Scotland

I would be a patriot because I think people should put Britain, a place very far away from America, away. It is a very great idea to keep places separated because it will cause issues in the future. There may not even that much stuff going around. There are a lot of ways that America should be separated. America already has a lot of problems, making Britain own this could cause a disaster. Life would be really different if American was free. America is supposed to be a free country that created…

Around 8000 BC, hunter-gatherers first settled into Ireland. These settlers came from different parts of Europe and Great Britain. For thousands of years, these settlers lived by fishing and hunting until around 4000BC. The settlers gave up their hunter-gatherer way of life and began farming. Sometime around 3000 BC, the offspring of the first settlers of Ireland built monuments and burial mounts such as the most famous Newgrange. Early society in Ireland was pagan. This remained for thousands…

Etienne Provost was a great fur trapper that is remembered by many people. He was born in Chambly, Quebec in Canada on December 21, 1785. Most of Provost’s child history is a mystery. Most people do not know anything about his childhood. Etienne was a “free trapper” and many people believe that he was the first white man to see the Great Salt Lake. Though most people think it was Jim Bridger, people think the routes he traveled he could not have missed it. Provost traveled up the Arkansas River…

‘He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor Macleod. He is immortal.’ Despite tanking at the majority of global box offices and bringing in only approximately $13 million, Russell Mulcahy’s Sci-Fi/Fantasy film Highlander (1986) soon developed a cult following. This lead to the production of five reboots, two TV series, an animated series, movie and flash movie series, along with ten…

Devastating and Drastic, the Irish Potato Famine changed Ireland in a variety of ways. Farmers and regular people were starving to death due to the lack of healthy potatoes. The people in Ireland were extremely dependent on potatoes and when the blight came the economy went down. As the fungus spread throughout the country, people began to lose their main source of food. Since the people in Ireland depended on the potato, it made the population cripple with the lack of a healthy food. The Irish…

It is inevitable to state that the United States is a nation that is culturally diverse. Even more, along with the component of culture, language stands out to be one of the most important cultural aspect that keeps communication and socialization available. As a result, “Language Assimilation Today: Bilingualism Persists More Than in the Past, But English Still Dominates” by Richard Alba discusses about the trends of assimilation by looking specifically at the 2000 Census data. The summary…

Beowulf In the poem, Beowulf, a warrior from Geats comes to help Hrothgar, the king of the Danes whose land is being attacked by a monster, Grendel. Beowulf is successful and kills Grendel. To show his bravery and abilities, he even kills Grendel without using weapons. However,Hrothgar is still in trouble, because Grendel's mother is now trying to get revenge. As the poem continues, Beowulf kills Grendel's mother in her lair with a sword that giants used. After the victory, Beowulf returns…

Throughout history, the Loch Ness monster has been a legend among creatures. First, it was called a monster fish, then it was determined to be a dragon before finally claiming the name of Loch Ness Monster. Said to dwell in the lake Loch Ness, the name monster was first applied to it in the early 1900 hundreds. People searched far and wide, looking for the mysterious creature said to live in the Loch Ness. Many sightings of the monster were reported throughout history, going back to even a…

Marching from Essex county to Brentwood, Kent and Canterbury, Thomas baker, the leader of the revolt and followers, captured and killed sherifs throughout the villages they came across as they made their way to London. A quick negotiation with the crown and legislatures took place with a revolt diplomacy but failed. On June 10th, 1381, rebels from Canterbury and other neighbouring settlements such as Essex, marched into London. Meeting at Blackheath, chroniclers estimated 60, 000 people camped…

Robert Burns, a Scottish poet and lyricist was born January 25 of 1759 and died July 21 of 1796. He is known for his writing on Romanticism poetry and his way of portraying feeling and emotion throughout his writings. Two of his famous poems A Red, Red Rose and Ye Flowery Banks (Bonie Doon) are examples of romanticism, which was an intellectual movement that originating Europe toward the end of the 18th century. Burns’s poems are full of emotion such as happiness, sadness, anger and despair.…