Looking back at Revolutionary War‚ you might question how America successfully defeated the British considering the British army was the best trained and equipped‚ and possibly the most professional army in the world. In contrast‚ America was in a state of disorganization when it came to economics and politics. The national government as a whole was greatly powerless. Unlike the British army‚ the American army was inadequately trained‚ had little supplies‚ and was not paid very well. Practically
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Gaugamela was the perfect battlefield for Darius’s army and both leaders knew this. But‚ Alexander decided to take his chances and try to end the war with this battle on Darius’s land. As the Macedonian army set up camp overnight‚ Alexander was advised by his right-hand man Parmenion to attack Darius at that moment (Grant). It would have been the perfect surprise attack on the Persian army but‚ Alexander declined and said a surprise attack would be considered stealing a victory‚ so he decided to
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Abraham Lincoln had the most electoral votes. He had 180‚ Breckinridge had 72‚ Bell had 39‚ and Douglas had 12. To win presidency‚ you had to receive 270 of the 538 electoral votes. Abraham Lincoln only received 40% of the popular votes. Lincoln had the most popular votes. He had 1‚866‚452 votes‚ Breckinridge had 847‚953 votes‚ Bell had 592‚506 votes and Douglas had
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1 M A R C H 2 012 s t r a t e g y p r a c t i c e How multinationals can win in India Companies should avoid simply imposing global business models and practices on the local market. Vimal Choudhary‚ Alok Kshirsagar‚ and Ananth Narayanan 2 Over the past 20 years‚ multinational companies have made considerable inroads into the Indian market. But many have failed to realize their potential: some have succeeded only in niches and not achieved large-scale market leadership‚ while
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Why did William win the battle of Hastings? In this essay I am writing about why William Duke of Normandy won the battle of Hastings. At the time of Edward the confessor there were three claimants to the English throne. One of the claimants was Harold’s. He believed he should be on the throne because he was Edward the confessor’s brother; he was born in England and was the most powerful English earl. The next claimant was William duke of Normandy. William believed he should be king because Edward
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Duquesne Fort‚ but they were cut off by the allied indians of the French. The British were destroyed by the natives because they used guerilla warfare. Many soldiers lost their lives‚ including General Braddock. Although the odds that England would win the war were very slim‚ they ended up winning because they captured French forts Quebec and
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Saul and the Israelites drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. The Philistines occupied one hill and The Israelites on the other‚ with the valley between them. Goliath was the champion that was to fight for the Philistines. Goliath was 9 feet tall and he had a bronze helmet on his head. Goliath had about 5000 shekels of armor that he was wearing which is 125 pounds. The blade of his spear was 15 pounds! Goliath shouted to all of Israel and said that he was a Philistine and the servants
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I deserve to win this scholarship because I am a hard worker‚ I am determined‚ and I have the ability to follow through with the education needed to achieve the goals in my life. I am a straight A student and always looking for a challenge. I am passionate‚ driven‚ and have very high expectations. Because of these qualities‚ I have always put my studies over everything else. I have faith and believe in myself that I will follow through and obtain the quality education that I am striving for. With
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Following his success at Vézelay‚ Bernard embarked on a preaching tour across Burgundy‚ Lorraine‚ Flanders‚ and Germany. At each stop‚ he attracted large crowds and continued to inspire fervor for the Crusade. Even Emperor Conrad‚ who had initially refused to participate‚ relented after a stern Christmas rebuke from Bernard and agreed to join the Crusade by October. Bernard’s unwavering commitment and powerful preaching played a significant role in rallying support for the Crusade across Europe.
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defending a black man‚ does not think that they can win the trial because there was no way you were going to get an all white jury to not convict a black man. Atticus even told his two kids‚ Jem and Scout that there was no way they would win the trial but there was no reason they couldn’t try to win. “‘Atticus‚ are we going to win it?’ ‘No‚ honey.’ ‘then why-’ ‘simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win‚’ (p.76)”. In the end‚ Tom Robinson (the black
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