Why the Normans won the battle of Hastings The reason why the Normans won the battle of Hasting About 10 days before the Vikings landed at Stanford the Saxons were down in Hasting where they were expecting the Norman’s to come and attack. Unfortunately for William the winds where not very good in France and after a few days of waiting for the Normans word got out that Vikings had landed up in Stanford. The Saxons marched up as fast as they could‚ they won the battle of Stanford and then
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Last week’s essay talked about who‚ how and why the World War II started. Today‚ we are going to talk about who and how did the war end‚ why did it get to an end and what could have happened if Adolf Hitler would have won. The World War II ended in the 8th of May in the year of 1945‚ the end of the war was named “VE” that stands for “Victory in Europe”‚ announced by Winston Churchill. People celebrated in the streets of Britain. But in the far east people was furious and claimed for life. Japan did
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Viniqua Cook Ms. Williams EH 101-1BB 30 April 2012 Why Abraham Lincoln Won the Election of 1860 The Election of 1860 was an interesting election because it split the nation in two and showed how divided America could get. Likewise‚ it was the last election before the Civil War and it was the first Republican victory. Abraham Lincoln‚ better known as Honest Abe‚ is mostly remembered for freeing slaves and of course‚ his top hat. On the other hand‚ Stephen A. Douglas is known as the Little Giant
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In this essay I am going to tell you some main points and reasons why William the conqueror won the battle of Hastings that was fought on October 14th 1066. Duke William of Normandy won the battle because was well prepared and had a good army. They prepared carefully for the battle. The Normans had knights on horseback who were skilful fighters. William also was skilful and ambitious‚ and he was determined to be King of England. There were many factors contributing to the victory of William the
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If the south won the Civil War The civil war started when the confederates bombarded Union Soldiers at Fort Sumter‚ South Carolina on April 12‚ 1861. The civil war ended in spring 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9‚ 1965. In addition the last battle was fought at Palmito Ranch‚ which is located in Texas on May 13‚ 1865. The civil was fought in several places from Pennsylvania to Texas‚ from Mexico to Florida coast‚ but
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Importance of Business Communication in Modern World With the advent of technology to previously unimaginable heights‚ the importance of communication at the workplace and business communication has become even more profound. Gone are the days when businessmen would reach their office and find stacks of letters and notices lying on their desk. This is the digital era‚ and the presence of BlackBerry’s and other mail exchange devices means that these same businessmen are never out of the loop‚ at
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Sarah Baker January 28‚ 2012 Mr. smith Book Critique: Thirteen Reasons Why Genre: Fictional mystery‚ suspense & drama Thirteen Reasons Why is a heartrending‚ fictional story written by Jay Asher‚ his first published book. It is filled with mystery‚ drama and suspense. Hannah Baker commited suicide. Clay Jensen‚ a classmate of Hannah’s is still trying to digest the sudden and heartbreaking news. When Clay returns home from
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taking pills. The tapes were mailed to one classmate involved who then had to pass it down to other classmates involved as well like a chain letter. On the tapes Hannah tells every person how they were a part of her death by giving then thirteen reasons why she took her life. Clay discovers that if the tapes do not get sent out to everyone a second set will be leaked to each and everyone in the school. The main conflict is that all the tapes are changing each and every person’s life. 2. Hannah
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the show at the Nazi Olympics when he won four gold medals. According to this view‚ this left Hitler outraged and infuriated when he rudely snubbed Owens and refused to acknowledge the athletes’ accomplishment. The Owens triumph proved the fallacy of Nazi racial theories and equated to a victory for the United States team over their German counterparts. Unfortunately‚ this may be more spin than history. The only real fact in this narrative is that Owens won four gold medals. The reality is much
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William Mckinley William Mckinley ran in the election of 1895‚ and won the title of presidency. In the election‚ Mckinley faced William Bryan‚ who thought attacking the gold standard and encouraging the coinage of silver would win him the presidency. Unfortunately for him‚ Mckinley won the popular vote by about 600‚000 ‚ the biggest victory in the prior 25 years. Mckinley called a special session of congress in order to heighten custom duties‚ which he believed would reduce taxes and encourage
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