Major Ridge was born around 1771 and died on June 22, 1839. Ridge married Sehoya who was a mixed-blood Cherokee in 1792. Ridge could not speak or write; he had no formal education. He received his title as major in 1814 after serving alongside Andrew Jackson. After receiving the title major he used Major as his first name for the remainder of his life. He later in life moved his family to what is now Rome, Georgia. Moving to Georgia helped him develop a plantation and become a successful planter which
Words: 378 - Pages: 2
Battle of Fredericksburg 1. Battle of Fredericksburg a. Who i. The Battle of Fredericksburg took place during a time were a new nation, America, was trying to find its identity after succeeding from Britain. Because of different viewpoints of the citizens in this new country, states started to succeed to sustain their way of living. The southern states in this new nations earned its living from agriculture, which heavily relied on slaves to tend the fields. The northern states
Words: 2017 - Pages: 9
Valentine October 30, 2012 University Success Founders Day Founder’s day was a wonderful week at Jackson state this week. I learned a lot this week at Jackson state from all of our previous presidents about the fantastic sonic boom, and more. I learned that back in the day the university was just called Jackson it wasn’t called Jackson state until a couple years later. I’m glad that Jackson state gives us a whole week to inform us about our institution. To see all the magnificent people come
Words: 690 - Pages: 3
Andrew Jackson: Evil Tyrant or a Hero for the Common Man? Name: _________________________________________________________ Class: ________________ Guiding Question: Our study of Jackson’s presidency will be focused on answering the question: Was Andrew Jackson an evil tyrant who abused presidential power, ruthlessly killed Native Americans and defied the Supreme Court; or was he a proud hero of the common man who sought to bring an end to the power of the wealthy upper class in government?
Words: 1423 - Pages: 6
Lets think back to 1732, when George Washington was born. George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, VA. In Littleton Adventist hospital. George was the oldest out of his sybling.George had two half-brothers from his father's first wife, and later five additional siblings were born after George was born. When George Washington was 11 his dad passed away which was in 1743, George struggled after his dad passed away. But as the time went by it began to get better,george began to understand
Words: 351 - Pages: 2
In the fiction story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, she write about a town they is preparing for the lottery. In the story the whole town about three hundred people was waiting outside in the square, between the post office and the bank, at ten o'clock. In the story the whole town is waiting for the lottery to be done and every man of the house hold have to get up and het a folded piece of paper from a black box and see if they had won. In the story I thought that Mr. Hutchinson wife, Mrs. Hutchinson
Words: 373 - Pages: 2
There was once a chieftain. His name was chief Joseph. Joseph was a strong leader and a powerful man. Joseph chose to continue his father's work, protecting and leading the Nez Perce. People respected and trusted Joseph and relied on his leadership. In 1842 settlers from the east started pouring into the west, for free land, new opportunities, and a chance at wealth. This distressed the Indians, not knowing what was going on, but all was fine for now. In 1855 territorial governor Isaac Stevenson
Words: 362 - Pages: 2
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. Before he was a president he was known as a one of the smartest americans in the world. He was raised in Virginia and had a very great education, when he went off to college he studied almost everything there was. With all this knowledge he was often seen to have a darker side that no one was able to figure out, this earned him the name “American Sphinx”. He was elected and became president in 1800, but before he was elected he had a
Words: 414 - Pages: 2
The Native Americans first became significant in states history in the Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Native Americans, who lived east of the Mississippi, farther west. Native Americans have a role in the state’s economy, economic goals, accomplished things, and have social goals. Native Americans role in the state’s economy is that they used buffalo meat for food and the bones, hide were used to make clothes, tepees, and tools. Some $10 billion (2002 dollars) in gold was mined from
Words: 337 - Pages: 2
Age of Jackson started in 1828 when Andrew Jackson’s presidency somewhat benefitted the Americans, but hurt other civilizations. Towards the end of Andrew Jackson’s presidency, the states were conflicted about the economy, and they wanted to agree on what the rights of the states truly were. The changing of the United States showed they were independent
Words: 1070 - Pages: 5
