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- 1341: Benjamin H. Latrobe
- ... Which was composed of a broad curriculum. He was taught in all the liberal arts and also classical and modern languages. Latrobe started his career training under England's most renowned engineer of the day John Smeaton. Under Smeatons teachings Latrobe gained a strong grasp of technical and theoretical English civil engineering and meticulous draughtsmanship (Carter 1981, 1-2). Latrobe's interests in engineering soon led him to develop an interest ... many side jobs designing public works where he also gained experience and individuality. During Latrobe's partnership with Cockrell he also met other renowned architects of the time. Two of which were Gorge Dance and John Soane. Both of these architects were very influential to Latrobes own work. In fact, all three architects were very influential. They all helped mold and create Latrobe's architectural style. During this advancing time period ... America a better place to live. Bibliography Carter, Edward C., 1981. "The Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe," New Haven: Yale University Press. Hamlin, Talbo F., 1955. "Benjamin Henry Latrobe." New York: Oxford University Press. Horne, John C., and Lee W. Formwalt, 1984. "The Correspondence and Micellaneous Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe." New Haven: Yale University Press. Norton, Paul F., 1987. "Latrobe, Jefferson and the National Capitol." New York: Garland.
- 1342: Benjamin H. Latrobe
- ... Which was composed of a broad curriculum. He was taught in all the liberal arts and also classical and modern languages. Latrobe started his career training under England's most renowned engineer of the day John Smeaton. Under Smeatons teachings Latrobe gained a strong grasp of technical and theoretical English civil engineering and meticulous draughtsmanship (Carter 1981, 1-2). Latrobe's interests in engineering soon led him to develop an interest ... many side jobs designing public works where he also gained experience and individuality. During Latrobe's partnership with Cockrell he also met other renowned architects of the time. Two of which were Gorge Dance and John Soane. Both of these architects were very influential to Latrobes own work. In fact, all three architects were very influential. They all helped mold and create Latrobe's architectural style. During this advancing time period ... America a better place to live. Bibliography Carter, Edward C., 1981. "The Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe," New Haven: Yale University Press. Hamlin, Talbo F., 1955. "Benjamin Henry Latrobe." New York: Oxford University Press. Horne, John C., and Lee W. Formwalt, 1984. "The Correspondence and Micellaneous Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe." New Haven: Yale University Press. Norton, Paul F., 1987. "Latrobe, Jefferson and the National Capitol." New York: Garland.
- 1343: Ben Franklin 2
- ... France (1778), the Treaty of Peace between England, France, and the United States (1782), and the Constitution (1787)." Ben Franklin was never President but was very involved with the men who became President. He outshone John Adams as a diplomat in Europe during the Revolutionary War. Also, he beat John Adams to Paris in 1778 to negotiate the Treaty of Alliance with France. No other American was more involved with the birth of the U.S.. The Treaty of Alliance with France was very important ... also received most of the credit for the agreement with England that became the peace treaty that ended the Revolutionary War. Franklin was part of a five-man committee including Roger Sherman Adams, Robert Livingston, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence. Where would the United States of America be without Ben Franklin? As if Ben's scientific and political accomplishments were not enough, he was ...
- 1344: The Chrysanthemums: Elisa Allen Comes to Life
- The Chrysanthemums: Elisa Allen Comes to Life John Steinbeck has a unique ability to portray characters wholly through the smallest of details. Steinbeck was born in Salema, California in 1902 and held many different working class jobs. In these jobs he encountered many ... once said “We are all lonesome animals. We spend our entire lives trying to be less lonesome.” Steinbeck’s stories are filled with “lonesome animals” trying to break out of the loneliness. In “The Chrysanthemums” John Steinbeck paints a clear picture of Elise Allen in both her physical appearance and character personality traits. Steinbeck begins his narrative with a very detailed physical description of Elisa. She is a thirty-five year ... character and personality traits are shown through Steinbeck’s use of subtle details. Steinbeck’s portrayal of character traits elevates him into the upper echelon of character development in the literary world. Works Cited Steinbeck, John. “The Chrysanthemums.” The Heath Introduction to Literature. Fifth edition. Ed. Alice S. Landy. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath and Co., 1996. 304-312.
- 1345: Freedom In The United States
- ... the government when he printed up a copy of the colony's charter. He was charged with seditious libel and spent more than a year in prison. A more famous incident was the trial of John Peter Zenger which established the principle of a free press. In his newspaper he published satirical ballads regarding William Cosby, the unpopular governor, and his council. His media was described "as having in them many ... immediately pardoned. The next attack on the First Amendment occurred in 1835. President Andrew Jackson proposed a law that would prohibit the use of mail for "incendiary publications intended to instigate the slaves to insurrection." John C. Calhoun of South Carolina led a special committee that opposed the proposal on grounds that it conflicted with the First Amendment. The proposal was defeated because it was a form of censorship. The next ... librarians to resign and the closing of libraries. On the morning of December 16, 1965, thirteen year old Mary Beth Tinker went to school in Des Moines, Iowa. She and her fifteen year old brother, John, had decided to wear black armbands as a protest to the Vietnam War. In advance to their arrival, the principal had decided that any student wearing an arm- band would be told to remove ...
