issues such as the influence of corporations in our society‚ is extremely difficult. Even if it is unintentional‚ a documentary will be dominated with a particular view. This can be explored through the documentary "The Corporation" by Mark Achbar‚ Jennifer Abbot & Joel Bakan. Through the use of certain techniques of selection of detail‚ film language and verbal language the creators present corporations as being a destructive institution with no emotion and no morals. The technique selection of detail
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government reestablished its constitutional prohibition against slavery‚ restricted trade with the United States‚ and put a end to further American Immigration. These actions possibly could have provoked the Texas Revolution. In 1832 General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna became Mexico’s president. Many colonists hoped that Antonio would make Texas a self-governed state within the United States. Once in power‚ Santa Anna was less truthful than many Texans were led to believe. In mid 1834 Santa Anna overthrew
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Pink Flamingo: A Natural History”‚ you think you are going to learn the story of Flamingos. Jennifer Price uses rhetorical strategy to compare and contrast the generation of the 1950s to Flamingos. She has several different strategies to better emphasize her point. She uses logical appeal‚ imagery‚ diction and the comparison of American culture to help her readers understand her point. Because of Jennifer Price’s use of rhetorical framework‚ her audience was able to see the similarity between the
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regular army troops. Third‚ Davy Crockett who was a legendary frontiersmen and was surrounded with 188 people in the fort and fought against the Mexican army. Fourth‚ Sam Houston who was the Commander of the Texas Army. Finally‚ general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna who was the general of the Mexican army and leader of the Thirteen day siege at the Alamo. In the early days of the Texas Revolution‚ a provisional government had been established to organize resistance against Mexicans‚ and Sam Houston
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The Texas Revolution By Jessica Bouillon Texas History The Texas Revolution was a key point in our nation’s history and in the history of the state of Texas. For‚ if Texas had not revolted the way that they did‚ it would probably not have become a state. There are many causes that are speculated on why Texas revolted whether they are political disputes against the Centralist party in Mexico that had primary control at the time of the Revolution. These and more will be explored. Also‚ there are
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Texas didn’t want to give the Mexicans the Alamo. The Alamo was a Spanish mission‚ buit in 1718 in the city of San Antonio. In 1836‚ the citizens of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas tired of the dictatorial rule of Mexican president Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and began a fight for independence‚ known as the Texas Revolution. Stephanie Matyszczyk said that the Battle of the Alamo started because Santa Anna wanted to destroy the Resistance for political reasons and because the Texans were
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Legaspi’s Cebu settlement had three important problems. First‚ there was a shortage of food and what the natives were used to eat was different from Spanish food. Second‚ misfortune struck the settlement. On November 1‚ 1565‚ a fire of unknown origin broke out in the settlement. Some twenty Spanish houses and the hut where masses were celebrated were burned. Third‚ the Spaniards were displeased with Legaspi’s order that no Spaniard should take anything from the Filipinos without paying for it. This
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what truly happened at the battle of the Alamo. The Texans had one goal and that was to establish the independent state of Texas. On the other hand‚ Mexico also wanted to expand their land as well. In 1835‚ Mexico wanted dictatorship over Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna‚ but they did not stop there. Their new goal was to seize the republic of Texas. The Alamo was built in 1718‚ on the banks of the San Antonio river. In 1821‚ Stephen F. Austin arrived with 300 U.S. families. Little did they know
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was one of these settlers; he came to Texas to make a profit. Jim Bowie is best known to have built the bowie knife but even more so to have fought in the Alamo. Jim Bowie married a rich politician who is actually the sister of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the new leader of Mexico; after he was put into power he proclaimed himself a dictator and abolished the Mexican constitution. As the Texan settlements prospered whites began breaking the codes and started smuggling
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General Antonio López de Santa Anna: My Final Grief It’s in our sick and dying bed that we are sadly given no other task but to evaluate all our years of living. The body no longer full of vigor nor fight‚ the heart heavy form sorrows past; the footsteps of death nocking at the door serve as an earnest call to evaluate and make peace with all we did in life. Suddenly‚ its time to review the many chronicles that compose our life story. As I look back on my life I am overwhelmed with grief. I grieve
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