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League. This led to the Spartan leaders’ decision to wage war against Athens. As war ensued, Pericles stepped up to lead the people against the Spartans, convincing the assembly not to give in to Sparta. Pericles came up with a plan to use the navy to raid Spartan-occupied lands and those of its allies, and avoid ground combats as Spartans were more skilled fighting on land than water. Unfortunately, a plague struck in 430 B.C.E. which took the life of Pericles the following year. In addition, thousands

South (who preferred slavery). All of these conflicts, such as the Border War and John Brown’s Raid, made the North and the South have violent attitudes toward each other. And then the “straw that broke the camel’s back” effect came into place, and the North and the South eventually declared war against each other. The main cause of the Civil War was slavery as shown by the Border War, John Brown’s Raid, and the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher. One example that slavery was the main cause

Rather than remaining free in the safety of the North, Tubman decided that her freedom had no meaning knowing that her family and her people were still enslaved. She made it her mission to rescue the rest of her family from slavery starting with her niece Kizzy, who was going to be sold to the South along with her two small children. Her husband, a free man named John Bowley, contacted Harriet, warning her of this troubling news and requested her help in rescuing his wife and children. Harriet organized

Expansionism was a key component during this time frame, as many countries were battling to take over other countries land or saving the land they had. However, defending countries did not always win these battles due to several causes. Therefore, how did countries begin to expand their land and how did the tactics of using new weaponry and the use of water help these countries expand their land? Countries were going into battle to try to conquer more land, by doing so, if they were victorious they

Bomber raids had a long-lived impact. The P-51 Mustang was an important aircraft in the war that had an American airframe and a British Rolls-Royce ‘Merlin’ Engine. Disposable fuel tanks, which increased the Allied fighter’s range were loaded onto the P-51 Mustang and by March 1944, the modified Mustang had a 1800 mile armed range and could fly with the bombers to Berlin and back. Richard Ovary said ‘The long-range escort fighter transformed the air war overnight.’ Lastly the thousand-bomber raid on

Greek warriors depicted on Ramses III reliefs demonstrate that Mycenaean must have been carrying out raids . The Mycenaean economy depended on surplus in order to trade. To maintain that surplus, their society had to always be expanding. This made their social structure somewhat delicate and it eventually led to its collapse. The collapse was not because

were not professional privateers or full time soldiers. Originally they were full-time fishermen and farmers who spent much of the year at home. Only in the summer would they have got acceptance from a local leader and ventured across the sea to raid small areas, trade or seek out new lands to settle upon for their community. The homelands of the Vikings were in Scandinavia, but the countries of Scandinavia as we know them today did not exist until the end of the Viking Age. The Vikings explored

trust issues, but his real enemy is the Spanish, so he will not let anything get in his way. This seems to show that English naval hierarchy tends to rely on surprise raids by commanders such as Drake. The top commander in the hierarchy needs to be relentless and fearless, so they can achieve their goals. The purpose of these raids was to delay the Spanish from attacking the English and by wiping out their supplies. The only way to do this was by surprise and that is what Drake was very good at

As the article states, “....There is a recognition of how rhetoric may shape how we understand history, as in this case of John Brown. Historical memory of the John Brown raid points us to our questions of today about terrorism, while his abolitionism may interest with our thoughts about democracy and pluralism, or about being black in America.” (McParland 2010). Interpretations make these connections, and their roots are

The Academy Award-winning movie Pearl Harbor (2001), the portrayal of the tragedy and heroics of the attack on the Naval and Army forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, captured the hearts of Americans all over the country. But how accurate was this portrayal? Does this really depict the true happenings of that infamous day, or is this another Hollywood attempt to enstill a deeper message into the minds of movie-goers? Although it was based on the true happenings of that day in 1941, many of the