...We see George washington in paintings statues but the thing is, no one really knows George Washington, in the following few paragraphs I’m going to be talking about “the early life of George Washington”, “What he did he do in the war” and “What did he do as president of the United States of America”. George Washington was born February 22, 1732 he descended from a colonist from England who settled in virginia. Everyone has heard of the famous tale about George Washington cutting down his father’s favorite cherry tree. It came about when an autobiographer named Parson Weems was writing George Washington’s autobiography and there is very few known about his childhood, so he made up many myths these were called apocryphals which are stories that...
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...GEORGE WASHINGTON “THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY” BORN: February 22, 1732 in Westmorland, Virginia, British America DIED: December 17, 1799 in Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States SPOUSE: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington RELIGION: Anglican/Episcopal GEOGRE WASHINGTON “THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY” Introduction: George Washington was born on February 22 “February 11, Old Style,” 1732 in Westmoreland county, Virginia and died on December 14, 1799, in Mount Vernon, Virginia. Washington was an American General and Commander in Chief of the Colonial Armies in the American Revolution War “1775–1783” and subsequently became the first president of the United States within the years “1789–1797.” Augustine Washington, Washington’s father, attended school in England, tasted seafaring life, and then settled down to manage his growing Virginia estates. George’s mother was Mary Ball Washington, whom Augustine, a widower, had married early the previous year. Washington’s paternal lineage had some distinction; an early forebear was described as a “gentleman,” Henry VIII later gave the family lands, and its members held various offices. But family fortunes fell with the Puritan revolution in England, and John Washington, grandfather of Augustine, migrated in 1657 to Virginia. The ancestral home at Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, is maintained as a Washington memorial. Little definite information exists on any of the line until Augustine. He was an energetic, ambitious man who acquired much...
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...George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732. He was born into a middle class family, his father Augustine and mother Mary, moved the family up the well-known Potomac River, to another Washington owned plantation called Little Hunting Creek. This was in 1735, only three years later the family packed up and moved again. This time to Ferry Farm, opposite of Fredericksburg Virginia, This was finally the place George would call home, for much of his childhood and youth years. George lived a normal child’s life for the time period. A little better off than most, he was homeschooled in his younger years, where he learned math, geography, Latin and the English classics. Like many people he gained most of his knowledge and understanding of life by watching other people. He mastered the art of growing tobacco, and how to run a plantation. A major...
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...P.2 George Washington was rightly called the father of our country. Born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland Land County Virginia. George Washington was the very first president of the United States. He served two terms as president. From 1789-1797. He is on a one dollar bill. He was president of the constitutional convention that wrote the United States constitution. He also helped shape the offices future rolls and power. George Washington believed that it was necessary to strike a delicate balance between making the presidency powerful enough to function effectively in the nation. George Washington as a part of the American revolution. He became what some would call, a national hero when he led the colonial forces to victory over the...
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...the first Secretary of the Treasury. He left a legacy of being a flawed hero. Alexander’s childhood and early life were unpleasant. His father left his family when Alex was one and his mother died of sickness when he was 12. Afterwards he moved in with his cousin who unfortunately committed suicide. Then a hurricane ravaged his home, with Alexander being able to write an account of it. People were so impressed by his writing skills, which were acquired by the large amount of reading...
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...Alexander Hamilton was an eccentric and brilliant man, but also one of, if not the most important rebels in American History. Hamilton managed to pull himself through a terrible childhood. Hamilton’s rebellious attitude is one of the main reasons why the Colonists won against the British Army, and why the United States is able to flourish today. While not all agreed with Hamilton, everyone cannot look at Hamilton’s legacy and not be completely awe-struck. Hamilton was a man able to overcome any challenge and outsmart any opponent by rebelling against the norm of society. To begin with, Hamilton’s life was at no point easy, especially when regarding his early life. Hamilton was born on the island of Nevis which is in the caribbean and part...
