Louis after his birth. His mother left him with his grandmother and was always in prostitution. He married died on July 6th‚ 1971 in Corona‚ Queens‚ New York. He went to school at the Fisk School for Boys and the Colored Waif’s Home for Boys. His nicknames all his friends and fans gave him was “Pops”‚ “Satchmo”‚ and “Ambassador Satch. In 1981‚ he replaced Oliver in Kid Ory’s band‚ which was the most popular in New Orleans. In his early life‚ he joined Creole Jazz Band on second cornet in Chicago. In
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Did Charles I Deserve to be Executed? In the middle ages the power of the monarchs was a lot greater than the power of today. For example the monarch would create the laws and taxes the country would obey by there rules and there rules only. The monarch would decide when the country went to war and when Parliament was needed (many problems were caused by the monarchs and Parliament disagreeing). However nowadays our monarchs tend to hand over there power to parliament. Parliament creates the laws
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is a pretentious‚ pompous‚ condescending fool in his actions and his thoughts. He thinks he is higher up the social ladder and house hierarchy when he is merely a steward who takes dislikes a little too far. Malvolio’s Punishment Malvolio may deserve his come-uppance‚ but there is an uncomfortable universality to his experience. Malvolio’s misfortune is a cautionary tale of ambition overcoming good sense‚ and the audience winces at the way he adapts every event—including Olivia’s confused assumption
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Haig was born in Edinburgh on 19 June 1861. He was born into a wealthy family that had good business. When Haig was younger he went to a good school and in 1884 went to Royal Military Academy at Sand Hurst. He first served as a Calvary Commander; however this experience was not useful in the battle of Somme because it was trench warfare which was a new kind of war so he couldn’t use the same tactics. He was also a celebrated commander of the Boer war‚ but the Africans were weaker and were poorer
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Haig was a significant character for various reasons during World War One‚ most of which were negative. In his earlier days‚ Haig was significant because it was ultimately his leadership that resulted in a number of disasterous losses for the British Army‚ for example the Battle of the Somme (1916) which is still seen as one of the British Army’s biggest failures to this day. His intial failures stem from his backward leadership and poor connection with the British troops. Having said this‚ in the
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Grand; aristocratic. Charlemagne was a ruler who ruled over the Frankish Empire in the middle-dark ages. Many historians regard him as great‚ for he did many things for the Christian Religion. We do not specifically know when Charlemagne was called great. Charlemagne was an accomplished conqueror and good with bribes. In one sense‚ Charlemagne did more than just restore the empire. He added to it which Roman arms never reached (64‚ The Times: Illustrated History of Medieval Europe‚ Felipe Fernandez-Armando)
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Haig was the Butcher of the Somme Explain how far you agree with this view Field Marshal Haig is known as the butcher of the Somme. But was he really to blame and responsible for the death of many soldiers he was in charge of during World War 1? He is remembered mainly for the death of thousands of men during the Battle of the Somme. On the first day alone 60‚000 British soldiers lost their lives. The reason that so many soldiers died was because Haig ordered his men to walk across no man’s
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Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig: World War I’s Worst General Even so‚ a staff colonel had the cheek to write: "The events of July 1st bore out the conclusions of the British higher command and amply justified the tactical methods employed." Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig‚ chief of staff of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and architect of the battle‚ evidently agreed. On the day after the debacle‚ stating that the enemy "has undoubtedly been shaken and has few reserves in hand‚" he discussed
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To what extent do you think Cicero deserved to be exiled in 58 BC? In the build up to Cicero’s exile‚ he undoubtedly had many chances to escape the fate he eventually found himself in‚ this‚ it has to be said‚ was ultimately down to Cloudius whom Cicero found an enemy in when he gave evidence against him in the ‘bona dea’ scandal. However Cicero was not all to blame as he found himself abandoned by close friends such as Pompey‚ and the subject in which he was exiled over (putting the Cataline
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What kind of leader was Haig? Interpretation – A view from somebody’s point of view that may not be necessary be true. The battle of the Somme occurred on the 1th of July 1916‚ with the English and French army fighting against the German. English’s army’s leader‚ Haig‚ was considered to be a donkey‚ meaning to be a bad general. The historian John Laffin claims that Haig was an awful leader; he says that “Haig really thought he was doing what the people wanted him to do” which makes us think that
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