Captain John Smith was born January 1580 they don't know the actually date, in Willoughby, United Kingdom. Cap. Smith decided to have a life of combat and served with the English Army abroad. He eventually had made his way to America to help govern the British Colony of Jamestown. Smith was captured and enslaved, he was sent to what is now Istanbul and served a kindhearted mistress, who didn't want him as her slave, so she sent him to her brothers to do farm work.…
James J. Hill was born on September 16th, 1838 in Ontario, Canada. James was able to get good schooling in his youth at Rockwood Academy. James's father died when he was only 14, which means James had to quit school. He had to work while his mother ran an inn, he worked with a grocer while being able to study with the reverend. His work with algebra and geometry will help him in his future.…
On March 13, 1933, Donald Gaskins was born in Florence County, South Carolina. At a young age, Gaskins was teased and given the nickname “Pee Wee” as a result of his small body frame. Violence followed him everywhere, starting from his home where his stepfather beat him to school. At school Gaskins would fight with the other kids daily. This would ultimately lead him to become the most terrified serial killer in South Carolina.…
Believed to have been published in Amsterdam in 1642, is the work of Flemish cartographer and engraver Hendrik Hondius. Hondius was apprenticed to Godfried van Ghelder in Brussels, studied drawing with the engraver Jan Wierix of Antwerp, and he also studied engraving along the way, to which he dedicated himself as a practice. In 1599, he became the first publisher to be granted a national privilege by the States General of the Netherlands, allowing protection against the circulation of copies of his published works in the Dutch Republic. This early map is an important one of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay, and described by some as an important map of America published in the 17th Century. Hondius’ map is a derivative of the cartographic work of Captain John Smith's, specifically his original landmark map…
Smith’s selective portrayal of information through adorning iconography reveals that the intentions for his map are to appeal to his audience, the British colony investors, and completely eradicate the traditional notions of the political geography that previously pervaded in the Tsenacomoco…
John Hope Franklin John Hope Franklin was a highly admired American historian and social activist, he is best known for his scholarship that focused on Southern history and racial politics. His groundbreaking work, From Slavery to Freedom, was first released in 1947 and sold more than three million copies worldwide and with many other titles to follow (Yarrow). Apart from being an historian and author, Franklin was also former president for many honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa, Organization of American Historians, and the Southern Historical Association. In order to recognize his contribution to society and culture in the United States, Franklin was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor in…
For any student of modern history, regardless of their focus, this collection cannot be overlooked, if for no other reason than its highlighting of the dynamic nature of Australia’s…
Ray Stannard Baker, born in 1870 in Lansing, Michigan, rose in prominence for being a muckraker journalist during the Progressive Era. The term muckraker was coined by Theodore Roosevelt to describe the investigative journalists who exposed political, social, and economic corruption. Baker got his start as a journalist with Chicago News-Record and McClure's Magazine. His articles on issues including the Pullman Strike, Coxey’s Army, and railroad corruption made his name well-known. Before long, Baker was recognized as one of the leading journalists in the “New Journalism” that was revolutionizing the press.…
Joseph Willcox Jenkins was born to William Jenkins and Genevieve Brosseau in the city of Philadelphia in 1928. Jenkins was exposed to music starting at a young age, likely receiving interest and exposer from his mother, who played piano and sang. Beginning at age six, Jenkins took piano lessons from his mother. As part of his piano instruction, Jenkins recited melodies on the piano and transposed the melodies into different keys as. This practice gave Jenkins a great leap into aural skills training and transposition from an early age.…
In the United States, there are many people who believe that closing down our borders will help the terrorism we face in America come to an end. Well those that believe this is true, they are very wrong. For instance, look at the event that happened in a school full of children in Connecticut. This act of terror was committed by an American citizen. Also the shooting that happened in Colorado when the movie Batman…
The life of Jefferson Davis, is an iconic American story, about military service, government leadership, and the establishment of the Confederate States of America. However, prior to the civil war, Jefferson Davis was a war hero that served a prestigious political career. If the South never succeeded from the Union, history would have remembered Jefferson Davis as a person that was a great political administer, and decisive war hero who proudly served the American Government. However, after Mississippi seceded from the Union, Jefferson Davis resigned from political office, believing that each state had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.…
“John Brown’s body lies a mould’ring in the grave, his soul goes marching on.” This is what Thomas Brigham Bishop said about John Brown after he was hanged for his abolitionist actions. John Brown was an Militant extremists abolitionist who is famous for his actions before the Civil War and to some, being the one who started and caused the war. Abolitionist in the north think as him as a godlike figure, while people in the south think as him as an awful person. He helped with the Underground Railroad and was a boost morale for north.…
Robert Boyle was a very well known philosopher of the seventeenth century. Coming from a wealthy background, Boyle was able to travel to many countries and gain knowledge about how the world works. He was curious and liked to perform experiments that would lead to discoveries about how God was present in nature. Being a devoted follower of Christ and active in his faith, he was very insistent that God was present in every situation and that the credit should always be given to Him. One of Boyle's most persuasive arguments was related to how he viewed the relationship between God and nature.…
In the Text, “Why Cook?” by Michael Pollan, a question was never asked, only an answer given: Cook. This statement directly explains what the entire excerpt would be about. The author, Michael Pollan, not only has a background of cooking, but has written many articles about it. Therefore, he is very qualified to speak about the subject of cooking. Pollan chose the audience very directly when he said, “. . .…
This gave him an opportunity to observe and study the wide range of natural phenomenons. These studies contributed to his theory on evolution. In 1837 Charles went to London to finish work on his Journal known as The Voyage of the Beagle. He arranged his collections of fossils and bugs and was impressed by the likenesses of the species showed. He studied all of the samples vigorously, down to every line, spot and, organ and noticed that each had developed in their own way from ancestors.…