. This theory can neither be totally confirmed nor denied because of the rise in sea level and therefore lack of evidence. Although there is no definite proof of this model, seafaring cultures found in the Pacific Rim support that people may have traveled from Asia into the Americas by boat. Another theory on the population of…

Even though there are other possibilities that other migrated routes existed in America, the significance of prehistoric Beringia and the part it portrayed in “The Peopling of the Americas” in my opinion, considered to be incontestable. The first considerable empirical evidence to support the land bridge theory started with the findings of the spear points located by Clovis, New Mexico during the early 20th century. They could describe the variety of objects made by human beings, identical to…

humans came to the New World through the coastal route or the continental route. For both sides there is an abundant amount of compelling evidence for one to come up with their own conclusion. There are a variety of arguments for where the migration came from like: Asia, Europe, or Beringia. The Asia argument asserts the first migrants came from Siberia, the Solutrean hypothesis argues that people came from Europe (Oppenheimer et al,. 2014). In Beringia there was ice-free corridor between Asia…

This path was along the glacier by the Bering Landbridge. Most historians believe technological developments in travel like boats is how the first people arrived. After passing the western coast of modern day America the first people would have sailed down to Monte Verde. The evidence of Monte Verde is from a webstie of the Smithsonian Institution http://www.si/edu/encyclopedia)si/nmnh.origin.htm The South Pacific/Atlantic theory states the first humans started in Japan and Australia and came…

over the years and continues to be somewhat of a buzzword in todays society. Reginald Walter Saunders is an excellent example of a man who overcame racism in one of the most difficult of circumstances. Saunders was an Indigenous Australian who fought in WWII both for his county and his rights as an Aborigine. He later became known as the first Aboriginal commissioned officer in the Australian army. Throughout his time of service, he made a significant impact on the world and today I would like…

Australia's wartime experiences especially those at Pozieres during World War I, acknowledges how the soldiers have shaped our nation and become an integral part of defining who we as Australians are. Australia had an important role in supporting the imperial Great Britain and were always ever-ready to aid Britain even though the war did not affect Australian geographically. Despite the devastating toll on the Australian Imperial Force, “our Diggers fought with distinction and left a deep and…

He looked me up and down, gave me six cigars, some chocolate and shook my hand. We talked for a while, walking around No Man’s Land. I found out that his name Stefan Jünger. He had 3 kids and a wife at home. He joined the army because of the good pay. He hasn’t killed a man in battle yet and he doesn’t want to. He prays for the lost lives every night, whether they were from his side or the enemy’s. He was truly a good man, Nancy. You would’ve liked him. Suddenly, one of our men came out with a…

Villers-Bretonneux, a town in France, is home to the main Australian World War One memorial, Musée Franco-Australien, Victoria School and Restaurant le Kangourou. The meaning behind its Australian atmosphere and influences are quite remarkable and displays the pure qualities of ‘Anzac Spirit’. These qualities include endurance, courage, ingenuity, good humour and mateship. It is believed that, “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing” (Edmund Burke,…