The main goal of European exploration was for "gold‚ glory and God"‚ but this couldn’t have been made possible without the advancements made in technology. The problem with European ships was that they could not sail against the wind. The caravel was a new ship that was much more sturdier than other vessels and it had triangular sails. Theses factors allowed the ship to sail against the wind. Europeans also improved their navigational systems. The astrolabe was used by sailors to better determine there
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The French Revolution was sparked by a combination of social‚ economic‚ and political factors that had been developing over a long period of time. One of the primary reasons for the revolution was the rising discontent among the French population towards the absolute authority of the monarchy and the unequal power dynamics among the nobility‚ clergy‚ and commoners. French society was divided into three estates‚ with the first two estates of the nobility and clergy enjoying special privileges and
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industrial revolution was a great point in time. It began in the mid 1800’s. The industrial revolution was a big turning point in time as far as working and things being made. Machines took some jobs for hard workers‚ that were determined to do the right thing. People that owned land and peasants were called aristocrats. Aristocrats and the peasants depended on each other to get certain things done. Inventors found many new ways to harness nature’s energy. For the most part‚ machinery was operated by water
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Civil Rights of 1871 In March of 1871 was a big change for history and for African Americans that was the day when the pass of the Constitution. The violence was so bad That even the Congress could not control it. In the year of 1871 on April 20‚ the legislative had to respond this Act of violence. The Ku Klux Klan had to do with a part of the violence that was happening at the time.The Act of Enforcement also was called the Ku Klux Klan Act or the Civil Rights Act of 1871(thefreedictionary.com/)
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During his active role in the Civil War‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ who was associated with the Republican party‚ was born in 1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky. He was one of the most intellectual and reasonable of the American presidents‚ coupled with the hardships he confronted during his teen years and early childhood‚ this served as a springboard that enabled him to accomplish his goals and bring an end to slavery. The story of American success cannot be complete without Lincoln. He shot his way from the
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many positive and negative aspects of his reign. The positive side included the strengthening of Russia’s military but the negative side‚ at the expense of his countries people. If we were to look at Stalin’s accomplishment‚ we could see that there was a majority of positive achievements over negative ones. Of the many accomplishments‚ the most prominent one is Stalin’s famous five year plans. These five year plans helped strengthen industrial and agricultural aspects of Russia as explained in Document
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World War Ⅰ was a war that affected the whole world‚ it caused many countries to go bankrupt and created more than one new rivalry between countries in the process. Eighteen different countries involved in World War I‚ and that is not counting all of the colonies belonging to the involved countries that were forced to give financial and/or militaristic support. There were situations that led up to and caused World War I but three of the main reasons were Balkan nationalism‚ entangling alliances‚
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Although they both had slavery the South was driven by it‚ while the North wasn’t. In the North it has bad soil while in the South they had great soil. Also in the North they came for religious freedom while in the South they came for money. Although they had these difference they all came from England. People settled in the North and South Colonies for different reasons based on geography and culture‚ they had a different way of life‚ but also did things similarly. Although both the North and
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During the reign of Genghis Khan trade and the exchange of information increased because of the Silk Road which continued for centuries. In the late fifteenth century early sixteenth century the New World was discovered‚ and a wealth of natural resources began to be transported back to Europe. As economies began to grow and farming became more efficient scholars and skilled craftsmen were able to practice and expand upon their craft. Thus‚ new questions and ideas were born they spread. These ideas
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The first speaker ever created was known as the dynamic loudspeaker. It was created in the 1920’s by Edward Kellogg and Chester Rice. The loudspeaker produces a magnetic field which then causes a coil or magnet to move. The coil or magnet is connected to the diaphragm. There are more speakers than just the horn‚ such as‚ such as‚ electrodynamic loudspeaker‚ flat panel - planar‚ electrostatic‚ multi-cell diaphragm and piezoelectric. Speakers are used to produce sound. Sound is an energy which is
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