Jairo McZeno English 1A GRS81 January‚ 10th‚ 2013 Why Did I Join JROTC Before I enrolled into the JROTC program I considered myself‚ and was considered to be just a normal student. Nothing was special about me‚ and I had just been a face in the crowd. Coming into Fort Hamilton I realized if I ever wanted to go anywhere in this world I’d have to first become a better person‚ JROTC had been the perfect place to go. One of my main reasons for joining JROTC was fist to better myself as a person
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CW History Mr. Rioux 06.05.11 Was it right to drop two atomic bombs? “If you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast”1‚ said President Harry Truman to justify the use of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But isn’t this the exact opposite of what is preached in the bible? “If someone slaps you on one cheek‚ offer the other also” (Luke 6:29)‚ it does not say that we should slap back to even the score. So was dropping the bombs the wrong decision‚ or was it the only
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In 1765 the British Parliament began the battle that would soon escalate into something much bigger than England and the Amercian Colonist combined. It all began on March 22‚ 1765 when the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. The act included a tax on every piece of printed paper.These include birth certificates‚ legal documents‚ newspapers‚ licenses‚ even playing cards. During the time of the Stamp Act‚ the parliament was going through a difficult time with war debt. They were just coming
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be their own people. However because of this‚ Americans are finding their own identity‚ what it is to have an American identity‚ why they felt as though they no longer wanted to be a part of the British rule‚ and after they’ve left the empire ruling‚ who the American Identity was describing. The American identity came to play during the 1750’s. Mather Byles feels as though the British are nothing more than tyrants that don’t care about the Americans. During a continental congress meeting the same
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In the early 1930s international tensions were rising to what would become World War II‚ one of the largest global conflicts in history. Focusing on relations between Japan and China‚ a variety of factors set up an easily identifiable opportunity for Japan to invade China. The Republic of China in the 1930s was a divided nation‚ hosting a power struggle between the nationalist rule of Chiang Kai-Shek‚ and the Communist party led by Mao Tse Tung. Japan‚ being a small island nation‚ saw great potential
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dangerous‚ even deadly‚ work. Women and children were even safe from the carnage that was amounted from the Revolution. Through the coal mines‚ women and children were sometimes used‚ rather than horses‚ to carry loads of coal up the mine shaft and sometimes‚ up the hill. The work load was tremendous‚ but every bit of money helped. The women would leave their younger children with the neighbors‚ or an elderly woman if the child was very small‚ while they took the older ones with them to the mine late
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fearless‚ war-minded‚ young man. Death in war did not scare him because he was raised knowing that war was in his blood. Being the prideful man that he is‚ Achilles chose to go to war. He could not pass up his opportunity to receive eternal glory. But the honest question is‚ was it the fates that chose his destiny‚ or Achilles? Achilles decision to fight for his own selfish benefits proves that he is personally responsible for how things ended. He did not try to escape his fate. The idea of becoming
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1. How did the Mongols build their empire? The Mongols rose to power adapting and improving on the existing Steppe political and military structure‚ couple with the incorporation of advanced and innovated conquered societies into the Mongol Hordes. Noticeable changes were‚ where tribal leaders once recruited and assembled groups of warriors through tribal affiliation and familial ties‚ Chinggis Khan assembled units into smaller cross-clan fighting units limited in size. Leadership authority granted
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France since he thought French troops would make the French economy more stable. For this reason‚ Truman gave the French some money to help their economy. When President Eisenhower became President‚ he believed in what was named the Domino Theory. The Domino Theory is the belief that if one country becomes communist‚ then all countries will become communists as well. America became very eager to contain communism that they were involved in the Vietnam War for 20 years. Hundreds of thousands of troops
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factors that it would have in the way. First of all‚ the plan was built around the fact that the war would be a two-front war between France and Russia. Also Austria-Hungary being their only ally that they can depend on. This plan plan was formed in 1905‚ so the plan lacked in industrial issues. For example‚ machine guns and other modern weapons that could create a big hole in the plan. Ideally the plan was to have the German forces outnumber the French and win their battle. Then have them use the train
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