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- 1131: Benedict Arnold
- ... grew with age, and soon the world was not enough for him. His deceit, ego and selfishness controlled him even when he was in his deathbed. Benedict Arnold was a deceitful man ever since the French and Indian War. He deserted the army when he received a letter from his sister, Hannah, saying that Benedict’s mother was sick. He hitchhiked to his home in Norwich from Lake George in upstate ... Why wouldn’t I have slipped away? It was somebody else’s fault, not mine!” (23). He said this last sentence repeatedly as if he needed to convince himself. At the beginning of the American Revolution, George Washington offered a post to Benedict Arnold. He thought to himself, “Washington is wise and fair; no man in America is more beloved and respected. This will be my chance to prove my strength ...
- 1132: Sir Isaac Newton
- Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton, the culminating figure in the scientific revolution of the 17th century, was born on December 25, 1642 (according to the Julian calendar then in use: the date was January 4, 1643, according to the Gregorian calendar in use today), in the manor ... Principia is the greatest scientific book ever written. In the same year, 1687, Newton helped lead Cambridge's resistance to the efforts of King James to make the university a Catholic institution. After the English Revolution in 1688, which drove James from England, the university elected Newton one of its representatives in a special convening of the country's parliament. The following four years were filled with intense activity for Newton ... was knighted (1708) by Queen Anne, the first scientist to be so honored for his work. Newton died in London on Mar. 31 (N.S.; Mar. 20, O.S.), 1727, having singlehandedly completed the scientific revolution and molded much of the content and the image of modern science. Works Cited 1. Microsoft, Encarta 97 Encyclopedia. 2. 1997 Grolier, multimedia encyclopedia. 3. Christianson, G. E., in the Presence of the Creator: ...
- 1133: Galileo Galilei
- ... himself. Even though Galileo's documented letter was signed and dated, he was still found guilt of heresy and was forced to denounce the Copernican theory in front of the public. (5:137-176) “Scientific revolution: a revolution of ideas.” (5:329) Physics is controversial because it leaves traditional philosophy behind. Galileo, a physicist, was, therefore, controversial, and his works as well. Galileo was condemned, not because of a personal matter, but because ... heretic? (5:321-346) Conclusion: In my opinion, Galileo was a hero. He was the link that joined old science to new science. He linked Copernicus to Newton, and set the stage for the Scientific Revolution. His boldness made him famous, and his genius made a place in history for him. Galileo gave us a new understanding of the universe. He developed a telescope, did experiments with pendulums, worked with ...
- 1134: Jacqueline Kennedy
- ... to talk an awful lot about animals.” In the summer of 1949, Jacqueline went to France to study at the University of Grenoble and then at the Sorbonne. While at Grenoble, Jackie lived with a French family. This gave her the opportunity to refine her accent and to get an insight into her earlier family’s way of life. While at the Sorbonne, she studied French literature and civilization. Jacqueline later took a vacation with Claude de Renty through Germany and Austria. They traveled third-class which gave the young Bouvier the chance to witness a new world which had been ... time and secretly release any hidden aggressions and tensions. Jackie also learned to water ski and adjusted to the noisy family circle. It was a marriage of contrasting personalities. Jackie was thoroughbred horses and trophies, French antiques, art, and literature. John was politics, rough-housing, politics, peanut-butter sandwiches, and politics (Hall et al. 128). As much as Jacqueline loved her husband, she was often noticeably bored with his demanding ...
- 1135: Thomas Jefferson
- ... law (1762-1767) with George Wythe, the best law teacher of his time in Virginia. He went into to the bar in 1767 and practiced until 1774, when the courts were closed by the American Revolution. He had inherited a considerable landed estate from his father, and doubled it by a happy marriage on Jan. 1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton. He was elected to the House of Burgesses, when he ... Continental Congress. While Jefferson was secretary of state from 1790 to 1793, Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the treasury, defeated the movement for commercial discrimination against Britain, which Jefferson liked. Jefferson's policy was not pro-French, but it seemed anti-British. Hamilton was distinctly pro-British. By late 1792 or 1793 the opponents of Hamiltonianism (I hope I used a real word) constituted a fairly definite national party, calling itself Republican ...
- 1136: Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... was the first consul. Napoleon also introduced many foreign policies. One was the continental system, this forbade the impotation of British goods into Europe. In th first coalition, England joined with Austria and Prussia. The French was deafeated because of their embarrasing loss in the Mediterranean. They lost most of their supplies which doomed theur chances for a victory. Austria alianced with Russia and England to form the second coalition. This war was concluded by a brief interval of peace, which lasted from 1801 to 1803. A third coalition was formed by an aliance between England, Austria, and Russia. The French were conquered at sea, but with perseverence, successfully dominated at land. After their defeat, the Frence army became invincible. This shortly came to an end after the French were embarrased in the invasion of Russia. Of the 600,000 troops that entered Russia, 400,000 died and 100,000 were taken prisoner. The biggest factor in the decline of Napoleon was his ...
- 1137: Biography of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... it was printed his first detective story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, which attracted wide attention for his creation of the detective Dupin, and his method of logical deduction. The story was translated into French and discussed in French journals. Poe was accepted more readily in France than in the United States. The French poet, Baudelaire, was particularly sympathetic with him and translated much of his work. The Puzzle-Solving Story In 1843, his story, The Gold Bug, won a $100 prize from the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. This ...
- 1138: THe Life and Work of John Keats
- ... Era. He wrote poetry of great sensual beauty and with a unique passion for details. In his lifetime he was not associated with the senior poets who began the movement at the time of the French Revolution. He was unlucky in the respect he didn't, fit into the older, respected group based on his age, nor in the younger group, for he was neither a lord nor in the upper classes ...
- 1139: Biography of Aaron Montgomery Ward
- Biography of Aaron Montgomery Ward Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on February 17, 1844, in Chatham, New Jersey, to a family whose ancestors had served as officers in the French and Indian Wars as well as in the American Revolution. He was named after General G. Aaron Montgomery Ward, a general in George Wahington's Army. When Aaron was nine, his father, Sylvester Ward, moved the family to Niles, Michigan. Aaron's schooling ended when ...
- 1140: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- ... accompanied Susan B. Anthony to Kansas for a referendum on the enfranchisement of both ex-slaves and women. We lost the election, but won other support, including financing that allowed us to begin publishing the Revolution in January, 1868. I did most of the writing on women's issues for the newspaper. I published editorials on jury duty and prostitution as well as some standard topics. But in 1869, the newspaper ... rather than the platform. In my eightieth year, I shocked even feminists with the publication of The Woman's Bible (1895), a carefully researched argument against women's subordinate position in religion that- like the Revolution- was more reasonable than its inflammatory title implied. Reverend Anna Howard Shaw and others moved a resolution in the 1896 NAWSA convention disassociating the organization from the book, and despite Susan B. Anthony's impassioned ... life provide inspiration for generations of American feminists, even to the present day. I think that Elizabeth, were she here today, would be pleased to see her work was not in vain. And that the revolution she and other ladies of Seneca Falls began that hot July day in 1848 did not end 76 years ago when women acquired suffrage. And that her life still inspires new genrations of young ...
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