15 INVENTIONS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD SUBMITTED BY: DIWATA‚ MICHAEL PAULO E. CH21FA1- BS CHE CHEM002-ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SUBMITTED TO: ENGR. EFREN CHAVEZ LIGHTNING ROD American statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin was particularly interested in electricity and set up a small laboratory in his house to investigate its properties. His interest soon switched from electricity to lightning after he noticed the similarities between the two. One stormy night‚ he conducted a life-threatening
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One of the most important Olympic sports in the 2000’s was cycling. The reason why cycling was popular became because of the Lance Armstrong and his battle with cancer‚ yet continued to ride his way to many cycling medal’s and trophies. Before Lance‚ the history of cycling in the USA started in 1920 with an organization called Amateur Bicycling League of America. The organization changed to United States Cycling Federation‚ which merged with USA Cycling in 1995 to become one. Cycling has always been
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Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur is a name most Americans should know. Born and raised in a military family MacArthur rose to become one of the most important Generals in U.S. history. MacArthur played important roles in World War I and II as well as in the Korean conflict. MacArthur was a very controversial figure being a great general but having a burning desire to destroy the communist governments that might have led to World War III. Born in the barracks of unnamed military base in Little
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When I look back at some of the most famous and important historical figures we have had in the United States‚ the first person that comes to my mind is Benjamin Franklin. He influenced me by being more than one person. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States‚ a noted polymath‚ a printer‚ a leading author‚ political theorist‚ politician‚ post master‚ scientist‚ inventor‚ civic activist‚ statesman‚ and diplomat. Whatever our country needed him to be‚ he was. Benjamin Franklin was a
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and attention towards other important aspects of schooling for students. Some examples of things being affected by standardized tests include “programs in the arts‚ recess for young children‚ electives for high schoolers‚ class meetings (...)‚ discussions about current events (...)‚ the use of literature in the early grades (...)‚ and entire subject areas such as science (...)” (Kohn 2). The reason for the decline in these aspects of the education system is that most of the material associated with
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is benevolent sexism in which women are treated as if they need to constantly be protected and taken care of‚ and there is hostile sexism in which women are treated as if they are not as good as men. When someone initially thinks of sexism‚ they are most likely thinking of hostile sexism. Benevolent sexism follows the idea that a woman should never have pay for the check and men always wanting to protect the woman from something. Although some actions may just be the man being polite‚ the actions may
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The Great Compromise The Great Compromise was a debate during the Constitution Convention on determining on how many representatives of each state should have under the new governments law making branch. This is known as being one of the most important debates in American history because of the foundation it laid for what our legislative government is today. Originally‚ Congress would be seen as a 1 chamber with only a certain number of representatives per state. The debate was how many representatives
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There were many consequences to the printing press; including the spread of the protestant reformation and the growth of more accurate maps. However‚ the most important of them would be the creation of affordable books. When the printing press spread through Europe‚ Martin Luther heard about it‚ and when he did he got a hold of one of them and printed the 95 theses which was a document used to place on the church and argued and exposed the flaw of the catholic church. After this happened‚ many
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Benjamin Franklin was a very successful and influential politician‚ postmaster‚ scientist‚ and printer. Benjamin Franklin is among one of the most important figures in American history‚ arguably‚ the history of mankind. Without Benjamin Franklin‚ it might be said that the world today would be extremely different. It took him an entire lifetime‚ however‚ to make that name for himself and contribute the many benefactions he had to give to the world. Starting as a child‚ his unique and ambitious personality
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various acts the British Parliament passed to pay the war debt‚ no representation in parliament‚ and the American people wanting to gain their independence. “No Taxation without Representation”‚ a slogan used by the American colonist‚ was the most important cause of the colonists declaring war for their independence on the British government. When the French and Indian War broke out‚ it was fought to claim territory and to declare the higher power. When the treaty of Paris was signed it declared
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