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...Civil War ended in 1865, many newly freed black Americans sought education at all levels. But there were few trade schools or public schools that they were allowed to enroll in.[3] Among the first black colleges to meet the need was Tuskegee University, established in 1881.[4] Booker T. Washington was born a slave on a plantation five years before the Civil War began, near Hales Ford, Virginia, on James Burroughs’s plantation in 1856. The slaves on the Burroughs’ farm learned that they were free in spring of 1865. Booker had survived chattel slavery and the Civil War.[5] He moved with his mother and siblings to Charleston, West Virginia to join his step-father, a Union Army veteran.[6] Washington was called only Booker during his early youth and added the name Washington when he entered elementary school. Living under impoverished circumstances, Washington worked in the local salt mines to assist the family. Washington left home at sixteen after learning about a school for former slaves called Hampton Institute while working in the mines.[7] In 1872, after saving enough money, he left the mines to attend Hampton in Hampton, Virginia, under the direction of former...
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...Robert Rogers was born on November 7, 1731 to James and Mary McFatridge Rogers, Irish immigrants, in a small town in Northeastern Massachusetts. He was a frontier soldier who grew and commanded a militia force, known as Rogers Rangers. Rogers is often referred to at that time as Wobi Madaondo, “the White Devil”. This was placed on him because of his reputation with his men, as fearing him, and having made an elite group that had unusual tactics used when scouting their enemies. Rogers’s family relocated in 1739 when he was eight years old to Great Meadow district of New Hampshire. During his childhood, King George’s war broke out in North America in 1744. Rogers served as a private in Captain Daniel Ladd’s scouting company and in 1747 a private...
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...pite the fact that, as Shakespeare said, "the pen is mightier than the sword," the pen itself is not enough to make an effective writer. In fact, though we may all like to think of ourselves as the next Shakespeare, inspiration alone is not the key to effective essay writing. You see, the conventions of English essays are more formulaic than you might think – and, in many ways, it can be as simple as counting to five. The Five Paragraph EssayThough more advanced academic papers are a category all their own, the basic high school or college essay has the following standardized, five paragraph structure: Paragraph 1: IntroductionParagraph 2: Body 1Paragraph 3: Body 2Paragraph 4: Body 3Paragraph 5: Conclusion Though it may seem formulaic – and, well, it is - the idea behind this structure is to make it easier for the reader to navigate the ideas put forth in an essay. You see, if your essay has the same structure as every other one, any reader should be able to quickly and easily find the information most relevant to them. The Introduction Want to see sample essays?Check out our Sample Essay section where you can see scholarship essays, admissions essays, and more! The principle purpose of the introduction is to present your position (this is also known as the "thesis" or "argument") on the issue at hand but effective introductory paragraphs are so much more than that. Before you even get to this thesis statement, for example, the essay should begin with a "hook" that grabs...
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...GEORGE WASHINGTON THESIS Coming from a modest family and not having a superior level of education, George Washington would prove worthy to become a true leader at a young age. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Colonial Virginia and was the first child of his fathers’ second marriage. His father, Augustine Washington and mother Mary Ball Washington were owners of a tobacco plantation and gained a reputation as being moderately prosperous. As a young boy, George Washington suffered many family tragedies with the loss of several of his siblings and by the age eleven the loss of his father. George Washington would have his older step/half brother Lawrence, who was an intelligent man, an experienced soldier and the owner by inheritance of his fathers’ land and responsibilities; raise and guide him, until he too would lose a battle with tuberculosis in 1752. (Haworth, 8-9) George Washington received an education in his town school as a boy. It was a simple school of that which could be afforded by the neighborhood. There he would learn the basic skills; reading, and writing. His father Augustine seemed to have more of an impact on his mind intellectually teaching George moral culture, virtue and inspired him to appreciate justice, generosity and most of all a love of truth. During...
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...A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO THE SIGNET CLASSIC EDITION OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON’S UP FROM SLAVERY By VIRGINIA L. SHEPHARD, Ph.D., Florida State University S E R I E S E D I T O R S : W. GEIGER ELLIS, ED.D., ARTHEA J. S. REED, PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, EMERITUS and UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, RETIRED A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery 2 INTRODUCTION Booker T. Washington’s commanding presence and oratory deeply moved his contemporaries. His writings continue to influence readers today. Although Washington claimed his autobiography was “a simple, straightforward story, with no attempt at embellishment,” readers for nearly a century have found it richly rewarding. Today, Up From Slavery appeals to a wide audience from early adolescence through adulthood. More important, however, is the inspiration his story of hard work and positive goals gives to all readers. His life is an example providing hope to all. The complexity and contradictions of his life make his autobiography intellectually intriguing for advanced readers. To some he was known as the Sage of Tuskegee or the Black Moses. One of his prominent biographers, Louis R. Harlan, called him the “Wizard of the Tuskegee Machine.” Others acknowledged him to be a complicated person and public figure. Students of American social and political history have come to see that Washington lived a double life. Publicly he appeased the white establishment...
