How important was the Privy Council It could be argued that the monarch was an important member of government however some may disagree and put forward the idea that the Privy Council was more important. This is for several reasons the first reason (for the monarch) was the fact that she could decide who could become a member of the Privy Council this is because it meant that she had total power over those who that would help run the country. However this did not mean that the monarch was the most
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properly rewarded. They deserve honour but may not ever get it theses people are teacher and coaches. They have the most honorable profession You may not notice it now but they have a huge impact on your life. When we had to pick an occupation that we thought was most honourable it was hard we all picked doctors‚ soldier‚ emergency rescue crew‚ and bus drivers. No one thought of how they got to do the occupation. Without teachers we would not have all occupation that we have today. Weather we are talking
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Characters Kept Me Company: How Literacy Was My Outlet Reading and writing are significant in my life because they have given me a way to express myself and hide from my everyday life‚ even though I don’t read or write as often as I once did. Literacy provided me a way to understand and communicate with others. Societally‚ literacy is important to comprehension and education. We as humans are taught from the moment we are born to speak‚ read‚ and write. It is our most basic form of communication
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to Vienna‚ the epicenter of art at the time. He wanted to enroll in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna‚ but failed the admission test twice as his technical skills were unsatisfactory. After the death of his mother‚ Hitler became poverty- stricken and was often forced to sleep in homeless shelters or under
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What was the Bauhaus and what was its purpose? The Bauhaus was a school of art‚ architecture and design that existed in three German cities including Weimar‚ Dessau‚ and Berlin. The school was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 and it lasted until 1933. During its time‚ Bauhaus went through different distinct periods under different directors and cities including expressionism‚ constructivism‚ functionalism and architecture. The Bauhaus was the start of modernism‚ at the same time‚ it changed the
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Although William the Conqueror had defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066‚ an even bigger challenge had presented itself. William was now outnumbered in a land he had very little knowledge of‚ and would face several rebellions in the first decade of his reign. William was aware of this challenge‚ building castles in towns which presented any threat as a symbol of his power. Despite these measures‚ it would take William almost a decade‚ until 1075 to gain full control of England‚ which
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arguments that the American Revolution was a radical movement‚ meaning that it making economic‚ political‚ or social changes of a sweeping or extreme nature‚ but it was conservative. Conservative means to be in favor of preserving the status quo and traditional values and customs‚ and against abrupt change. The colonists went to war with Brittan because they would not change the corrupt monarchy after the British soldiers shot civilians. The change on America was slow and gradual and took time for
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In Man and Superman Shaw was not writing a regular play; he only united up dialogue‚ discussion‚ arguments for the purpose of making them appear as plays. Still the incidents of situations in the play do in one way or the other perpetuate the pursuit of man by woman—of Tanner by Ann. The most interesting is the Hell Scene where the traditional Don Giovanni motif is most comically inverted in the spirit of parody to substantiate Shaw’s thesis that it is the woman basically who is boa-constrictor from
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Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution is a major factor in what our present day society is like. The Industrial Revolution was the beginning of many new ideas‚ technology and changes. Although the Industrial Revolution did have its negative effects on the people living during that time‚ it was a blessing to world economy‚ and manufacturing. The Industrial Revolution had many positive effects. For example‚ England became a far superior technologically advanced nation due to the Industrial
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John Davison Rockefeller was born on July 8‚ 1839 and he would soon take the world by storm (“John). He and his five siblings were born into a humble‚ middle-class family in Richford‚ New York (“John). His mother‚ Eliza‚ was a devout baptist and her sole purpose in life was to raise her children‚ as designated by his father‚ William (“A). William Rockefeller was a traveling salesman and it is thought that this is where John learned the rules of the trade. At the age of 19‚ Rockefeller and one
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