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1801: Inquisision
... to be apologetic and justificatory. A balanced introduction to the early period is Bernard Hamilton, The Medieval Inquisition (New York: Holmes & Meier, 1981). For a frank Catholic discussion of the Inquisition and its problems, see John A. O'Brien, The Inquisition (New York: Macmillan; London: Collier Macmillan, 1973). For a more historiographical approach, see Edward Peters, Inquisition (New York: Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan, 1988). For the Inquisition and its procedures in Italy during Galileo's time, see John Tedeschi, The Prosecution of Heresy: Collected Studies on the Inquisition in Early Modern Italy (Binghamton, NY: Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, 1991).
1802: Industrial Revolution 3
... for more and more mechanisation. The mechanisation of the industry also led the setting up of the first factories; some of the first major mechanical devices were to be used in these factories. Such as JOHN KAY’S Flying Shuttle (1733), JAMES HARGEAVE’S Spinning Jenny (1764), SAMUEL CROMPTON’S Spinning Mule (1779), and EDMUND CARTWRIGHT’S Power Loom (1785). To name a few. Cotton was being imported from the America ... very simple pumping engine, (Newcomen) later improved upon by James Watt. He realised whilst repairing one that it was using twice as much coal as necessary, he made a machine with a separate condenser with John Roebuck as a partner but this partnership held him back for seven years. He eventually joined with MATHEW BOULTON (1728-1809) and together they made more efficient engines asking customers for a third of the ...
1803: History Of The Counterculture
... who felt this way. For many, the 1960s was a decade in which their dreams about America might be fulfilled. For Martin Luther King Jr., this was a dream of a truly equal America; for John F. Kennedy, it was a dream of a young vigorous nation that would put a man on the moon; and for the hippie movement, it was one of love, peace, and freedom. (Constable, 34) The ... 6 Jan. 1967, 22) The United States first became directly involved in Vietnam when Harry Truman started to underwrite the costs of France's war against Viet Minh. Later, the presidencies of Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy increased America's political, economic, and military commitments in the Indochina region. (Constable, 71-73) Starting with teach-ins in 1965, the massive antiwar efforts centered on the colleges, with the students playing ...
1804: Gibbons Vs. Ogden, 1824
... than the federal government, the country's internal structure would collapse. However, due to the Negro-Seamen Act in South Carolina and the fear of slaves being freed by an all-powerful Congress, Chief Justice John Marshall was faced with his choice to say that Congress was the supreme power over all commercial aspects would split the country and civil war would ensue. Thus, the court was forced into a "middle ... out of control and turn New York totally sovereign and spread the poisonous vices of sectionalism throughout the country, breaking it apart and dissolving any power that it had gained previously through unity. Recognizing this, John Marshall and the other Judges were determined to end the belligerence of New York. Another issue in the case was that the New York Steamboat Act was a limitation to the growth of the National ...
1805: Fort Henry And Donelson
... Donelson with out sending his whole force and taking command himself. By the time Grant arrived, with approximately 15, 000 men. Donelson held nearly 21,000, including at least two generals too many. Brigadier General John B. Floyd, who was commanding Donelson, had been a former secretary of war in the cabinet of President James Buchanan and was widely suspected by northerners of transferring arms and munitions southward before the rebellion ... the attack. Grant advanced on February 12, and began to encircle Fort Donelson the next day, ordering Brigadier General Charles F. Smith’s division to investigate the Confederate right, commanded by Buckner, and Brigadier General John A. McClenand’s division to investigate the Confederate left, under Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson. Grant found the Confederate lines too strong and well positioned for assault. Relying on this strength, however, the Confederates permitted ...
1806: Fbi
... mid-1930s several crucial decisions solidified the Bureau's position as the nation's premier law enforcement agency. In 1932, Congress passed a federal kidnapping statute. Then in May and June 1934, with gangsters like John Dillinger evading capture by crossing over state lines, it passed a number of federal crime laws that significantly enhanced the Bureau's jurisdiction. Congress also gave Bureau Agents statutory authority to carry guns and make ... crime. The FBI solved so many espionage cases during the mid-1980s that the press dubbed 1985 "the year of the spy." The most serious espionage damage uncovered by the FBI was perpetrated by the John Walker spy ring and by former National Security Agency employee William Pelton. Also prevalent throughout the 1980s, was the illegal drug trade, which severely challenged the resources of American law enforcement. To ease this challenge ...
1807: Famous African Americans
... Association for the Advancement of Colored People, earning its highest honor, the Spingarn Medal, in 1949. He participated in several civil rights demonstrations, including the 1963 March on Washington. That same year, U.S. President John F. Kennedy awarded him the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist and advocate of women's rights, born into slavery in Hurley, Ulster County, New York, and originally ... raise money for her missions into the South. She spoke at abolitionist meetings and at women's rights assemblies, often concealing her name for protection from slave hunters. Her forceful leadership led the white abolitionist John Brown to refer to her admiringly as "General" Tubman. She helped Brown plan his October 1859 raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and promised that many of the slaves she had ...
1808: European Settlements
... established May 14, 1607. Early Trials: The colony, the first permanent English settlment in the New World, suffered from poor leadership, famine, disease, disputes with the Indians, and failure to find a marketable product. Captain John Smith returned to England in 1609, and conditions grew so severe during the following winter that the colonists decided to abandon their settlment. As they set sail in June of 1610, Lord De La Warr arrived with reinforcements and supplies. In 1614, John Rolfe who introduced tabacco to Virginia, married Pocahontas, daughter of the chief Powhatan, a union that led to a period of peace with the Indians. Under the leadership of Sir Thomas Dale and Sir George ...
1809: Edgar Allan Poe Biography
... known actor, died of tuberculosis at the young age of twenty-five. Poe's father, David Poe, also died when he was just two. After the passing of his parents, Poe was taken in by John Allan, a prosperous merchant from Richmond, Virginia, at the urging of his wife, Frances Allan. Poe was never legally adopted by the Allan's, but they did try to supply him with a good home ... to the United States in 1820 where he continued to be taught in private schools. In 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia, but only stayed for one year. He had to drop out because John Allan would no longer pay his tuition. The reason that Allan stopped paying Poe's tuition was because he received bills from his gambling. He also became a heavy drinker while at the University of ...
1810: Dred Scott
... of new territory, and the question of the future of slavery in the territories was on everyones mind. The people of the North who were against slavery wanted Congress to prohibit slavery in the territories. John C. Calhoun, the spokesman for the South, said that Congress did not have the right to prohibit slavery in the territories. The Southern attempt to extend the line of the Missouri Compromise failed, so their ... solution to the mess that the Union had gotten itself into: getting the judiciary involved. At that time the Supreme Court seemed to be incapable of doing anything wrong. With the supreme leadership ability of John Marshall and now Roger Taney, all problems seemed to be solved, and solved correctly. Southerners saw that nothing was happening to change the fact that Congress could prohibit slavery in the territories. After a while ...


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