First and foremost‚ the Southerners were fighting a defensive war on their own soil. They knew the terrain and the most efficient ways to transverse it. At the outset‚ the South seemed to have great advantages. First and foremost‚ Southerners were
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lasted 36 years. It all began with Colonel Jacobo Arbenz. During Arbenz’s term‚ he made it so that communists controlled key peasant organizations‚ labor unions‚ and the governing political party. Many people‚ including the Army did not approve of what Arbenz was doing. Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas from Honduras invaded Guatemala in 1954. The Guatemalan army refused to back up Arbenz‚ which caused Colonel Armas to take over their government. Colonel Armas was murdered on July 26‚ 1957. Following
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Louis XIV: The Greatest King of France Shadi Zaker Ms. Piperias CHY 4U1 Tuesday December 17th‚ 2013 A country like France has developed over many years and continues to flourish. French history is well known to countless people for the reason being the famous blood line of the Louis’. France had a total of seventeen King Louis that ruled France at one point. The controversy of which king was the greatest could still exist to this day. Who was the greatest king of France
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Louis XIV also known as “The Sun King” was one of the most absolute of rulers that ever ruled France. His primary goals as king were “One King‚ One Law‚ One Faith.” He achieved this in such ways; he declared himself his own prime minister “I am the state”‚ he kept the nobility in check‚ disbanded the General Assembly‚ and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. However‚ his great ambitions and lavish lifestyle would ultimately lead France into dept‚ and set the building blocks for the French Revolution
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Incandescent light‚ batteries‚ electrical outlets‚ telephones‚ and movies; what would life be like without them? Thanks to one man‚ Thomas Edison‚ we can have all of these luxuries‚ and many‚ many more. Thomas Edison lived from‚ 1847 to 1931‚ and in those years‚ he forever changed the world. Edison was quoted saying‚ “My desire‚ is to do everything within my power to further free the people from drudgery‚ and create the largest possible measure of happiness‚ and prosperity” (Edison qtd. In Venable
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The Lower Canada rebellions that took place in 1837 and 1838 had complicated roots. It would be an over simplification to state that the differences were just between the governor and the assembly or only political. The rapidly growing population had many facets that caused rifts between itself and the ruling government in place. Social differences‚ economic opportunity‚ and political perspectives all had roles to play in creating a climate that led to open armed rebellions. These differences led
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What Environment Were You Raised In? Geographically my environment spanned from as far south as Texas and as farther north as Ohio. But has always been marked by love between family‚ and values of honor‚ respect‚ and commitment. With little to no exemptions in a stray of these values. I was born in Ohio with the majority of my immediate family nearby. With the predominance of my mom’s family in Ohio‚ and my dad’s family in Missouri or Michigan. I was always taught the importance of family‚ and
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boycotts. Seven battles occurred in relation to the Revolution spanning from (1775-1781). The colonists finally realized they deserved independence which caused the revolution to officially start in 1776. Were the American Colonists reasonably able to declare war upon England? The american Colonists were justified in waging war against England because of the
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US patrols were under constant psychological pressure that each step might be the last for a young US soldier. Known patrol routes were ridden with booby traps such as the infamous ‘Bouncing Betty’ or the punji traps that were found by the thousand on routes used by the US military. Known patrol routes could be booby trapped with the aforementioned punji traps or trip wires attached to a grenade or mined etc. Whatever was used‚ it had a debilitating impact on many US soldiers. What could not be
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The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. When Abraham Lincoln won election in 1860 as the first Republican president on a platform pledging to keep slavery out of the territories‚ seven slave states in the deep South seceded and formed a new nation‚ the Confederate States of America. The incoming Lincoln administration and most of the
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