Splits the y axis into two separate regions to avoid unnecessary blank space. The split interval is determined by the y-axis values minYvalue and maxYvalue. Example: a=20*rand(21,1)+10; figure;hold on; plot(a); breakyaxis([14 21]);
Why did the U.S. Army encourage the slaughter of millions of buffalo? The US Army encouraged the slaughter of millions of buffalo because  the army wanted to kill Native Americans and everything that keeps  them alive. The buffalo provided theâ¦m with food, shelter, and are  used for religious practices. Slaughtering buffaloes took this  source away from the Native Americans.
The Boston massacre was caused by the Intolerable Acts that were passed by the British parliament. All the towns people were provoking the red coats. The red coat fired the fiâ¦rst shot and soon all the red coats were shooting at the towns people killing and injuring many. This started a huge rebellion and anger to steer around all over the world.