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- 17221: American Revolution - Causes
- The haphazard and disorganized British rule of the American colonies in the decade prior to the outbreak led to the Revolutionary War. The mismanagement of the colonies, the taxation policies that violated the colonist right's, the distractions of foreign wars and politics in England and mercantilist policies that benefited the English to a much greater degree then the colonists all show the British incompetence in their rule over the colonies ... of England within the colonies were self-centered. The English were exploiting were trying to govern the colonies by using the mercantilist system. Mercantilism is when the state directs all the economic activities within it's borders(Blum 31). England was not attempting to make any changes that would help the colonists. They limited the colonies commerce to internal trade only(Miller 9). The English were exploiting the colonies by demanding ... England. They would then ship these goods to foreign markets all around the world including the colonies(America Online ). Throughout the seventeenth century the English saw America as a place to get materials they didn't have at home and a market to sell finished products at after the goods had been manufactured. This was detrimental to the colonies because it prevented them from manufacturing any of the raw materials ...
- 17222: Lord of the Flies Response
- ... boys all seem to dislike Jack and Roger. This will make it extremely hard for either of them to stop singing. Like my father. So, that eliminates them from the picture. Simon and Rex don't seem to be helping much, and When all the boys met each other on the island, they all had their own separate friends. The choir boys stuck together, the littluns stuck together, Sam and Eric ... exactly what happened. When they decided on a leader (Ralph) Jack hated it. He wanted to be leader and thought he was the best for the job. Already he had started to rebel. He wouldn't do what Ralph said, and tried to get everyone to disobey him. If the boys do not work together on anything, it's never going to work. While Jack and others were rebelling, Ralph was trying his best to keep the island together. One example of how not working together hurt their the civilization severely was, when ...
- 17223: There Are Too Many People… Wil
- ... capacity is being degraded by its current occupants. Some people say the earth is not overpopulated since the United States can produce more food and products than are used. That is true in the U.S. Now if you look at it worldwide the products we have are often from other countries. These other countries are often not as well off. These other countries are either in severe poverty or their cities are becoming overcrowded. Although the U.S. is not in trouble at this time, when you look at the whole world you may see a different picture. Eventually the rest of the world will also have an effect on us. The impact ... life with nothing and everything will eventually die off. The rainforests are a good example of this. The second is the amount of resources consumed by the average person. If people become wasteful and don't conserve resources now, the resources that were wasted will not be able to be used in the future. The United States is one of the most wasteful countries there is; I know this because ...
- 17224: A Night To Remember by Walter Lord
- A Night To Remember by Walter Lord The new White Star Liner, Titanic, was not only the largest, but also the most glamorous ship in the world. The Titanic's maiden voyage was set for New York, but unfortunately the ignorance of some of the crew members made the "Unsinkable" ship test its capabilities against huge icebergs. Only 705 survivors were picked up by her ... the boat acted so selfishly that they had to dress like women just to save their own precious lives, rather than be respectable and see the vulnerable women on board the lifeboats first. I don't believe this terrible incident has any relation to my experiences because I have never experienced being on a cruise ship and then suddenly realized that my worry free vacation is going to turn out to ... event in history makes people realize nowadays that mother nature is horrifying. I believe the setting of the story is extremely important because if this incident of an extremely luxurious cruise ship happened in today's society, were technology is so highly advanced. I bet that more than 99% of the passengers would be rescued in about 20 minutes to an hour by a Coast Guard Helicopter. In the case ...
- 17225: All Quiet on the Western Front
- ... in the German army of World War I. As soldiers they know not what awaits them on the battle field. Many of their comrades will die before their very eyes. And for what? They don't know what their fighting against, they're fighting a war that isn't their own. But rather the war of the political leaders of several countries, whose arrogance cost the lives of so many young men. A war can never be fully justified, how do you justify the ... from the true, we had suddenly learned to see. And we saw that there was nothing of their world left. We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.'' It's hard for us to imagine what it must have been like for these young men to face the hardships that war brings. The loss of their comrades, fear, what it all boils down to ...
- 17226: Latin America And Slavery
- ... is countries with extremely high birth and death rates. This category has become unneeded due to the medical revolution. Death rates are lower because medicine can keep people alive longer than before. Common diseases don’t have people dropping like flies anymore. There are no countries fitting this description in present day countries. If they were before, they have probably moved into the second category, which is high birth rate and ... Europeans and criminals from their space. One prime example was the Red Scare that put Cuba into a communist government. The Americans got all up into that one. Another example is that of Manuel Noriega’s drug cartel. The United Stated is too often seen as a police officer for its neighbors when it can not take care of problems on the home front. Latin America can due without our intervention ... as painters and singers use their means to inspire natives to stay the way they are, to absorb the surrounding they are in and spread it as their identity. One painter said that he didn’t sell much to other countries because his art depicted the local color. He didn’t care because his painting comes from the heart, it is his existence which he portrays in his art. Individuality ...
- 17227: Abortion
- ... their own decisions but parents should not be able to end their lives unless for a extremely deadly problem. The taking of human life is a crime any other time except when a mother doesn’t want her child, that’s morally wrong. Abortion is the killing of innocent baby’s and should not be allowed. People should be responsible for their own actions. If they chose to put themselves in the possibility of getting pregnant they should have to deal with it. Abortion should ...
- 17228: Treating People Fairly Is A Right That Has Been Changed By Affirmative Action
- ... years in school or have acquired some industrial skills on the job, and many speak English. Many people feel that immigrants just over populate our states and take up needed jobs. What many people don’t realize is that the immigrants hard work and dedication is what helped to make America the industrial giant that it is now. (Parker and Romo article 33) After an immigrant obtains citizenship, he or she isn’t any different than me or you. Many immigrants are skilled and can have a positive influence in the workplace. Although they may not have the same color of skin or maybe they speak with an ... education” and “academic freedom”, a special concern on the First Amendment. Powell felt that the minority students with the same qualifications as any other student should be given the same advantages as anyone else. Powell’s decision to agree with Bakke launched a contemporary debate over state-sponsored affirmative action. In 1986, a collective bargaining agreement in Jackson, Mississippi, stated that “if it became necessary to lay off teachers, those ...
- 17229: Antigone
- ... short account of the play and the ways in which each character could be the tragic character. In the beginning of the play there has been a war between the Argive and Thebes armies. Antigone’s two brothers, Eteocle’s and Polynecies, killed each other. Eteocles was buried, but Polyneices was top lay in a field and be eaten by the animals. Antigone decides to bury him, but her sister, Ismene, will not because she doesn’t want to die for it. Creon punishes Antigone for it and is actually punished himself. He will not listen to the warnings he is given. He buries Antigone alive and his son killed himself ...
- 17230: Jurassic Park
- ... stay unchanged. The slightest change in the surface of the ball or the surface of the table can change the prediction of the shot. This falls into the category of the human system. The author’s point is that the human system can be considered a simple system, but the slightest change or disorder in a persons’ life, can change the out come that the parents predicted for it. This is ... easy way out. It is just taking other peoples work and adding on to it, and in the end calling it your own. Its’ like plagiarism, all you’re doing is taking some one else’s hard work and attaching your name to it and taking undeserved credit. Power resulting from discipline comes through the original ideas and work of an individual. Putting in the time and effort needed to accomplish ... will be as I’ve stated before, the downfall of mankind. He also discusses the destruction of the world and whether or not we have to power to control this. He says that we can’t destroy this planet, we can’t even come close. Our planet is 4 and a half billion years old and it has been through many geological changes, it has seen many a specie of ...
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