Howdy, My name is Paul Revere. I am the man who warned towns and the minutemen of the British troops approaching. First let me tell you about my life and who I am. I was born in December 1743 in Boston. I was once married to my first beautiful wife, Sarah Orne, who gave birth to my first eight children. She passed at the birth of my eighth child. A few years later I was remarried to Rachel Walker and had eight aditional children. You heard me right, I have 16 children. I have been involved in many
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A NEW WORLD The First Americans At daybreak on the morning of Friday, August 3 1492, an Italian adventurer named Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain to find a new way from. His aim was to open up a shorter trade route between the two continents. In Asia, he intended to load his three ships with silks, spices and gold, and sail back to Europe a rich man. Columbus first sailed south to the Canary Islands. Then he turned west across the unknown waters of the mid-Atlantic
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with George Washington in the Revolutionary War. In Vowell’s Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, readers journey through the life of the French aristocrat and his journey through the Revolutionary War as one of the trusted friends of the future first president of the United States and as General Lafayette. True to Vowell’s methods, she once again travels across the nation to view various historical locations, documents and facts while also incorporating her witty humor into an insightful novel
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Acts such as the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, and the Boston Massacre, are all different events that summarize how the American colonists were living during the years of 1764, to around 1776, when being held under British rule. Desperately, the colonists wanted change and independence. Even though some people may argue that the colonist were not justified in separating from Great Britain, many believe the American colonists were justified in separating from Great Britain due to the taxation that was
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| Historical Essay: | Confederation and Constitution | | Jason Sherman | | | The Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, was adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. However, sanction of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781. The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, which resulted in most of the power residing with the state governments
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DEEPWATER HORIZON CATASTROPHE Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill or the Macondo blowout) is a massive ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, now considered the largest offshore spill in U.S. history. Some estimates placed it by late May or early June as among the largest oil spills in the world with tens of millions of
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After six grueling years of war the end of the war was near. Six months before the morale of the continental army was at the lowest point of the war. Congress was bankrupt due to rampant inflation caused by the mass production of continental dollars. The continental army was being trounced in the south by the British who had regained South Carolina and Georgia. Also many of the men in the continental army were mutinying. However in July of 1780 a French force landed in Newport, Rhode Island and
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He wished to gain special status to move through classes which he attained at King’s College in New York. With the revolutionary war around the corner, Alexander began writing defending the continental congress in writing against those who condemned their actions. Hamilton did not wish for violent action but was prepared for it. As the revolutionary was began Hamilton and his friends formed the King’s College Militia, were trained and sent into battle
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Harrison attended three inauguration balls that evening, which at least one thousand people attended each ball. Harrison is the first president to ever arrive by railroad at Washington D.C.(Kane,1959,67). May 31st, 1814 William resigned from the army and was appointed the head commissioner to treat with the indians. March 24th, 1818 William received the gold medal for his victory
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a Mercantile, Manufacture and shipper, and Educator. At the start of the Revolution Morris became interested in political affairs, Then in 1775 he took a seat in New York’s Revolutionary provincial congress He was first at the lower house of New York State Legislature from 1777-1778, than to continental and confederation congresses from 1778-1789, Then helped make and signed the Articles of Confederation. His committee
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