Essays on Floridians

Florida then moved to prepare its defences, by passing legislature that agreed to appropriate $100,000 for ammunition and arms purchases, and raised one cavalry regiment and two infantry regiments, in February 1861. Governor Perry then managed to seize Fort Marion at St. Augustine and Chattahoochee’s federal arsenal, but not the more strategic Forts Taylor, Pickens, and Jefferson. Especially Pickens was of particular interest to both the South and the North and the military confrontation there brought dark clouds of civil war-threat; however, Fort Pickens remained in the Union’s hands from beginning to end of the war.

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Summary

Alvarez (2012, p. 1) article provides an argument on remaking of the Florida Supreme Court. Republicans are the ones who have campaigned for the removal of the three state Supreme Court justices by voters (Alvarez, 2012, p. 1). This move is aimed at ensuring that the Legislature has more power than the Supreme Court in terms of judicial rules and appointment procedures. This issue of remaking of Florida’s Supreme Court is regarded as a politically divisive matter, which Florida is experiencing currently. “President Obama’s health care law” (Alvarez, 2012, p. 1), was the foundation of political divisions in ...

Strategic Context

Charlie Crist is the representative candidate of Democratic, who is vying for Florida governorship in 2014 gubernatorial elections. He had political backgrounds since he had served as a governor from the year 2007 to 2011, as a Republican representative. However, in the year 2010, he abandoned the Republican Part to vie as an independent for the U.S. Senate. Unfortunately, he lost the race to his opponent Marco Rubio. After two years later, in the year 2012, Crist endorsed and back up President Barack Obama, who was contending for the presidency with Democrat Party. Therefore, Crist shifted his gears and announced to ...

Background Information

When Florida became a territory of the United States many settlers began to occupy the State. By the mid 19th century, Florida had become a rural territory with vast plantations. When Florida became a State in 1845, its population was roughly 140,000 with 63,000 of the population being African Americans, majority of who served as slaves (Eicher & David 24). Though slavery was practiced in Florida, not all African Americans were slaves. There are those how bought their freedom and those who were freed by their masters. In its early days, Florida was assumed to be a slave state. This was an ...

- Introduction The cannabis plant that is commonly referred to as marijuana has been known for a very long time for both its advantages and disadvantages. It is known for all the good and wrong reasons because when it is used as medicine, it does really good in speeding up the healing process of many illnesses and when it is used as a stimulant, it also works very well in making its users feel very high. For these two reasons, debate has been brewing on whether to legalize it or not because in as much as it does well, the ...

The greatest challenge facing the modern business arena is ensuring that globalization becomes a positive force for all nations of the world. The definition of globalization is sometimes controversial due to its dynamism and complexity. Globalization is the trend in which countries merge economically, politically, socially and academically; globalized countries view themselves through their national identity and as one part of the world (Ghauri & Powell, 2008). The process of globalization links people of all walks through a common medium such as schools, internet and global markets. The visible manifestations of globalization include greater cross-border movement of commodities, finances, people, and information. ...

Mark Peterson

Bank of Florida 9180 Beachview

Miami Florida 88900

Dear Mark The following business plan is in effect a proposal to begin a lucrative and profitable partnership which will enable both ourselves and the Bank of Florida to contribute to Florida’s economy while increasing our involvement with an industry which has recently recovered from recessionary effects and forms a key component in Florida’s economy. The business that has been proposed below involves the retailing of marine safety equipment as well as various services related to marine industry safety. We believe that Florida’s reputation as one of the largest marine economies ...