Why did the Spanish armada fail? Introduction The Spanish armada started in 1588 and finished around a month later. The Spanish lost dramatically for several reasons. This essay will tell you why the Spanish failed so badly and why England won. Admirals Medina Sidonia the Spanish admiral was not as strong as the English admirals Drake and Howard for a lot of reasons. This will have caused the Spanish a major setback from winning the Spanish armada because they would not have been as strong as
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The Great Depression affected men and women in many different ways. Women during this time were undermined constantly by the workforce. Along with being refused jobs because of their gender; they were being paid less for the same work. Women during this decade were ridiculed for trying to support their families. The number of married women working doubled in size during the Depression‚ though many believed that women who were working‚ especially those with a working husband‚ were stealing jobs
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Why did views change? * Confidence or ? * Why is change good/bad? * If were going to have new things how does it affect life and how we do things everyday? * Are we doing things in a Canadian way? * Any of the singers from the 50’s‚ if we sing is that Canadian music? Or are we imitating American music * If the lyrics are Canadian does it make it Canadian? * Does it work in terms of practical results * If you do things Canadian and get big are you
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the great empires we have seen over the past thousands of years have fallen. For instance; Russian Empire‚ British Empire‚ Mongol Empire-but most importantly the Roman Empire. Why do they fall‚ and how did they collapse? An empire can collapse in various of ways. For example‚ poor militaries‚ politics‚ a weak economy‚ or even because of the religion. For instance‚ militaries can cause a huge roll in why a union is dying. They can be inexperienced‚ or simply they do not have the loyalty to the empire
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Aqueducts were man made to make water go downhill from natural sources‚ a dam or reservoir were built to create a holding place for the water so the aqueduct would not run dry. Short feeder tunnels were built to catch water from springs‚ basins‚ or other water runoffs to be feed to the main channel as to keep water flowing for dry periods of when it wasn’t raining. Aqueducts would have to be inspected often to make sure that the water isn’t running at to steep of an angle‚ that would damage the channel
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upheavals. Under the rule of Augustus he was able to reform the senate‚ the army and religious and family affairs. First‚ Augustus reduced the size of the Senate. Instead of being above them he tried to work equally with them or place them and subordinates in his reforms. Because of the reduction‚ he was able to rid the Senate of incompetent senators. In order to join the Senate you were appointed by Augustus himself and the roles were received by hereditary. When you look at how Augustus created this
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Why Did Stalin Become a Dictator? At the beginning of the 20th century‚ Russia was a very poor country. Most of the people were peasants‚ and there was very little industry. After the First World War‚ things only got worse; the army suffered many huge defeats. The poorest of the people were starving‚ due to a shortage of food. During the war‚ in 1917 the Communists came about by two important revolutions; they were led by Lenin. Communism is a system of government in which the state controls the
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founder of the Soviet Union‚ a command economy that collapsed in 1991. This quote summarizes the type of control that he believed was required to create a utopian country. In a command economy‚ the government makes all decisions on jobs‚ land‚ and production‚ which leads to many social and political ramifications. This fact‚ along with a multitude of other factors‚ led to the Soviet Union’s collapse. In general‚ there is scarcely a command economy in history that has had success‚ this due to the fact
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British Recruitment WW1 Michael Johnson Source One This source comes from the book ‘Forgotten Voices of the Great War’ written by M. Arthur and published in 2002. The source shows the story of one man’s recruitment into the army. However the source shows how the recruitment officer‚ encouraged the man to lie about his age‚ so he was eligible to recruit for the army. This shows the eagerness of the government to recruit as many people as possible‚ it shows this because the recruitment officers
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Why did the Spanish Armada fail? Charlotte Wong 7B (20) The Spanish Armada failed because of many things‚ most of them were because of they did not done a proper preparation for the battle. The Spanish was very weak and unorganized‚ they know that they were‚ but they still don’t do any preparation‚ as if they knew that they will lose. They did not done well in the tactics‚ ship design and choosing their leader. If they can’t do these basic things
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