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Louis War King
542 words16381715, king of France (16431715), son and successor of King Louis XIII. After his fathers death his mother, Anne of Austria, was regent for Louis, but the real power was wielded by Annes adviser, Cardinal Mazarin. Louis did not take over the government until Mazarin's death (1661). By then France was economically exhausted by the Thirty Years War, by the Fronde, and by fiscal abuses. But the centralizing policies of Richelieu and Mazarin had prepared the ground for Louis, under whom absolute ...
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British East India Company
689 wordsThe British East India Company was the main source of trade between the east and Britain for more that 200 years. I chose to do my research paper on the British east India Company. The British east India Company was the most important of the various East India companies; this company was a major force in the history of India for more than 200 years. Queen Elizabeth I granted the original charter on December 31, 1600, under the title of "The Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading int...
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South Africa Nationalist Party
544 wordsDuring the 17 th century, South Africa was colonized by the English and Dutch. The Dutch descendants - called "Boers" (from the Dutch word for 'farmer') or "Afrikaners" - revolted against English Rule in 1899. This war was called the Boer War (also known as the South African War) and lasted until 1902. In 1910, the Transvaal, Orange Free State, Cape Colony, and Natal were all combined to form the Union of South Africa which was allowed semi-independent status from Great Britain. In 1948, the Afr...
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Assisting Suicide Relieve Suffering
1,890 wordsEuthanasia Euthanasia: killing the dying. Its OK - isnt it? Euthanasia is the intentional killing of a person, for compassionate motives, whether the killing is by a direct action, such as a lethal injection, or by failing to perform an action necessary to maintain life euthanasia to occur, there must be an intention to kill. The most common suggestion is for voluntary (or "active") euthanasia, where the person asks to be killed. Although those who advocate euthanasia do not like the use of the ...
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Continental Congress West Indies
2,032 wordsThe Continental Congress met in one of the most conservative of the seaport towns from which the revolutionary movement stemmed. Philadelphia patriots complained that there was more Toryism in Pennsylvania than in all the colonies combined; certainly the Quakers who dominated the province were more concerned in putting down radicalism at home than resisting tyranny from abroad. The character of the delegates who assembled in Philadelphia in September 1774 was likewise a good augury to the conser...
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Graphic Design National Gallery
1,041 wordster> (1949 -) Tim Storrier was born in Sydney Australia in 1949. He spent his early childhood on his family's sheep station at Umagarlee, near Wellington, NSW. His mother and grandmother were interested in art, and he would draw a lot. He drew military heroes and rural subjects such as woodsheds. At the age of ten he went to boarding school in Sydney, where he spent a lot of time in the art room, painting under the influence of his teacher Ross Doig. Storrier attended the National Art ...
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Character Analysis Of The Short Story Fleur
1,134 wordsLouise Erdrich is a writer who is of both Native American and French heritage. Story telling is a part of the Native American oral tradition. Erdrich furthers this tradition in her novels and short stories. Upon reading her short story, Fleur, in which the central character is Fleur Pillager, Erdrich captures the readers attention immediately and forces her character upon the reader with the first line of the story. The first time she drowned in the cold and glassy water of lake Turcot, Fleur Pi...
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Political And Religious Church Of England
1,702 wordsThe Spanish Armada set sail from Spain in 1588. King Phillip II wished to invade England for both political and religious reasons. Spain put a tremendous amount of money into the Armada and planned for years, but in the end the fleet was defeated. The building of and the defeat of the Spanish Armada led to Spain's downfall as a world power, and England's subsequent rise in power. King Phillip II had many political and religious reasons to invade England. Because Phillip had been named as Marys s...
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Rip Van Winkle Sir Walter Scott
1,068 wordsWashingtons work is ended, said Mrs. Irving, and the child shall be named after him. And so, Washington Irving, the last of eleven children, was born on William Street in New York City on April 3, 1783, to a prosperous merchant family headed by William and Sarah Irving. He lived in a town of about 25, 000, from which he drew much of the material for his stories and sketches. He spent his childhood days wandering the town and listening to the Dutch descendents as well as reading a great deal in h...
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Meyer Lansky Lucky Luciano
1,867 wordsCharles "Lucky" Luciano, without doubt the most important Italian-American gangster this country ever produced, left a far greater impact on the underworld than even the illustrious Al Capone. In 1931, Luciano created what can be called the American Mafia by wiping out the last important exponents of the Sicilian-style Mafia in this country. Together with Meyer Lansky, Luciano was also a founder of the Mafia's "parent" organization, the national crime syndicate, a network of multi-ethnic crimina...
