Ship breaking

“In fourteen ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue”. This phrase is taught by elementary school teachers around the world. Christopher Columbus is said to be a world renowned hero, but is he really? Today the question is, Christopher Columbus, world hero or dark minded villain? In 1451 a soon to be hero was born unto the world in genoa Italy. Christopher Columbus the eldest son of Christian family father Domenico Columbo, and wool worker and merchant mother Susanna Fantanarossa.…

Great Britain especially, turned to the United states. The United States, being a neutral country at first, made a surfeit of money selling war supplies to allied countries. Trade eventually started to diminish when Germany started sinking merchant ships. To compensate, the US entering the war allowed naval escorts to ensure safe oversea trade.…

Coined by Charles-Louis de Secondat, an 18th century political philosopher, the expression "separation of powers", was a saying that created the foundation of today’s governing. The separation of powers refers to the breaking-up of government accountabilities into individual branches (judicial, legislative, executive) that limit any other branch of holding too much power in the rule; thus creating checks and balances. Checks and balances say that each section can check the rulings of another and…

leaves the helm to rest his legs, slowly drifting off to a peaceful sleep. His crew thinks that the bag given by King Aeolus contains gold and riches, which Odysseus plans to keep for himself. They open the bag to see what’s inside and poof, their ship is blown all the way across the sea to back to Aeolus’s Palace. In the story itself Odysseus says, “In my grief I thought that I should cast myself overboard and drown, rather than suffer such tragedy. But my spirit held me, made me cling to the…

How did the Transatlantic Slave Trade lead to the systemic racism that still exists today? DBQ Outline: Introduction: Requirements Hook: Summary: Divided Thesis: The majority of Europeans thought that the Africans were less than human, therefore this led to the colonization and the systemic racism that exists today Body Paragraph: 1 Requirements: Point: The Europeans thought of the Africans as pawns to complete their work and fulfill their needs for slaves Evidence 1:…

the second-floor registry room in the Great Hall, where they were evaluated by medical inspectors looking for contagious diseases and physical disabilities, and by legal inspectors checking that names, birthplaces, ages, and occupations that matched ship registries. Then in 1917, a literacy test for immigrants over fourteen was administered. When France and the U.S agreed to make the statue, they agreed France would make the statue and America would make the pedestal. Richard Morris Hunt…

The live export of animals is a process in which animals, mostly cattle, sheep and goats, are sent overseas. Australia in particular ships millions of animals yearly overseas. Exporting live animals is wrong and needs to stop. The outcome of this exportation is tortuous and results in illness causing death for most animals, and those who do survive are subject to being slaughtered in countries with incompetent laws against cruelty. Although there is no ‘humane’ way to kill animals, Australian…

Abigail Williams is one of the main characters in the play, one of the dynamic characters that keeps the story moving. Williams is a seventeen year old girl who is completely infatuated with John Proctor, an older male which she committed adultery with. Williams is a compulsive liar as well, the girl trying to save herself from punishment of witchcraft. She does anything to keep the attention away from her, accusing minorities in the town of witchcraft instead. She also shows little to no mercy…

the German army to race west through Belgium to defeat France and then return to fight Russia in the east. Being able to pass through Belgium was vital to the Schlieffen plan because the French had troops all along their border with Germany, and breaking through the French-German border would be slow. However, Belgium, being a neutral country, refused. Germany invaded Belgium, which resulted in Great Britain entering the conflict. Great Britain had very close ties with Belgium because the two…

German army’s progress. This caused malnourishment starting from the winter of 1916, riots in Austria and eventually, actual starvation in many places. Germans, trapped by the situation, declared an unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917 in which all ships, merchant or military would be attacked by German U-boats (iwm.org.uk). But along with it, they also issued a notice to all countries warning them that “any vessels flying the flag of Great Britain or her allies are liable to destruction in…