- 1346: Benjamin Franklin 2
- ... who we are or where we are or how much money we have, we can learn anything we want, can go anywhere we want, as long as we can read! He read the books of John Bunyan, Plutarch, Daniel Defoe, and Cotton Mather. When he opened his book shop he would read every book he ordered. He never stopped learning. He studied everything he could, like algebra, geometry, navigation, grammar, logic ... Franklin stayed in France for seven years and acted as the first American ambassador to France. He organized the united French and Colony armies and navies and bought ammunition from the French. Here he met John Paul Jones and introduced him to the French government officials. When the British surrendered at Yorktown on October, 1781, Benjamin Franklin met secretly with peace negotiators from London. He convinced the British that they could ... were simple: (1) complete independence from Great Britain, (2) the right to fish the Newfoundland waters, (3) all British soldiers to leave the Colonies, and (4) a boundary west of the Mississippi. Benjamin Franklin and John Jay signed the Treaty of Paris for the Colonies on September 3, 1783. He returned home to Philadelphia in 1785 at the age of 79. The next year he became President of Pennsylvania for ...
- 1347: Political Morality In Colonial
- ... that time. Specifically, the Church of England headed by the king. Puritan leaders led their followers to a place where they could express their religion with no fear of other faiths. One such leader was John Winthrop. John Winthrop was a powerful Puritan governor in the colony of Massachusetts Bay. He believed that this was a calling from God for him to lead the new religious experiment-a covenant with God to built ... on the evils of technology. While a citizen is entitled to free speech and press, threatening murder is not such an option. There must be limits set. In colonial times these limitations were set by John Winthrop. Total obedience was required and disobedience was not tolerated; therefore, Williams and Hutchinson were banished. I understand the reasoning behind his motives, but his limits were set too low. There was no room ...
- 1348: The Regulators Of North Caroli
- ... of one hundred fifty Regulators, led by Husband, armed with sticks and switches, broke into the courthouse, attempted to strike the judge, and forced him to leave the bench. They next attacked and severely whippped John Williams, a practicing attorney. William Hooper, who later would be a signer of the Declaration of Independence and an assistant attorney general was dragged through the streets to be humiliated and violently abused. Edmund Fanning ... granting their demands. Among their number were many noisy and restless individuals and many who seemed not to realize the seriousness of the situation lying ahead. Earlier that week, some of the Regulators captured Colonel John Ashe and Captain John Walker of Tryon's militia while they were scouting, severly beat them, and made them prisoners. So careless were the Regulators and so unaware of the situation most of them were wrestling and playing ...
- 1349: New England And The Chesapeake
- ... was a refuge for religious separatists leaving England, while people who immigrated to the Chesapeake region had no religious motives. As a result, New England formed a much more religious society then the Chesapeake region. John Winthrop states that their goal was to form "a city upon a hill", which represented a "pure" community, where Christianity would be pursued in the most correct manner. Both the Pilgrims and the Puritans were ... evolved to be simple and not elaborate as in Virginia. In the Chesapeake region almost everything was exactly opposite of New England. The immigrants were not idealists, but materialists, most of whom sought money. As John Smith mentions in his History of Virginia, many sought gold. As it can be observed from the ship's list of emigrants bound for Virginia, the immigrants were mostly young people, most of them men, and like it is stated in the same list they were all conformists of the Church of England, and unlike the Puritans, were not discriminated against back in England. As John Smith points out, many attempted to go back when they found difficulties instead of opportunities to get rich. Many others died of hunger when the Corporations that brought the settlers to America abandoned them, ...
- 1350: Harrison Ainsworth Rookwood An
- ... started his writing career as a writer of Gothic stories for various magazines. Gothic elements are included in Ainsworth s novel: the ancient hall, the family vaults, macabre burial vaults, secret marriage, and so forth (John, 1998, p. 30). Rookwood is a story about two half-brothers in a conflict over the family inheritance. The English criminal who Ainsworth decides to entangle in Rookwood was Dick Turpin, a highwayman executed in 1739. However, echoing Bulwer, Ainsworth s explanation for his interest in Dick Turpin (like Bulwer s explanation in his choice of Eugene Aram as a subject) is personal and familial (John, 1998, p. 31). Though the basis of the novels seem similar, Ainsworth treated Dick Turpin in a different way than Bulwer treated Eugene Aram. Ainsworth romanticizes history, but basically sticks to the facts (as far as he knew them). Perhaps more importantly, Ainsworth does not pretend that the Turpin he invents is the real Dick Turpin, nor does he attempt to elevate Turpin s social class status (John, 1998, p. 32). Ainsworth recalls lying in bed listening to the exploits of Dauntless Dick , as narrated by his father. Despite Ainsworth s infatuation with the criminal, the real Turpin was no more interesting ...
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