My president‚ Martin Van Buren‚ was the eighth president and vice president of the United States of America. Van Buren was born on December 5‚ 1782 in Kinderhook‚ New York to Maria and Abraham Van Buren. He had no siblings‚ but did have five children named‚ Abraham‚ John‚ Martin‚ Smith‚ and Lawrence Van Buren. Hannah Hoes was his distant cousin‚ childhood sweetheart and wife. They married in 1807 in Kinderhook. He grew up speaking dutch‚ since his family only spoke dutch at home. His father was a
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ways. Both rulers and ordinary people were influenced by the conservative beliefs of the Catholic Church and the attitude of the Papacy towards Italian unity was often reflected in the actions of Italian rulers and mass support for nationalism. In 1815 temporal power was restored to the Papacy in the Papal States and the Pope shared the conservatism of the other Italian rulers who hoped to maintain their own power in individual states. The dominant power in Italy was Austria and the Habsburg
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landscape and strong desires by the author to heal himself by spending his time with nature. As a successful author and lawyer‚ Richard used the popularity of this book to promote the rights of men who chose sea professions. Richard was born on August 1‚ 1815‚ in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts into a prominent colonial family of Anne Bradstreet descent. His Father‚ Richard Henry was a poet and a critic. After a series of dramatic school days‚ Richard enrolled to Harvard College in July 1831. In his freshmen year
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Party System to Jacksonian Democracy or the Second Party System and later to the Third Party System. In Reconstruction after the Civil War (late 1860s) the newly freed slaves became citizens‚ and they were given the vote as well." (Web‚ 1) "After 1815 Americans transformed the republic of the Founding Fathers into a democracy. State after state revoked property qualifications for voting and holding officethus transforming Jefferson’s republic of property holders into Andrew Jackson’s mass democracy
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Ch. 23 - Ideologies and Upheavals 1815-1850 AP European History After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: * describe the goals of the leaders of the Congress of Vienna and how the balance of power was reset. * define and describe conservatism‚ socialism‚ liberalism‚ and nationalism. * discuss the factors in the romantic revolt against the age of classicism and the French Revolution. * analyze the lingering remnants of the French Revolution and explain how they exerted influence on political
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independence from France. Although‚ a big revolutionary change was the idea and rise of nationalism. According to dictionary.com‚ nationalism is marked by a feeling of superiority over other countries. Nationalism came into effect after the hard years of the 1840s‚ the 1850s and 1860s followed by good times and prosperity. Nationalism played a major role in the 1800s by Napoleon’s reign‚ nation building in Italy‚ nationalism in Germany. Before considering nationalism‚ it is important to note that Europe’s
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Anne Sullivan was born on April 14‚ 1866‚ in Feeding Hills‚ Massachusetts. Her parents immigrated from Ireland because of the Great Famine in 1840. She had 4 siblings‚ but two had died in their infancy. While growing up‚ her family struggled with health issues. When Anne was five years old‚ she contracted an eye disease called trachoma. Her mother suffered with tuberculosis and she died when Anne was only eight. Anne’s father‚ Thomas‚ was abusive and eventually left them after their mother’s death
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AP US HISTORY FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS SINCE 1971 I. Colonial Time 1607 - 1775 1. Puritanism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Apply this generalization. (74) 2. In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. Between 1607 and 1763‚ Americans gained control of their political
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which will turn a war everyone in Europe was optimistic would end in a few months into a tortuous slog‚ and all the munition and blood that was shed in those four years made the “Great War” of 1793-1815 look like child’s play. In the century before WW1 we see England who arguably reached its zenith in 1815‚ was allowed to “luxuriate in the consequent half-century of virtually unchallenged maritime and imperial preeminence.” (226) This same country would a century later be engaged in a war that many
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00 Mr. Ward APUSH II 11 December 2014 Essay #11 Developments in transportation‚ rather than in manufacturing and agriculture‚ sparked American growth in the first half of the 19th century; moreover‚ it was the booming railroad industry‚ the country massive turnpikes‚ and the canals promoting water travel that sparked American growth in the first half of the 19th century. Railroads had been in the making for years‚ and they just kept improving‚ thus improving the ease of news spread and travel throughout
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