Patriot‚ is the story of a South Carolina plantation owner‚ Benjamin Martin‚ who leads a local militia against British troops in the South during the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Martin‚ who is a widower with six children and a veteran of the French and Indian War‚ wants nothing to do with the war until a brutal British Colonel‚ William Tavington‚ kills one of his sons and takes his eldest son‚ a member of the Continental Army‚ prisoner. Martin‚ who’s character is loosely based on
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The Trojan War The trojan war was a war fought between the greeks and the trojans in the bronze era of ancient greece. The war was famously documented by a man named Homer in a book called Iliad. The war was fought in a city called troy. The Trojan War started as a way for zeus to reduce the increasing population of humanity and‚ more practically‚ as an expedition to reclaim Helen. Helen was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris (also known as Alexandros) and taken as his prize. Menelaos and
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United States victory at New Orleans‚ nationalism increased and Americans looked forward with confidence to a future filled with changes. They would not be disappointed. The years after the War of 1812 produced great economic and political changes. The economic changes of the years following the War of 1812 varied from new innovations to government policies. Eli Whitney’s greatest inventions‚ the cotton gin and system of interchangeable parts‚ both helped spur the growing American economy and industrial
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Pipetting‚ weighing‚ accuracy and plotting Introduction The aim of this experiment was to determine the density of water and‚ of unknown solutions‚ by being as accurate as possible‚ by pipetting and weighing the solutions. Density if defined as “The mass per unit volume of substance; common unitg cm-3” (Lewis. R and Evans. W.‚ 2011). As the density is an intensive property of all matter it depends on temperature and pressure. “The density of a mixture may also depend on its composition” (Nedelsky
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Home Appliances After years of rationing and shortages‚ the 1950s were a period of economic prosperity‚ high employment and great technological development. Many returned servicemen got married‚ established homes and raised families. During this period‚ Australians enthusiastically adorned their homes with a dazzling range of new domestic appliances. Hire-purchase schemes allowed people to take products home and pay for them in instalments. During the 1950s‚ the role of women was generally considered
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There were multiple milestones for Women’s Rights during the Cold War Era. The first of which included twenty years of substantial economic growth which resulted in numerous opportunities for women in the workplace. At the end of World War II women comprised a fourth of the American workforce (Brief American Pageant). Although things were changing culturally for women in the 1950’s‚ legislative protection from discrimination did not occur until the 1960’s with the advent of the Equal Employment Opportunity
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Babbitt: a person‚ particularly a business or professional man‚ who unthinkingly follows conventional middle-class ways (Merriam-Webster). George F. Babbitt of Babbitt‚ by Sinclair Lewis: a 46-year-old American real estate salesman who conformed unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards in the Midwestern city of Zenith in the 1920s. While he lived as a successful businessman with all the modern conveniences—including a very nice house and a very nice car—Babbitt was overwhelmingly dissatisfied
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America went through during the Civil war‚ and the hardships we went through during the reconstruction period. Gone with the Wind was produced to coincide with World War II. It was made as an inspiration to the people of 1939 to give them hope about their future after the war. It was intended for both the soldiers taking part in the war‚ as well as the people left behind. It showed the world a realistic view of war rather than a glamorized version of war we so often see in movies. The movie Gone
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of Jefferson & Jackson “The Jacksonian Era” Robert V. Remini’s book‚ The Jacksonian Era‚ contains valuable information during Andrew Jackson’s presidency. Some of the important themes that are discussed during Jackson’s presidency are slavery‚ the Bank War‚ the robed election‚ and some of Jackson’s past. Remini opens the book up in “A Hero For An Age” by discussing the battle of New Orleans and the importance of the engagement to the War of 1812. The American people soon realized what an accomplishment
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Scholarly visions of the post-cold war International system 1- Francis Fukayama’s vision of The End of History: - He wrote the 1st versions in an extremely optimistic atmosphere during the collapse of the socialist regimes symbolized by the pulling down of the Berlin wall. His thesis is simple. The failure of communism and the disappearance of the Soviet Union have resulted in the victory of liberal democracy and capitalism. - He declared the ultimate victory of liberal democracy & argued
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