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- 4441: Bunker Hill , Battle Of
- ... the only incidents that caused unrest to exist between the two countries. There had been friction between British soldiers and colonists for some time because of the Quartering Act, a law which required townspeople to house soldiers. This unrest and tension resulted in the Boston Massacre, an event that resulted in colonists death and both sides being more untrusting of each other. These feelings of discontent and the growing fear of ...
- 4442: Atomic Bomb
- ... the turning point of the project occurred; the first nuclear chain reaction was created. On December 2, 1942, to conduct the test, the three brilliant men built a graphite nuclear reactor the size of a house. By the pulling of a rod attached to the reactor the experiment began. The meter on the counting machine ascended to the highest point and stayed there. "Gentlemen, the pile has gone critical," Fermi announced ...
- 4443: Articles Of Confederation
- ... and levy taxes. In the long run, the Articles of Confederation was a shot in the arm for the United States. The Articles of Confederation arranged a national government that would consist of a single house of Congress, where each state would have one vote. Congress had the power to set up a postal department, to estimate the costs of the government and request donations from the states, and to raise ...
- 4444: American Revolution
- ... his followers to be rebels. Despite his accusations, he cannot catch bacon and his force. Bacon comes back home a hero, after claiming that he had killed 150 Indians. He is son elected to the House of Burgesses; but is captured by the governor when trying to take his seat in office. This enraged the planters who had finally found a leader for their cause. Berkeley pardoned him, and promised to ...
- 4445: Western Expansion Of The U.S.
- ... a slave state. At the time, the United States an even balance between slave and non-slave states. Texas entering the Union would disrupt the balance, giving slave states an advantage in the U.S. House and Senate. Since the United States was not ready to annex Texas, Texas declared itself a sovereign country. In 1837 President Andrew Jackson formally recognized Texas a country. Texas wanted to be part of the ...
- 4446: Vietnam War - The War We Should Have Won
- ... War (series of books). New York: Marshall Cavendish corporation, 1988. 6. Lomperis, Timothy J. The War Everyone Lost - and Won. Washington D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1993 7. McNamara, Robert S. In Retrospect. New York: Random House, 1995 8. Westmoreland, General William C. A Soldier Reports. New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1976
- 4447: US-Mexico Border
- ... a slave state. At the time, the United States an even balance between slave and non-slave states. Texas entering the Union would disrupt the balance, giving slave states an advantage in the U.S. House and Senate. Since the United States was not ready to annex Texas, Texas declared itself a sovereign country. In 1837 President Andrew Jackson formally recognized Texas a country. Texas wanted to be part of the ...
- 4448: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... has had Exemples of their Existence and Operation; and that no only the Wigwams of Indians, where the pagan Powaws often raise their masters, in the shapes of Bears and Snakes and Fires, but the House of Christians, where our God has had his constant Worship, have undergone the Annoyance of Evil spirits. Go tell the world, What Prays can do beyond all Devils and Witches, and What it is that ...
- 4449: The New Deal
- ... were of the top names in this group of African Americans. They helped thousands to stay in school and learn new traits. With the help of Eleanor Roosevelt, many women took jobs at the White House. In 1936 the democratic convention declared that every platform should have an alternate of the opposite sex. The WPA hosted top jobs for women who worked in government. The most important of the women was ...
- 4450: Slavery - Events That Effected Slavery
- ... sought admission to the Union in 1819, it proposed a state constitution which would protect slavery. At that time there were exactly as many slave states as well as free states in the Union. The house of representatives was dominated by the North and the Southerners stood to gain control of the senate if Missouri was admitted as a slave state. Before the Missouri Debate began, Congress used the Northwest Ordinance ...
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