and in the translating of the Bible. According to Pettegree‚ Luther was a person who was very social and got along with everyone (3). He was a humble man and took no pride or expected no fame from his involvement with the reformation. Martin Luther did not expect fame to come with his work; however‚ he ended up becoming one of the most famous people in the Lutheran religion. In fact‚ Martin Luther is what the Lutheran religion is based on and named after. God‚ Wittenberg‚ the printing press‚ and Luther’s
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guns”(Klein). The French were quite worried about the conditions But one thing is Napoleon wanted to fight no matter what. With Napoleon having more superior weapons and more in quantity they still had to figure a way around the Mud But in no way did they figure out how to. In many ways the french feared Napoleon’s strategies and the weaponry the French army
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Pilgrim Fathers The pilgrim fathers where different to other colonists because when they arrived in America they did not explore the land. The pilgrim fathers stayed at the beach‚ set up camp and survived badly. The pilgrim fathers where extremely religious. They would not sing any song or do any dance because it distracted their memory when they talked to god. The pilgrim fathers where ordinary people with ordinary jobs such as a black smith or farmers. When the pilgrim fathers travelled to America
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System was created in 1913 most of America’s banks were small. So‚ these individual institutions had to rely on their own resources. When there was a panic‚ depositors would rush to take money out of the bank.Then‚ the bank would go under when the bank did not have enough money on reserve. So in 1930‚ bank failures were on the rise throughout the United States. Depositors tried to take their money before the
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Frederick North was born on April 13‚ 1732 in London and died on August 5‚ 1792 in London‚ at 60 years of age. He was the son of Francis North‚ First Earl of Gulliford and Lady Lucy Montagu‚ Baroness of Gulliford. At times he did not have a good relationship with his father. He was well educated at Eton College from 1742-1748 and at Trinity College‚ Oxford‚ where he received an MA. After leaving Oxford‚ he went on a world tour with his stepbrother‚ Dartmouth‚ where he went to Vienna‚ Milan‚ and
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to his own life‚ but to the society and culture of Ancient Greece as well. He was born around 460-455 BC and through his life he wrote one of the most in depth recordings of the Peloponnesian War entitled‚ History of the Peloponnesian War. Not only did Thucydides live within the wartime period‚ he also fought in this war as well as a military general. The efforts that Thucydides contributed during his life‚ make his works‚ even now so important in order to understand the lifestyle and civilization
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The abolitionists were very demanding in their fight of abolishing slavery. They believed that slavery was a sin and that God did not want this. They looked to the bible where God communicated with Moses and showed him how to break the bonds of slavery from Egypt and led his followers to the promise land. The abolitionists had many outspoken men that were preaching how wrong slavery was‚ but
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Mary Calkins made numerous contributions to the field of psychology and laid a solid foundation that later psychologists relied on as the field grew. Mary was a pioneer in the Psychology field & the first American Psychological Association woman president. During the late 1800s &the early 1900s‚ she concentrated her efforts and willpower to become an inspirational figure to others and to help develop a new science in the field of psychology. Despite the challenges faced by women during her times
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choreographer the right to create what they felt needed to be created rather than just to please the audience. She created simple dances with simple gestures and movements that were easily understood by the audience so they could relate to it. She did not feel the need for lavish choreography that showed off every trick she could do; it was about self-expression through movement. Isadora also travelled to many countries all over the world‚ especially in Europe to perform and spread this new style
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Many women have significantly impacted the field of science‚ and Florence Nightingale is an excellent example. Florence Nightingale not only altered the face of nursing‚ but she changed how men perceive women as nurses. Nightingale was born on May 12‚ 1820‚ in Florence‚ Italy. This beautiful city inspired her mother to name her Florence. Nightingale grew up in a wealthy‚ upper-class family with her mother‚ father‚ and older sister. Her mother was Frances Nightingale‚ a controlling and outspoken woman
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