... a happy life, just like she did in Frankfort. She attended Montessori School and had a lot of friends. However her father was still worried, for in Germany the Nazis gained almost complete power. In 1940, the Germans invaded and conquered Holland. Anne's life had changed by the Germans taking control. She could not go to her school, and was to attend the Jewish Lyceum. No Jews were allowed out on the streets at night. Her life changed again. It was not a happy one for herself or her family. In 1941, the Germans had there first round up of Jews in Amsterdam. 5 months later, the Germans summoned 16-year-old Mar ...

... enough, during the time when Southern planters were in their most desperate days. In a little over a week, he started the biggest avalanche of production that any economy had ever experienced. The South would never be the same again. was born on December 8, 1765 in Westboro, Massachusetts. The tall, heavy-shouldered boy worked as a blacksmith. He had an almost natural understanding of mechanisms. On a machine made at home, he made nails, and at one time he was the only maker of ladies' hatpins in the country. In his early twenties, Whitney became determined to attend Yale College. Since Yale was mostly a school ...

... on railroads. He was arrested in 1894 in Niagara Falls and jailed for vagrancy. As an adolescent, he worked at various hard labor jobs, pirated for oysters, served as a fish patrol to capture poachers, sailed the Pacific on a sealing ship, joined Kelly's Army of unemployed working men, and returned to attend high school. University of California at Berkeley, is where London went when he went back. Jack started to become a writer to escape from the horrific prospects of life as a factory worker. He studied other writers and began to submit stories, jokes, and poems to various publications, mostly without suc ...

... that became his distinguishing feature. During Israel's war of independence (1948-49) Dayan was a commander on the Jerusalem front. He became chief of Israel's general staff in 1953 and as such supervised the Sinai campaign of 1956. Leaving the army in 1958, he was elected to the Israeli Parliament in 1959 and served (1959-64) as minister of agriculture in the government of David Ben-Gurion. By popular demand, Dayan was made defense minister just before the Six-Day War of 1967, which greatly enhanced his reputation. He was, however, blamed for Israel's unpreparedness in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, a ...

... was to assure freedom of its individual citizens. He had a fear of tyranny and distrusted centralized power, especially from an aristocracy or a moneyed class. Thomas Jefferson favored the spread of power ranging from the federal level to state and local levels. Jefferson stated, “I have never observed men’s honesty to increase with their riches.” Alexander Hamilton, on the other side, distrusted popular rule and emphasized law, order, authority and property. Alexander Hamilton wanted to promote commerce and industry through a strong central government. He also would diversify American econ ...

... free from traditional teachings as well as "linguistical tyranny" His first principle regards the process of definition. As I sit in an every day classroom I notice several things. Many, if not all student simply nod their heads while a teacher explains, be it a theory in Math, or a formula in Science. Not once have I encountered a student willing to raise their hand and question the definition, or meaning that a teacher has rambled off to them. states his feelings on this best when he writes, " It is a form of stupidity when to accept without reflection someone else’s definition." He wa ...

... different weight simultaneously from the Leaning Tower At Padua, Galileo invented a calculating “compass� for the practical solution of mathematical problems. He turned from speculative physics to careful measurements, discovered the law of falling bodies and of the parabolic path of projectiles, studied the motions of pendulums, and investigated mechanics and the strength of materials. He showed little interest in astronomy, although beginning in 1595 he preferred the Copernican theory (sun centered theory)—that the earth revolves around the sun. Only the Copernican model supported Galileo's tide theor ...

... Along with this string playing, began to play the organ which is the instrument he would later on be noted for in history. His instruction on the organ came from the player at Eisenach's most important church. He instructed the young boy rather rigorously until his skills surpassed anyone’s expectations for someone of such a young age. suffered early trauma when his parents died in 1695. He went to go live with his older brother, Johann Christoph, who also was a professional organist at Ohrdruf. He continued his younger brother's education on that instrument, as well as introducing him to the harpsic ...

... one factor which influenced his writings. As a boy, ran off to be a cabin boy on a merchant ship, but he was caught and returned to his parents. In 1847 Jules was sent to study law in Paris. While there, however, his passion for theatre grew. Later in 1850, 's first play was published. His father was outraged when he heard that Jules was not going to continue law, so he disconinued the money he was giving him to pay for his expenses in paris. This forced Verne to make money by selling his stories. After spending many hours in Paris libraries studying geology, engeneering, and astronomy, published his first n ...

... of Malcolm X's life because it gives great insight into one of America's great leaders. The struggles he had as young black boy and the influences he got there. To his teenage years where he developed most of his street smarts and learned how people really worked. Also his autobiography shows how for some people prison can teach and really help people to rehabilitate their lives. Then how Malcolm finds a way out in his new found faith in Allah. The autobiography also shows how Malcolm sees the true light of the Muslim religion with his pilgrimage to Mecca. At first Malcolm grows up as a typical black child, ...