Francis Marion Francis Marion was born in Berkeley County‚ South Carolina in 1732 to Gabriel and Esther. Marion had five siblings - Esther‚ Isaac‚ Gabriel‚ Benjamin‚ and Job. When he was about six‚ his family moved to a plantation in St. George‚ South Carolina for schooling purposes in Georgetown. When Marion was fifteen‚ he was the sixth crewman of a schooner heading for the West Indies‚ but the boat was sunk by a whale and two of the crewman died of thirst and exposure to the sun on their
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The Xbox launch was mainly a “strategy to move beyond the PC market”. Microsoft was ready to release their first fully computing system in order to “develop into living rooms worldwide.” By 2001‚ Microsoft was able to envision one of the most technological advanced consoles. They “outclassed any current existing system” by developing a high performance‚ easy- to-use platform that incorporated the first Worlds’ integrated high speed gaming network: the Xbox Live. However‚ Microsoft was making a
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I believe Socrates would agree with what President Clinton stated in his speech‚ if these people where so disgusted and disturbed by the government why did they not leave? This was an idea that Socrates expressed in the Crito. They had the freedom to live anywhere else‚ and yet they still decided to live in a country in which they believed was being suppressed by the government. Not only that‚ but they wrongly splattered the word patriot to justify their actions‚ which according to Socrates completely
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Gallipoli was only ever going to be a pointless struggle. World War 1 was a world war between the triple entente i.e. Italy‚ Austria-Hungry and Germany and the triple alliances – United Kingdom‚ France and Russia and all their alliances. It all started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the Royal Prince of Austria-Hungry was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was Bosnian Serb and a member of a group called the Black Hand a secret society led by Serbian Military Intelligence. This essay aims to
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Why did WWII begin? I believe that World War II began because Germany pushed their limits. Hitler used the abrupt limits of the Versailles Treaty to take over land where there were German speakers. By September of 1938‚ Germany had already successfully acquired Czechoslovakia and Austria. These two countries weren’t enough for them. I think they were absolutely crazy for trying to push their luck any further. They had achieved something that was already so difficult. Doubling your money is always
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US human‚ economic and military resources was too much for the Germans to counter. The US wartime production level was brought Eastern Front- you said it was American-British joint cooperation but without the US’s assistance they wouldn’t have Why did the Allies win? ASSIST Economic assistance If they didn’t supply them with money (lend-lease) or equipment how on earth would the allies manage to produce enough resources . THEY WERE RUNNING OUT AND NEARLY LOSING UNTIL THE US OFFERED HELP
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Why did the Titanic’s maiden voyage ended in such disaster? One of the largest passenger liner of the early 20th century made in the history‚ having the first and final voyage 100 years ago‚ owned by the magnificent White Star Line‚ was travelling without interference through the calm waters until one of the sailors on board reported that the Titanic is heading for a vast and humongous iceberg in April 12 1912 at that lethal midnight. The disaster had caused 1517 deaths on board‚ though there were
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utter disbelief and excitement came bubbling out of me as I said “Sure! Let’s get started.” This kids name was Ben. And Ben along with some of his friends‚ were the middleschoolers I spent the summer of 2016 scaring and exciting about chemistry at Francis Tuttle.
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Fall of Rome The Fall of Rome The Fall of Rome The Roman Empire was without a doubt the most powerful governing body in the Mediterranean ever. Why did Rome fall? There was not any single cause to the fall of Rome. It was many things occurring in succession to each other. After the Punic wars with Carthage‚ Rome acquired many new lands that it did not have before. During peace times it was easy to govern these areas but during war times it proved difficult. The government had to pay soldiers
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for $ 7.2 billion just over a year. Microsoft has decided to shut down Nokia and it now has the officially name of the “Microsoft Mobile”. So‚ actually well-known company remains in Finland‚ but it functions as a Microsoft subsidiary. Discussion Why Nokia failed? Nokia was the only brand (popular) I heard when I was child and that continued for many years. But‚ what happened to the one of the biggest and most famouse mobile over these years? What made such a popular manufacturer fail? Where does
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