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- 7241: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... were issued for the arrests of Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne. Osborne and Good maintained innocence, Tituba confessed to seeing the devil who appeared to her “sometimes like a hog and sometimes like a great dog”. Tituba also confessed that there was a conspiracy of witches at work in Salem (S.W.T. Chr. 2). Magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin examined Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne in the ... obviously under demonic possession, were not to be believed (Coit 56). After 20 people had been executed in the Salem witch hunt, Thomas Brattle wrote a letter criticizing the witchcraft trials. This letter had a great impact on Governor Phips, who ordered that reliance on spectral and intangible evidence no longer be allowed in trials (S.W.T. Chr. 7). Was this the end of the mass hysteria of 1692? Nineteen ...
- 7242: The Civil War
- ... Democrat Francis Spinola had been a vigorous foe of Republican policies and Lincoln. But now he swore his loyalty with stirring words, "This is my flag, which I will follow and defend." This speech gave great assurance that the masses in the great cities were devoted to the Union and ready to enlist for its defense. More than 400,000 European immigrants fought for the Union, including more than 170,00 Germans and more than 150,00 Irish ...
- 7243: Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union
- ... Necessity on July 4, 1754 in which a small force of French and Indian Troops defeated Washington and his troops. The French were now securely established along a line of spread out points from the Great Lakes south to the Ohio River. They also had camps in the Allegheny Mountains. The whole northern frontier of the British colonies was exposed to attack from the Indian allies of the French. In addition ... better. This plan was for the governors of the provinces with some members of their respective councils to meet and order the raising of troops, building of forts, etc. Taking money from the treasury of Great Britain would pay for this plan. The money that would be taken out of the treasury would by replaced by an act of Parliament that would add another tax to America. Bibliography Keyes, Nelson Beecher ...
- 7244: The American Civil War
- ... against Augusta and the other would march northeast toward Charleston. However the one true objective would be Columbia. Sherman's force arrived in Columbia on February 16. The city was burned to the ground and great controversy was to arise. The Confederates claimed that Sherman's men set the fires "deliberately, systematically, and atrociously". However, Sherman claimed that the fires were burning when they arrived. The fires had been set to ... numbered 360,222 and only 110,000 of them died in battle. Confederate dead were estimated at 258,000 including 94,000 who actually died on the field of battle. The Civil War was a great waste in terms of human life and possible accomplishment and should be considered shameful. Before its first centennial, tragedy struck a new country and stained it for eternity. It will never be forgotten but adversity ...
- 7245: Our Country And The Affect of Changes
- ... inspiration of manifest destiny we were running over everybody and anybody to expand from "sea to shining sea." The treaty finally completed what we now know as the present day U.S. (p288). This was great and all yet I believed we could of gone about it with less blood shed. The treaty was a great example of change for geographically, obvious, yet, mental, secluded reasons as well. In conclusion, as you can see change is the element that shapes the way our country is. Another thing I realized was that ...
- 7246: The Cause of the American Revolution
- ... contributing factors. Historians argue that the revolution was political and the colonists were just trying to preserve their rights. Another view is that the colonists were concerned with economic issues. Others argue that distance and Great Britain's “benign neglect” made revolution inevitable. All are correct but some played greater roles than others. The period known as “benign neglect” took place in the early 1700s before the thirteen colonies were prosperous ... Maryland was founded in 1634 by a Roman Catholic man named Lord Baltimore. Townspeople soon established a proprietary system of self- government. This is just one example of what was achieved without the help of Great Britain. Similar advances happened throughout all the colonies. When New England along with the rest of the colonies began to prosper and set up more proprietary systems of self-government England began to take notice ...
- 7247: The 1800s Were A Tumultuous Time for the US
- ... it came time for Abe to become inaugurated as the six-teenth president of the United States. He had many threats against his life, none of them frightened him. He wa saware that there was great danger for a man in his position during a crisis. The election of 1860 was a major factor in starting the civil war. In his inaugural speech LIncoln said that he would respect the rights ... bloody battle at Antietam Creek. The invasion was stopped, but the battle could only be counted as a draw. Thie results did have a good effect for the North. If Lee would have won then Great Britain and France might have given the confederates support. The result also gave Lincoln the chance to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. He felt this was the victory his cabinet had advised him he needed. So ...
- 7248: Terrorism in the US
- ... the problems are minor and just need to be dealt with to properly correct them; however, most of them are not as insignificant. Terrorism has recently been on the rise and it's becoming a great threat to all American's lives. From minor protests to the Unabomber and the Oklahoma City Federal Building; terrorism is rapidly growing in America and something must be done to prevent it from engulfing the ... have caused another plague epidemic in the U.S.. These are only a few of the many hundreds of terrorists that are caught in time (Morganthau 1-3). Each day there are terrorists planning their great attack on the U.S.. In Oklahoma, the police arrested two people whom they discovered making fertilizer bombs in their home. The people were planning to use the bombs to attack gay bars, abortion clinics ...
- 7249: The Defining of a Nation
- ... have a better life that the one they left behind. The struggle for immigrants yesterday and today was and will never be an easy one. It is, instead, a long and difficult challenge that a great many will fail at. The fact that many early immigrants braved an unknown wilderness so they would have the opportunity to make a better life for themselves and their ancestors gives the American people their ... to abolish slavery and yet, even at the time of slavery's existence, we were considered one of the most advanced nations in the world. Another one-hundred years down the road children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of these same former slaves engage in another struggle for freedom in the same country that had fought many times for the freedom of others in the past, but refused to recognize the equality ...
- 7250: The 60s and Freedom
- ... era considered drugs as a tool for love and peace. " 'There's got to be more love in this room: Roll some more joints'" (We Are All Human Be-ins 39). Because of the youths' great desire to achieve a univesal sense of peace and harmony, drugs were sometimes a very important part of one's life. Didion, by telling of her adventures with various families, often describes in great detail the importance these families placed on their drug usage. Sometimes, they would plan a day or evening around the use of a major drug so that they could enjoy it to the fullest extent ...
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