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Societal Debate On Cloning
1,027 words... them for the better. From that perspective, Jan Existed, said "Thank God for Dolly. " A fierce and intelligent debate is necessary to define and keep track of the ethical borders of modern technology. Dolly not just led to a discussion on human cloning. In some countries it eventually transformed into a wider debate on biotechnology, which is still going on. The Dolly event shows it to be unwise to ignore the initial public outcries. The task is to go beyond the populist and symbolic charact...
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Menara Syahbandar Inter Trade Jakarta
583 wordsMenara Syahbandar was built 1839 to replace the old flagpole in ship dock located right on the side across a river. From the pole and later the tower, officials observed ships about to anchor gave signals. The tower then is used a meteorology post. To the West of the Lookout Tower, we can see the view of the present Museum Bahai. The museum represents a very old and strong edifice with Dutch architecture. The museum also provides several maps of the city, with stages of the city development show...
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Side By Side Rich And Poor
1,680 wordsThe paper describes Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The aim of the paper is to develop essay writing habits. The paper should be interesting for the reader at the same time it should include narration, exposition, definition, classification, description, process analysis, division / classification and persuasion paragraphs at once. Outline Introduction Body History Architecture Culture Indonesian food Urban development Environmental management City of contrasts Peoples life Reasons to visit C...
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Political Correctness American Medias
1,514 wordsMedia Bias in Politics The Medias are being traditionally referred to as the democracy's fourth column, in the sense that they influence peoples minds to a great extent, which is often a single factor that defines citizens political affiliation. One of the most important principles of democracy is independence of Medias. In theory, Media owners biggest goal is to deliver honest and unbiased information to the people, while leaving it up to them to come to their own conclusions. Of course, it is ...
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Sri Lanka Tsunami A Social Autopsy Part 1
1,664 wordsSri Lanka Tsunami: A Social Autopsy What this paper is about: The country of Sri Lanka was hit my a huge Tsunami December of 2004, and it still has not recovered. This paper will describe the country before and after the tsunami hit and analyze what should have been done, what can be done now and the outlook for the future. Before the Tsunami, Sri Lanka, which used to be Ceylon, was a peaceful and relatively prosperous island country in the Indian Ocean, near to India across the Page Strait. It ...
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20 Th Century Allied Forces
2,247 wordsIndonesia is the country that I have selected to conduct my research. I will research the following 5 topics all in the 20 th century. 1. The important aspects of the Indonesian culture Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago, that achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1949. The Indonesian archipelago despite rich historical and cultural heritage is extremely influenced by the XX century world issues. Indonesia is emerged in widespread poverty, ever-growing external debt to the USA,...
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Gatsby Believes Tragic Flaw
897 wordsA tragic hero can best be defined as a person of significance, who has a tragic flaw and who meets his or her fate with courage and nobility of spirit. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is a tragic hero. Jay Gatsby is an enormously rich man, and in the flashy years of the jazz age, wealth defined importance. Gatsby has endless wealth, power and influence but never uses material objects selfishly. Everything he owns exists only to attain his vision. Nick feels inclined to reserve all judgements (p....
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18 Th Amendment Meyer Lansky
1,930 wordsImagine living in a world where crime ruled. A world where gangsters were more powerful than politicians, owned the police, and ran the city in whatever way they felt. They robbed whom they wanted and killed when they didnt get their way. Now stop imagining and realize that this happened here in the United States of America in the 1920 s. It was run by an organization made up mainly of Italians called the Mafia. The word Mafia itself has many meanings. In Arabic it means refuge, which refers to ...
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End Their Lives People Around The World
1,971 wordsIntroduction Over The American Dream Euthanasia Introduction Over the past couple of decades, changes in medical technology have allowed physicians to prolong an individuals life than ever before. Individuals are now able to live a longer and healthier life with the help of respirators and other medical machines. We may consider that living longer maybe be beneficial to us, but people fear of having their lives dependent upon machines, being unconscious, or in terrible pain, and these people wou...
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German And French Alot Of Things Netherlands
615 wordsThe Netherlands shares borders to the south with Belgium and to the east with Germany, while the North Sea lies to the north and west. Large areas of The Netherlands have been reclaimed from the sea and consequently one-fifth of the country lies below sea level. The country is flat and level and is criss-crossed by rivers and canals. Areas reclaimed from the sea, known as polder's, are extremely fertile. The landscape is broken by the forest of Arnhem, the bulb fields in the west, the lakes of t...
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