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Boston Massacre
... colonists felt like they were in a prison. Everywhere they turned they saw guards. These guards would frequently question and harass people just passing by. Parents were even getting worried for their daughters, because the soldiers would make sexual remarks towards them. Many red-coats were in search of different off-duty jobs, which meant they would be taking away jobs from the Boston laborers. Many times when the soldiers left their barracks and were walking about the town, carried large clubs, for the purpose of assaulting the people.
Many would say that the colonists had every right to be mad and irri ...
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Civil War Timeline
... Irvin McDowell suffers a defeat
at Bull Run 25 miles southwest of Washington. Confederate Gen. Thomas J.
Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade resists Union
attacks. Union troops fall back to Washington. President Lincoln realizes
the war will be long.
July 27, 1861 - President Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as Commander
of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell.
Shiloh
April 6/7, 1862 - Confederate surprise attack on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's
unprepared troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in a bitter
struggle with 13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confedera ...
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Ham Vs. Laertes
... and Laertes share a different but deep love and concern for Ophelia. Prior to his departure to France, Laertes provides advice to Ophelia concerning her relationship with Hamlet. Laertes voices his concern of Hamlet's true intentions towards Ophelia and advises her to be careful of Hamlet's love. Laertes also constantly reminds Ophelia that Hamlet will have probably have an arranged marriage and that Ophelia will be wasting time with Hamlet. Hamlet's strong love for Ophelia fades after she rejects his closeness. Hamlet's broad love for Ophelia caused Hamlet serious suffering after the affection toward ...
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African Art
... have been
found in Southern and Eastern Africa. These paintings are believed to
be attributed to the SAN (Bushman) people. Masks and fetishes are
often used to scare off bad things such as evil spirits, witches or
ghosts. They are also used to bring about a desired end-break a bad
habit, improve ones love life, or kill a natural or supernatural
enemy.
There are three basic themes of African art. The first is the
dualism between bush and village. African tribes wear masks and
headresses: the male is represented by the elephant, the most powerful
of bush creatures and the fema ...
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Events Leading To The American Revolution
... This is a very strong dictum, that in 1764, the colonists were of a submissive nature, and were weakly pleading for self-autonomy. This small fire of anger will become a huge conflagration as the rights are slowly rescinded. On October 19, 1765 the Stamp Act Congress and Parliamentary Taxation committee's passed some laws that attempted to strengthen the grip of the English crown. "I.That his Majesty's subjects in these colonies, owe the same allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body, the Parliament of Great ...
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The Controversial New Deal
... government. But one point is certain. Although the success of The New Deal was for the most part limited, it did not in any way, set America on the "Rode to ruin." If anything did put America on the road to ruin at all, it was the depression itself. Roosevelt's strategy was probably better than any other plan for the United States at this current time. This is because it not only stopped unemployment rates from rising, but even saw them decrease, and this all without taking drastic measures conveying the United States government.
Roosevelt's first act was to secure the banks. By forming the Emergency Banking Relief B ...
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The Invention Of The Airplane
... the turn of the century, dozens of people were working hard to invent the airplane. The period of active experimentation begins in 1891, when noted German engineer Otto Lilienthal began experimenting with hang gliders. Lilienthal took seriously the ideas advocated by Sir George Cayley almost a hundred years earlier. Through an extensive study of birds and bird flight, Cayley realized that the lift function and the thrust function of bird wings were separate and distinct, and could be imitated by different systems on a fixed-wing craft. Lilienthal began his work on heavier-than-air craft not by developing ...
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Andy Warhol And Pop Art
... similarities. This
makes it possible to talk of the iconography or attitudes of Pop art, but not of Pop
art as an art style, as one would speak of Baroque or Cubism." (Bondo, 1998)
In America, Pop Art used the images and techniques of mass media,
advertising, and popular culture, often in an ironic way to play off the social issues
of popular culture. The art form developed rapidly once reaching the U.S. New
York City, often viewed as the epicenter of American popular culture, fostered the
growth of many of the most highly regarded pop artists, including Warhol,
Rosenquist, Segal and Lichtenstein. Ca ...
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Proclamation Act Of 1763
... in Quebec,
The Act also tried to encourage British settlers to come to New France, but,
unfortunately, the settlers did not want to come. This was because the settlers
would rather move to a mostly British society, instead of a mostly French.
Some other aims of this Act were: Limit the size of Quebec, cutting
Montreal from the Fur Trade, and also to reassure the Natives that their hunting
grounds, and fur trade would be protected and remain intact.
Some of the terms of the Proclamation Act were as follows: settlement in
the Ohio and Mississippi was forbidden, and trappers, traders and settler ...
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Conditions Of The Slaves As They Were Brought To America And Why Slavery Thrived In The South
... which made it easy for them to escape. Because of this problem
many Indians were shipped to the west Indies in exchange for African slaves.
Since Africans did not know the land it made it very hard for them to
escape and if they did their skin tone made them easier to find.
The first African slaves came to Virginia in 1619 and were freed
after a term of servitude. By 1660 some slaves were serving for life. And
by 1700 Africans were arriving in the colonies in huge amounts.
Most Africans came from the western coast and western Africa. They
came from many different ethnic groups and therefore spoke different
la ...
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