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...Leadership and the use of Power to Achieve Social Change Daniel William Chappell Dallas Baptist University Leadership and the Use of Power to Achieve Social Change Introduction The United States changed forever on November 4, 2008. Anyone watching a television on this important evening knew that everything had changed. Barak Hussein Obama had just been elected the 45th President of the United States of America, and he represented the first African American to ever win this office. To many the election was a fulfillment of Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream for social and political equality for African Americans. Still others, including the newly elected President, reached back to Lincoln. President Obama would also, invoke the founding fathers, giving credit to the social experiment that democracy is and thus hinting to the efforts of Washington and others. The days that followed the Obama election would be filled with symbolism leading to the concert on the steps of the Lincoln memorial, and the day of service, called by the President, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the day before inauguration. The election of President Obama seemed to have brought full circle the experiment of democracy. The dreams of the founding fathers were present, the echo of Lincoln’s consequential Presidency were present, and certainly the dreams and speeches of Dr. King were front and center in this cultural moment. Yet the cultural moment represented so much more than a continuum...
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...The misconceptions and ultimately terrible things that our nation did during our rise to freedom have been shielded from our youth in childhood education. The American’s came to the new world with the idea that we get to do what ever we want. We ran away from this government because we wanted to govern our selves. This tenacious mindset has been passed down through our lineage and has rendered the consequences that we face today. Those settlers who first came to America fought hard for there freedom, and it eventually was earned. Not once, but twice after we finally got Britain out of our land and out of our legislation. America was on the come up, we got what we wanted, and we got what we came here for. From here on out, we are on our...
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...Slavery was the key issue for the southern states but in Lincoln’s opinion the more pressing issue was the preservation of the Union. If not the issue of slavery, than some other issue at some other time would be reason enough for the states to try and secede. Lincoln’s fervent hope was that he could avoid a war by keeping the state of Virginia in the Union. “Lincoln declared to the U.S. Congress, “The course taken in Virginia was the most remarkable-perhaps the most important.” This simple statement expresses Virginia’s exceptional place in the history of the secession movement and the eventual coming of civil war in America. Virginia was important for two major reasons: first, the especially prominent and distinguished role it played in early American history and, second, its strategic location. For these reasons Virginians were truly torn over the decision of whether or not to secede. Because Virginia was not only sandwiched geographically but also economically, socially, and culturally between the North and the South, her decision to leave the Union was a tumultuous, long-fought battle.”(Gillian Cote, pg. 1) One of the ways Lincoln hoped to keep Virginia in the Union was by offering command of his army to Robert E. Lee. Lincoln believed Robert E. Lee to be the best soldier in America, a committed, dedicated man with strong belief in the importance of the Union. Lincoln’s rationale was that if he chose Lee as his commander in chief of the Union army, this choice would send a...
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...Leadership Styles Reviewing the past to prepare ourselves for leadership roles Leadership is important because it is a critical part of our group dynamics. Even in the most democratic groups, someone must ultimately take the role of organizing or facilitating for the group. The role of the leader is present in every area of our life in some manner. Consider the leadership roles of teachers who instruct, managers who drive business, artists who inspire ideas, politicians who lobby to fulfill needs, entrepreneurs who bring a vision to life, and caretakers who provide supportive services. Each is affecting the lives of others by assuming a leadership role that brings benefit to them both. While most of us will find ourselves in a leadership role at some time in our life, simply being in a leadership role doesn’t make someone an effective leader. (Gordon, 1977) It is important to recognize different types of leadership styles and to how these styles fit to individual personality types. Three general types of outstanding, frequently traveled, paths are charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic. In order to be an effective leader, it is not necessary to radically change a personality style. (Ponder, 2005) It is much more beneficial to identify inherent tendencies and learn how to develop those traits into effective attributions. It would be beneficial to understand each of the formidable leadership styles and how to develop the style that comes intuitively. (Mumford, 2006) ...
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