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Throughout history pirates have terrorized the world’s seas. There are few men that have been feared as much as pirates were. Names such as pirate, buccaneer, and privateer were given to these men and women that terrorized the seas. Black Sam Bellamy, Bartholomew Roberts, Jean Lafitte, Stede Bonnet, and Ann Bonny are some of the most feared names know to man. These were the names of pirates that dominated the seas during the 1600’s and 1700’s, a time known as the “Golden Age of Piracy.” However,

Cortes about the locals were planning to him and his troops in his sleep. Cortes led an attack before what he believed was a sneak attack on himself, and captured and killed most of the nobles. He captured the city leaders, and in one of his own letters Cortes says in under 3 hours they killed more than 3,000 people, and destroyed the rest of the city. One witness tells that the death toll was around 30,000 not 3,000 ("Hernando Cortés." Hernando Cortes. Web. 04 Dec. 2016.)-("Hernán Cortés." Hernán

From the early 15th century to the 18th century, there was much exploration of the world through naval and land expeditions. The Portuguese, for instance, navigated their way to the East in 1498, Spain discovered the route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. This led to the rise of the global phenomenon called the Age of Discovery which led to the understanding of the shape and the distribution of land on the Earth. Mapping of the trade routes on seas and oceans acted as a guide and allowed

The U.S. Constitution allows the president and Congress to have big responsibilities on their military action, but there have been many debates how their war powers begin and the end has. The administration of Obama chose to make a decision in August 2013 to look for congressional authority to have a military strike in Syria. They wanted this for the use of the chemical weapons. This has caused a new debate on the need for the president to request approval. In the past, the administration's major

Unlike Fisher, John Yoo believes that the intention of the framer was to lay out a Constitution that would evolve with time. He is not stating that the Constitution does not hold true but rather that because of different circumstances during these times that the Constitution should not be followed word for word. This is why Yoo’s believes that the President can hold power to declare and terminate war and has because Congress has allowed the President to make these decisions. He acknowledges that

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This paper will define and determine the criteria for warfare, argue that neither the 9/11 attacks nor the resulting counterterrorism reactions take after the conventional standards of Just War theory: these events cannot be portrayed as just under the guidelines of jus ad bellum or jus in bello. More importantly, the events should not be classified or regarded as a war. Rather, these related acts are criminal offences that were toss under the label of warfare due to the American interpretation of

English Should be the Law? Whether or not English should be the law in the United States is an argument that is widely being considered. Some believe the United States should make English the official language, some do not. Various Americans believe it would unify the country by giving us a common thread, it would help immigrants in school and in the job market and it would be less expensive than having a multilingual nation. Many opposers of the law do not agree with it because they think they

Elizabethan Pirates Did you ever think that some pirates fought for their country? Contrary to what some might believe, Elizabethan pirates, or privateers, fought for Queen Elizabeth of England. Also, for various reasons they were called sea dogs and buccaneers. The privateers were actually encouraged by the government to pillage their enemies. Elizabethan privateers were enlisted and licensed by the government, were unified in their cause, focused more on capturing than destroying enemy ships,