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ill-fated” (Link, 20). The colonists soon concluded that Roanoke was not an appropriate location for their colony so Sir Richard Grenville decided to leave Ralph Lane and one-hundred and seven other men to establish the colony at the north end of Roanoke Island. Sir Richard Grenville traveled back to England and promised to return sometime in spring 1586

Pythagoras was referred to as the first mathematician. Born on the island of Samos, Greece 569 BC, and died on between 500 BC AND 475 BC in Metapontum, Lucania, Italy. Pythagoras had between two to three brothers. Some historians believed Pythagoras was married to a women named Theano and had two children named Damo and Telauges who succeed Pythagoras as a teacher. Pythagoras was considered well educated, and played the Iyre, which is an instrument similar to the harp. He also knew poetry and recited

attack on Manisses villages in Block Island, Rhode Island. The attacks occurred in late August of 1636, when Colonel John Endicott created a force of ninety soldiers and launched a expedition in retaliation for the murder of trader John Oldham. On August 24th this force of ninety soldiers set sail from Boston in track to Block Island with the order to kill all the men and to capture all the women and children. They landed along the east beaches of the island and created Base camp close near their

The Roanoke Voyages were England’s first attempt at settling in North America. Sir Walter Raleigh asked for Queen Elizabeth’s permission to begin exploration and she agreed to let him organize the expedition. However, he was not allowed to be physically involved in the actual voyages because she believed he was a valuable asset to her and did not want him travelling far away. The first expedition, in 1584, was an exploratory venture. Sir Walter Raleigh arranged for two ships to begin the exploration

Bora Bora vs. United States 12/11/2015 History The French Polynesia has a lot of islands that attract a lot of tourist and visitors. It is separated into 5 different groups of islands. The Society Islands consist of Windward Islands and Leeward Islands, The other four are Tuamotu Archipelago, Gambier, Marquesas Islands and the Austral Islands. In total of the islands combine make up a total of 118. The society islands is our main focus mainly Bora Bora which is in the western Leeward group. In the

that shape the identity of a character. Jim Hawkins, the main character of Treasure Island, is immensely transformed throughout many challenges, and the forces that cause them. The tragedy of death, the exhilaration of war, and the environment he was in greatly changed who Jim Hawkins was physically and mentally. The many battles Jim Hawkins was in strengthened him in many ways. When on his way to Treasure Island, Jim discovered that more than half the crew was plotting to destroy the captain and

In my opinion, reading 1 (Hawaii: The Land of Many) is more informative and useful for a person who knows nothing about the sugar plantations in Hawaii in the 1800s. I would suggest using reading 1 because it talks about the entire history, as opposed to reading 2 which talks about the shutting down of the plantations today. This reading teaches the reader about the sugar plantations and the life of the laborers that worked on these sugar plantations. Reading 1 states that the sugar industry boomed

are a total of 132 islands and only 8 islands have societies living on them. The other 124 islets are too small for humans to live. The eight main islands are Hawaii, Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau per Oachs (2014). The Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands, looking for new land, were the first to settle on the Hawaiian Islands bringing new species of animals, plants and vegetables (Oachs, 2014). The population of Tahiti started to migrate to the islands between 500-1400

In 1846, Charles Reed Bishop arrived in Hawaii. The 24-year-old clerk had sailed from New York en route to Oregon; after rough passage through Cape Horn, the ship put in at Honolulu for provisions. Bishop decided to wait out the winter in the Islands. He found work with local Yankee merchants, soon becoming a clerk at the U.S. consulate. He met Pauahi and soon began regularly calling on her at the Royal School. Though her family firmly reminded her of her obligation to marry Hawaiian royalty,

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