Why did the Spanish armada fail? Introduction The Spanish armada started in 1588 and finished around a month later. The Spanish lost dramatically for several reasons. This essay will tell you why the Spanish failed so badly and why England won. Admirals Medina Sidonia the Spanish admiral was not as strong as the English admirals Drake and Howard for a lot of reasons. This will have caused the Spanish a major setback from winning the Spanish armada because they would not have been as strong as
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wanted to have slaves and have more freedom. The war lasted for four years between the Union and the Confederacy. Many different people were affected by this war. Some people that were affected include women‚ children‚ and African-Americans. Before the war‚ women didn’t have a lot of rights. During the war‚ the women had to pay the bills so they started working in factories and making things to sell such as quilts and clothing. Some women liked to work and wanted to have more rights‚ while others preferred
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How did revolutions affect gender roles? The impact of women in revolutions has had a great effect on many world societies. During the French revolution women took many roles including marching protest and writing against the monarchy. Most of them became very vocal during the revolution whiles others had a posthumous recognition about how women expressed their experiences in private life and family affairs during the decades of the revolution. The involvement of women in the revolution may be considered
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Why did views change? * Confidence or ? * Why is change good/bad? * If were going to have new things how does it affect life and how we do things everyday? * Are we doing things in a Canadian way? * Any of the singers from the 50’s‚ if we sing is that Canadian music? Or are we imitating American music * If the lyrics are Canadian does it make it Canadian? * Does it work in terms of practical results * If you do things Canadian and get big are you
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Sputnik Launch Background: Sputnik was a Russian satellite‚ which also happened to be the first satellite to ever make it to space. Sputnik was 285cm long (112inches) it was 58cm (23 inches) in diameter and weighed 83.6kg (184lb). Sputnik circled the earth every 96.2 minutes until early 1958‚ when it had blown up in the atmosphere. Event: The Soviets launched Sputnik on October 5‚ 1957‚ showing the Americans that they were serious about launching a satellite to orbit around the Earth. In addition
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the great empires we have seen over the past thousands of years have fallen. For instance; Russian Empire‚ British Empire‚ Mongol Empire-but most importantly the Roman Empire. Why do they fall‚ and how did they collapse? An empire can collapse in various of ways. For example‚ poor militaries‚ politics‚ a weak economy‚ or even because of the religion. For instance‚ militaries can cause a huge roll in why a union is dying. They can be inexperienced‚ or simply they do not have the loyalty to the empire
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Why Did Stalin Become a Dictator? At the beginning of the 20th century‚ Russia was a very poor country. Most of the people were peasants‚ and there was very little industry. After the First World War‚ things only got worse; the army suffered many huge defeats. The poorest of the people were starving‚ due to a shortage of food. During the war‚ in 1917 the Communists came about by two important revolutions; they were led by Lenin. Communism is a system of government in which the state controls the
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In this essay‚ I would like to discuss on why the British wanted to have a trading settlement in Singapore. The British needed a new trading settlement in the region. This was to break the Dutch monopoly in the Malay Archipelago‚ because‚ though the British then had already established two trading settlements at Penang and Bencoolen‚ they were not located near the main trading area in the Archipelago‚ thus were not suited to become major trading centres. Penang was located too far up‚ thus away
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Aqueducts were man made to make water go downhill from natural sources‚ a dam or reservoir were built to create a holding place for the water so the aqueduct would not run dry. Short feeder tunnels were built to catch water from springs‚ basins‚ or other water runoffs to be feed to the main channel as to keep water flowing for dry periods of when it wasn’t raining. Aqueducts would have to be inspected often to make sure that the water isn’t running at to steep of an angle‚ that would damage the channel
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Why did women get the vote in 1918? The government had a problem because men fighting in the war would not be able to vote in the election. The government changed the law so that the soldiers could vote. Women’s groups saw their opportunity and began to put pressure on the government to include votes for women in the changed law. David Lloyd George‚ the Prime Minister‚ was a supporter of women voting but not the use of violence. The Suffragettes stopped campaigning in the beginning of the war and
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