In July of 1898‚ near the end of Spanish-American War‚ U.S. forces invaded Puerto Rico. There was very little resistance by Puerto Rican forces‚ and only seven American deaths by the end. United States troops took control of the island by mid-August. After the signing of an armistice with Spain‚ the island was given to the United States on October 18.
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Why did Hong Kong Fall so Easily? Hong Kong is world widely known for being the world’s financial hub and for being the world’s richest city; most people don’t know that before being a financial city‚ it had a rich history behind it. It went through one of the greatest‚ harshest wars in history‚ the Second World War. There are many reasons why the Japanese were so successful in capturing Hong Kong; they invested most of their money into the Japanese Army. While they had latest guns and weapons
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Teen sleep: Why is your teen so tired? Teen sleep cycles might seem to come from another world. Understand why teen sleep is a challenge — and what you can do to promote better teen sleep. By Mayo Clinic staff Teens are notorious for staying up late and being hard to awaken in the morning. If your teen is no exception‚ it’s not necessarily because he or she is pushing the limits or fighting the rules. This behavior pattern actually has a physical cause — and can be modified to improve your teen’s
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The last question I have to answer with evidence is “Why did the slave trade last so long and what values were found in the slave trade?” An evidence I have is from “Roots” it is‚ in Roots while they were sailing to the new land they had a flood. The flood caused the tobob to close the air vents and they couldn’t get any fresh air‚ many of the slaves ended up dieing. As a result‚ they had to take very good care of the slaves they ended up with so they can make the whole experience worth the money they
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Martin Allan IPM0630 Can Terrorism Ever Be Justified? If So How? If Not‚ Why Not? Terrorism is the deliberate and systematic murder‚ maiming‚ and menacing of the innocent to inspire fear for political ends. This definition was proposed by terrorist analysists in 1979‚ but has never been surpassed for clarity and concision. Schmidt and Youngman in their book Political Terrorism for example‚ cited 109 different definitions of terrorism‚ which they obtained in a survey of leading academics in the
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Why was Mary Mallon Targeted so severely? Although Mary Mallon was the first healthy carrier identified‚ she was not the only healthy carrier to spread typhoid fever to others. It is estimated that about three percent of those who had typhoid became carriers‚ meaning 90-135 new carriers were created each year. Neither was Mary Mallon even the deadliest healthy carrier. Mary made 47 people ill and killed three while Tony Labella‚ another healthy carrier‚ caused 122 people to become ill and five
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They have influence on the way we treat people‚ and on the way we look at all manner of living creatures. They taught us to look as closely as we can‚ and then to look even closer. They have helped us to learn so much‚ and we continue to learn more everyday‚ using what they have supplied us with. Not only have they helped us to learn‚ they have helped us to appreciate the beauty in life‚ with Looking at wonderful works of art‚ to take heed of the inspirational
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devices he loved to use‚ round and flat characters‚ blank verse and prose‚ dramatic speech‚ and dramatic irony‚ have all helped bring his stories to life. No play is a greater example of that than Romeo and Juliet. One of the greatest reasons why Romeo and Juliette is so riveting is how Shakespeare constructs
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Why so many people eat fast food? Have you ever seen a popup automatically message window when you clicked a new webpage? One of them printed an attractive big “M” or a colorful image draw some hamburgers and drinks. This type of advertise is simple but powerful of fast food‚ it disguised real quality of these food‚ but with it widely spread among mass media‚ it urged people to consume them. As a result‚ more and more people familiar with eating fast food. Print
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Why The Taxes Are So High In Canada Every government gets the budget from the taxes‚ and those taxes are collected from people who live in the country and enjoy the benefit and welfare that provided by the government. Therefore‚ every citizen in every country has to pay taxes‚ no matter what products or services they purchase. Some countries have heavy taxation‚ such as Swiss‚ Japan‚ and Canada. People always complain about heavy taxation‚ especially when the one who live in heavy taxation
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