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    Ocean Creative Writing

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    ‘Alexia Riley, you have been commissioned by the High Council of the Earth’s Forestry and Woodland to document a trek through the Atlantic Ocean. Is your team ready to depart in four days time?’ ‘Yes, Sir. We will be fully equipped to depart from Great Britain at 7:30am Thursday 26th May 2018. We will be departing from Heathrow Airport, and travelling to Nanortalik, Greenland. From there we will depart, and travel through the Atlantic Ocean before arriving in the Falkland Islands.’ My reply…

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    The War Of 1812

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    stating that if either power dropped restrictions they would go back to non- intercourse with either power, in result Napoleon stopped restrictions and the United States blocked all trade with Britain that November (qtd. in “War of 1812”). The Royal navy also infuriated American’s by pulling seamen out of vessels and making them fight for them, this is also known as impressment (qtd. in “War of 1812”). On June 18, 1812, the president (James Madison) signed a declaration of war, immediately U.S.…

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    James Madison's Legacy

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    our country as president during the war of 1812 and he led ‘his’ nation against the British and canadian allies to help the nation not only reach peace but also propel our country to a prosperous future. After the British Navy abducted U.S. sailors and force them into their own Navy, Madison received a unanimous vote “79-49 for it in the House, 19-13 in the Senate.” Leadership can be defined as “The art of leading others to deliberately create a result that wouldn 't have happened otherwise.”…

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    While a war with Great Britain seemed inevitable leading up to the year of 1812, America did everything they could to avoid it. However, the offenses committed against the United States served as major provocations that left them with no choice but to declare war. Despite promising the Americans their independence after the Revolutionary War, 29 years later the British were still stationed in the Western territories of the US. The British also continued to interfere with the personal trade of…

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    Summary: James Fenimoore Cooper begins his patriotic novel, The Spy, a Tale of the Neutral Ground, by first setting the scene for his book. During the American Revolution, after the British had captured the island of New York, a small county named Westchester had become a common ground. On this ground loyalist and patriots alike interact neutrally, at least they pretended to. Cooper first introduces the reader to Mr. Wharton, a rather wealthy man, and also a British loyalist. One evening,…

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    Robert Pringle Informed his brother of the impending arrival of 30 barrels of illicit gunpowder immediately after informing him about the location of a naval patrol with a “strong squadron and a great number of troops on board.” Henry Laurens was quick to suggest illicit trade to a few of his trusted business relations, albeit in far more cautious terms. In a letter to Captain Thomas Osborne of the schooner Jolly Batchelor, Laurens stated that “ you and I both know that some branches of…

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    1) For each episode, write a brief 2-3 sentence summary of the main storylines. Episode 15: “Follow the leader”: In this episode Jack takes leadership and tries to prevent their last three-year from happening. Meanwhile Juliet and Sawyer are trying to get off the island on a submarine. On the present time Locked is on the island now as the Others leader and is trying to kill a man named Jacob. Episode 16: The Incident: Part 1: In this episode we find out who the famous Jacob is and that he has…

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    Napoleonic War Dbq

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    One habit of the Royal Navy during the beginning of the 19th century, known as impressment, was to force crewmembers on American vessels to enlist in the Royal Navy by claiming them as English deserters, as there was at the time no way to distinguish Americans from British (Heidler). These acts constituted a military effort against the United…

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    Napoleon's Goal

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    What was the goal of Napoleon and was he a person to follow? In The Age of Napoleon lots of things happen that change France. “Napoleon (1769-1821) dominated both French and European history from 1799 to 1815.” He put his military knowledge in the outbreak of the French Revolution and brought it to an end. That was one of the main reason that rise him to power. Napoleon life had a background and it's his military career where he leaned and dominated his military skills. He slowly was losing his…

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    Mary Rose Sunk Thesis

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    The reading states that several theories have sought to explain why the Mary Rose sank suddenly and provides three of these theories. However, the professor states that it's unclear what was the problem that caused the Mary Rose sunk and there are problems in each of the theories in the reading passage. First, the reading states that the first theory is that the Mary Rose's gunports were flooded, causing the ship to sink. The professor counters this point by saying that if the gunports were…

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