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that was evaluated and studied is located in the Florida Treasure Coast, Martin County which includes the smaller communities of Jensen Beach, Stuart, Palm City, Jupiter Island, Seawalls Point, Ocean Breeze, Indiantown, North River Shores, Rio, Port Salerno, Port Maraca, and Hobe Sound. Martin county is nestled between Palm Beach county and St. Lucie County and offers 753 square miles of land, 209 square miles of which is water provided by either the St. Lucie River and Inlet. The St. Lucie…

Pirate Research Paper Catherine McDonnell SS 325 Professor McKeown 3-30-16  Francis Drake was born in roughly 1540 as the youngest of twelve sons. His parents, Mary Myllwaye and Edmund Drake, were farmers on Lord Francis Russell’s estate. At eighteen years old Drake served as an apprentice on a merchant ship that traded goods between France and England. Due to his high skill level on the seas, including navigation, his relatives enlisted him. These relatives, the Hawkins, were…

Political - Europe had political involvement largely with China, Latin America, and Africa, not so much with the Middle East. Within China was the Opium Wars over that also had largely to do with trade. Eventually, these wars resulted in the Treaty of Nanking that ended the war and gave Great Britain the colony of Hong Kong and increased sphere of influence. Involvement in Latin America was in regards to the vast amount of colonies had in Latin America, although many of the colonies did achieve…

The history of Great Britain's empire has always been a little controversial, but by examining their interactions with China during the 19th century, it is apparent that this part of their history was selfishly corrupt and malevolent. This essay shall argue that for many years leading up to the First Opium War, Great Britain fully endorsed the smuggling of illegal opium into China; the goal being to increase revenues within India, and consequently of Britain itself. Despite knowing the harm…

south to Vero Beach, Florida’s Space Coast is sometimes characterized as a multigenerational destination, with incredible diversity from North to South. This diversity is evident through Space Coast’s designated towns: Cocoa Beach, Palm Bay, Melbourne, Port Canaveral, Melbourne Beaches, Titusville, and Viera. Its identity is drawn from the Kennedy Space Center, which was the public face of a NASA space program that concluded with the landing of the shuttle Atlantis in July of 2011. The region’s…

The Union navy quickly mobilized to set up a blockade of southern ports. The blockade largely prevented the south from selling or receiving goods, and it seriously damages the southern economy. The union was mad about being broken and the confederates were mad because Abraham Lincoln was president and he wanted to get rid of slavery. The strategies of the north and the south were that the union strategy took out the South's supplies and demand, the South's strategy was the south thought that…

Artist Bio Raquel Paladino began her journey with finger paints at Christmas time; the buttery feel of the paints, bright colors, let's say it was a sensual experience when she had no concept of what that was. As a teenager her first art champion was her father when he gave her a small box of oil pastels. From then on Raquel experimented with pencils, charcoal, watercolors on any kind of paper or art surface. That is when "being an artist" first became a conscious thought. That is when she…

The Great Ocean Road is the most famous road in all of Australia. 240 shipwrecks including Loch Ard have been discovered from Cape Otway to Port Fairy. Furthermore, Loch Ard is the second top attraction behind the twelve Apostles and it is Victoria’s best known shipwreck. It has an interesting history and nowadays many people love to relive and learn about the final voyage of the Loch Ard. In 1873, a sailing vessel called ‘Loch Ard’ was built by two companies: Charles Connell & Company and…

The Ottoman empire was a vast and powerful empire, but in the 18th century suffered military problems and challenges to its rule. These problems in fact were solved by reformations and the creation of the “Tanzimat”, which were a series of series of reforms that brought over culture, education, society, and religions more in line with Europe. The western reforms allowed the Ottoman empire to improve in their military army, their education, and economic, which they were struggling in before the…

The goal was to force Britain and France to respect American rights during the war between the two. However, before other countries could even react or feel the pressure to respect our rights, citizens began suffering. Because it closed all of the ports and docks in the United States, those who worked on them were now unemployed. Philip Barton, a federalist, claimed that “In an agricultural point of view, it has paralyzed industry” (Doc D). This clearly shows the downfall created by the embargo…