Sir Henry Morgan Sir Henry Morgan was a Welsh privateer‚ pirate‚ and admiral of the English Royal Navy. He made a name for himself during the activities in the Caribbean. Primarily‚ he earned a reputation as one of the most notorious and successful privateers in history. He also became known as one of the most ruthless among those active along the Spanish Main. Henry morgan was the eldest son of Robert Morgan‚ a farmer living in Rhymney‚ situated on the Rhymney River‚ in south-east Wales‚ within
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but has something that he despised‚ it’s the Rickshaw transportation. He felt pity in the way that man was being used as a horse. In Japan‚ Rizal met O-Sei-San who was a daughter of a samurai who owned the store Rizal visits. Rizal fell greatly in-love with O-Sei-San that he was tempted to leave the Philippines and settle down in Japan. But because of his duty to the freedom of his fatherland‚ Rizal left Japan through the ship Belgic which was going to the United States. CHAPTER
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Date Professor: Dr. The History of Police The Law enforcement officers and many of their policies are centered on the twelve principles constructed by Sir Robert Peel‚ and his statement of‚ “the people are the police‚ and the police are people” (Johnson‚ & Wolfe‚ 2003). Robert Peel perceived that officers did not need to encroach into citizens lives when preventing criminal activity in communities. Peel
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Stephen Oates‚ in a creative and interesting way‚ brings us an accurate portrayal of an extraordinary fictional character‚ in a very real and extraordinary time in our country’s history. Oates begins the book with a thorough biography of his main character‚ Nat Turner. Nat was born in October of 1800 in Southampton County‚ Virginia. His mother Nancy was brought to America for a man named Benjamin Turner‚ a wealthy tidewater planter in 1795. Because she knew how hard the life of a black man was in
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The history of Eliza Wharton by Hannah Webb Foster‚ is a book that tells the story of Eliza Wharton though the point of view of letters. The letters start off with you learning of a woman named Eliza Wharton‚ who is writing to her friend Lucy Freeman. During those letters‚ Eliza describes much of the events happening in her life. When we first meet Eliza she is in mourning for the death of her husband. Eliza describes how she wish she could learn something from his behavior‚ and how she now resides
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defending a black man in this town full of racist people‚ but Atticus doesn’t realise what kind of danger he would be putting his children in. His attempt of treating people equally no matter their skin color or race will soon explode into chaos. In the book‚ “To Kill A Mockingbird”‚ Atticus warns Scout about the criticism she and her brother‚ Jem‚ will receive saying‚ “ You might hear some ugly talk about it at school‚ but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold that head up high and keep those
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In "Book the Second: Chiaroscuro‚" our story goes back in time‚ to the birth of a rat named Chiaroscuro—which means the arrangement of dark and light. This rat is born several years before Despereaux shows up in the dungeons‚ and is one day caught chewing on Gregory’s rope. Gregory asks Roscuro why no one has taught him the rules. After all‚ the rats know that Gregory’s rope is totally off limits. Gregory holds up a match to Roscuro’s face and warns him not to touch his rope again. Then he throws
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Isle of the Lost Book Report By Sammie Unger In the beginning of the story‚ I found out that all the villains from the fairy tales we all banished from the United States of Auradon‚ and imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost. They no longer had their powers and had to live on the scraps that were brought to the Isle from Auradon. The whole island was invited to the 6th birthday of a princess‚ Evie‚ daughter of the Evil Queen‚ except for 1 child‚ Mal‚ daughter of Malefiecent. They were given “baddie bags”
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The paramount political principle that guided Socrates in Book 5 is the process of acquiring knowledge. This knowledge would be employed to study the concept of an ideal existence. This model existence consisted of a society within a city state which was supported and guarded by an elite group of guardians (451e). In this hierarchal space‚ Socrates equated the male and female guardians of this society with guard dogs (451e). Guard dogs by their nature and growth would embody certain qualities. Hence
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Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician and physicist‚ considered one of the greatest scientists in history. He made important contributions to many fields of science. His discoveries and theories laid the foundation for much of the progress in science. Newton was one of the inventors of a mathematics called calculus. He also solved the mysteries of light and optics‚ formulated the three laws of motion‚ and derived from them the law of universal gravitation. Newton
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