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- 2351: Jay's Treaty
- ... knew that the tension between America and England had to be thinned out so he decided to send over a special envoy. The individual chosen for the job was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay. John Jay had much experience in this department because he was the former Secretary for Foreign Affairs under the old Confederation. His objective was to make peace between the two countries. He was under instructions to ...
- 2352: African-American Troops in the Civil War: The 54th Massachusetts
- ... a prominent Boston abolitionist family. Shaw had earlier served in the Seventh New York National Guard and the Second Massachusetts Infantry, and was appointed colonel of the Fifty-fourth in February 1863 by Massachusetts governor John A. Andrew. As one of the first black units organized in the northern states, the Fifty-fourth was the object of great interest and curiosity, and its performance would be considered an important indication of ... A. Swails got wounded in his right arm. There are forty cars and six locomotives, and we destroyed then all. Some of the cars were loaded. We then turned the track upside-down. Sergeant Major John H. Wilson and Private Gee. Jorris, of Co. A, got mashed by the cars. Private Jorris got his collar-bone broken. The Sergeant Major has got partly over the injuries he received. Leaving there, we ...
- 2353: Can the United States Justify the Civil War
- ... in the numbers of just a handful, their charismatic ways received a lot of attention that was only to feed the fire of of no compromise. One of the major contributers to this action was John Brown. In the year 1859, John Brown led a band of twenty two armed men into Harper's Ferry, Virginia and went on a slaying spree starting with the slaveowners families and then freeing the slaves so they could join in ...
- 2354: Tyndale And The Bible
- Tyndale, William c.1494-1536. William Tyndale was probably born in Gloucestershire. He became chaplain in the house of Sir John Walsh in about 1521. He had studied at both Oxford and Cambridge and was a strong supporter of the movement for reform in the Church. His opinions involved him in controversy with his fellow clergymen ... Copies of the New Testament in English arrived in Tyndale's country in 1526, and the work was given a very hostile reception by the Church. The reforming movement had insisted, since the time of John Wycliffe, that the scriptures should be available to everyone and not kept in the hands of the establishment so that they could make their own rules. But while the established Church could make no real ...
- 2355: Bring Back Foolishness, Corpor
- ... is valid. Jeff Jacoby has thus far twisted many forms of support for his premise. Still there are many more traps, appeals, and misleading statements to cover. One of these appeals comes to us from John DiIulio, a Princeton criminologist. “ About three of every four convicted criminals are on the streets without meaningful probation or parole supervision.” First of all the use of the word “meaningful” completely removes this statement from ...
- 2356: Sedition Act Of 1798
- ... perpetuate their authority and preserve their present places.” Proof that this bill was politically motivated became obvious when the House voted to extend the act from the original one year proposed to the expiration of John Adams term, March 3, 1801. The States response to the passing of the Sedition Act was mixed. Kentucky and Virginia each responded with acts basically nullifying the Congressional act, but other states accepted the Congress ...
- 2357: Diad Germany Cause WW1?
- ... which caused antagonism between the two powers due to Britain’s pride in her naval fleet and the necessity of it to maintain her Empire. She saw Germany’s continued expansion as a threat. Sir John Fisher of the British navy suggested that the navy should “Copenhagen the German Fleet” before it was too late (Europe Since 1870 105). Admiral Tirpitz of Germany opposed any plans for naval disarmament. Von Hotzendorf ...
- 2358: 8th Amendment
- ... and Jerome Agel. Amending America. New York: Random House, Inc, 1993. Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia. New York: Compton’s NewMedia, Inc., 1995. Draper, Thomas. Human Rights. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1982. Garraty, John A. Quarrels That Have Shaped the Constitution. New York: Harper & Row, 1987. Sundquist, James L. Constitutional Reform and Effective Government. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1986.
- 2359: Interview With A UFO
- ... ve been watchin' the X-Files on my big 10 inch black and white TV." Then they started gibbering back and forth again and I'll be dang if they didn't zap my old John Deere up on that ship too. That's when I got really mad. I think they understood English too cause when I told em what I thought of that spaceship, they started shootin' that laser ...
- 2360: Blackness
- ... there for an attack on the Union Army at Pittsburg Landing before U.S. Army General Buell and reinforcements could arrive from Nashville. The officers appointed as corps commanders for the South were Major General John Breckinridge, Major General William J. Hardee, Major General Braxton Bragg, and Major General Leonidas Polk. The South headed for Pittsburg Landing on April 4, 1862 but because of several delays the attack was postponed until ...
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