United Kingdom – United States relations

Phantom Man Alex Phantom is a 19 year old teenager that attends a college at Las Vegas, Nevada. Alex lives with his parents but also has a dorm in his college. He is one of the nerdy kids in his college. One day Alex was walking back to his parents house when he saw a black car crash into a light post. Alex quickly ran to the smoking black car . He wanted to help but was too scared to help because he thought the car would explode. Instead he called 911 to help the person. When the police came…

reading a piece of writing. In order to understand what people like politicians are saying one needs to be aware and understand English. Orwell conveys his message well by proving his point in every paragraph. Starting with the first paragraph he states that the English language is not in a good place right now. He goes on to say in the second paragraph that humans are becoming lazy as speakers and writers, but the English language can still be salvaged. In the following paragraph he says that…

The Power of Words Speech Analysis- Winston Churchill, “We shall flight on the beeches” Winston Churchill’s speech “we shall fight on the beaches” delivered on the 4th of June 1940 is an influential and effective text. It is a great example of how and author can wisely create a speech using a diversity of devices for great effect. Winston Churchill was Britain’s Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and was re-elected from 1950-1951. He was born on November 30th 1874.He served in the British…

It was a warm summer evening in east Corte Madera the setting sun cast long shadows over front yards as I walked through the suburban street. I was going with some friends to hang out at a small grassy park with basketball hoops by my house. we walked down the road to the basketball hoops in the park were our other friends were waiting for us. We said hello and set up teams for basketball, I was the worst one, but I didn’t care. The hours flew by as we played games, basketball, and even just…

The Industrial Revolution is a period of time between 1750 and 1900 in which Britain, China and Australia all went through a stage where they moved pass hand production methods and instead started using new machines to do their work for them. This greatly improved their way of life. The new manufactures included water and steam power, it also included the major change from wood and any other bio-fuels to coal. I will be focusing on Britain and its transport. Between 1770 and 1850 is where…

To what extend was Oliver Cromwell successful in the battle of Naseby in 1645 Oliver Cromwell was an English soldier and also statesman that was born in April 25, 1599 in Huntingdon, United Kingdom and died in September 3, 1658 in London. This important English man was elected to be parliament, which is the legislature of Great Britain two different years, 1628 at the age of 29 and 1640 at the age of 41. Two years after, in 1642 he helped organize armed forces right after when the civil war…

Anne Bonny was born with the last name of Cormac on March 3, 1698, in Kinsale, Ireland. She was the daughter of Mary Brennan and William Cormac. Brennan worked for Mr. Cormac and his wife. Cormac and Brennan had an affair which led to the birth of Anne Cormac. She later became known as Anne Bonny. When she was born, they dressed her up as a boy and pretended that she belonged to one of their relatives, so that nobody would know that he had her with his maid. Bonny had beautiful red hair and…

The Boston Massacre was the result of the colonists' frustration with British policies after the French and Indian War ended in 1763. They disliked Parliament's active involvement, and hated the presence of British soldiers, who seemed to be policing the colonists. They also resented the numerous attempts at taxation, such as the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, which Parliament tried to impose on them without their consent. When Parliament would not listen to their verbal protests, the expressions of…

The industrial revolution of the 18th century is one of the factors that empowered and sustained British hegemony till World War I. it is remembered as the period of Britain’s economic dominance and along with it was the largest empire in modern history, transcending all through the 7 continents of the world. However, contrary to popular belief, or Eurocentric learning of history, such development that can be perceived as “revolutionary” occurred centuries before the famed Industrial Revolution.…

The Central Powers World War I was started with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. This sparked Austria-Hungary and Germany to declare war on Serbia, and it all went downhill from there. But before we get too far ahead let’s take a look back to 1879 when the first alliance of World War 1 was formed. The dual alliance was signed by Austria-Hungary and Germany on October 7, 1879. This treaty promised that these two countries would aid each other in case of an attack by Russia, or in the event…