unable to bring Constitution into the shallow harbor‚ Captain Silas Talbot planned to surprise the French by sending a small detachment of sailors and marines to storm the ship and sail her out of port. 11 May 1800 From Captain Silas Talbot‚ U. S. Navy‚ to
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first to declare the war against the British Empire. There were several reasons for the War of 1812‚ for instance‚ trade restrictions because of the ongoing war between Britain and the French‚ imprisonment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy‚ British support of American Indians tribes against American expansion‚ and over national honor after humiliation on the high seas. As Risjord noted‚ “an unstated but powerful motivation for the Americans was the desire to uphold national honor
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Personal facts 2. Death facts Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 0 Dudley Seers (1920–1983) was a British economist who specialised in development economics. After his military service with the Royal Navy he taught at Oxford and then worked for various UN institutions. He was the director of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex from 1967 till 1972. Seers is famous for replacing the "growth fetishism" of the early post
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1. Know the main roles of different uniformed public services Emergency services: The police Fire Ambulance The armed forces: Army Royal Navy Royal Marines Royal Air Force Other uniformed services: The Prison Service UK Border Agency HM Revenue & Customs Coast Guard Purpose: Organisational objectives mission statements legislation e.g. Fire Service Act 1997/2002‚ Police Act 2004 Roles: dealing with accidents and emergencies routine work peace-keeping activities
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them.He reached Antarctica with his Pacific Voyage‚but there was still 1000 miles that havent been explored yet‚Captain Cook decid- ed that people can’t go any further South than latitude 78 degrees. Robert Falcon Scott was an officer in the Royal Navy‚ who had joined his first ship when he was 13. Expeditions Captain Scott led two expeditions‚His first expedition‚ in the ship Discovery‚ took place between 1901–1904 . Discovery was builtas a research ship to go through icy seas. This
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In 1778‚ the war over the rebellion in North America became international spreading not only to Europe but to the European colonies chiefly in India. After learning of the American victory in Saratoga‚ France signed the Treaty of Alliance with the United States on February 6‚ 1778. Spain entered the war as an ally of France in June 1779; however‚ initially refused to recognize the independence of the United States. Spain was not keen on encouraging similar anti-colonial rebellions in the Spanish
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which was much more interesting for Mr Golding. After his studies he was active as an actor‚ a writer and he also became a schoolmaster. During World War II and 1 year after he married Ann Brookfield‚ whom he had two children with‚ he joined the Royal Navy. Novels like ‘Darkness Visible’ (1979) and ‘Rites of Passage’ (1980) are based on this life during war. At the war’s end‚ he returned to teaching and writing. He wrote poems‚ plays‚ essays and many novels and in 1983 he received the Nobel prize
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the agreement also known as the Treaty of Ghent‚ which of course ended the War of 1812 on February 17‚ 1815. This war was about the British cut off supplies to the United States because the British didn’t want to give supplies to the enemy; The Royal Navy also took seamen from the U.S. merchant ships and forcing them to work for the British‚ and also the last battle the Battle of Baltimore. Great Britain restricted trade with the United States because of the war that the U.S. fought with France
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"Following the 1797 mutinies in the British fleet at Spithead‚ Admiral Lord St. Vincent established the practice in the Royal Navy of raising and lowering the colors--the ensign and jack--at a formal ceremony with the band and guard of the day paraded. The practice was taken up by the U.S. Navy from an early date and first codified in the 1843 Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Navy. At first‚ the time of morning colors was based on the time of sunset; if the sun set before 6:00 p.m.‚ morning
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In England‚ William D’Arcy was close to despair. He had gambled his considerable fortune on oil‚ and now he was on the edge of losing it all .It seemed that the geologists and experts who had wagged their heads encouragingly at him since 1901 had all been wrong about the oil beneath the sands of Persia. Having never set foot in Persia himself‚ Mr. D’Arcy didn’t even have adventure travel stories to show for his investment. What he had was letters and telegrams from his explorer‚ urging patience
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