The Red Fort‚ Delhi The Red Fort‚ with a circumference of over 2.2 kilometers‚ was laid out by the banks of the Yamuna river in the 17th century. The Mughal emperor Shajahan built it with the ambition of concentrating the Mughal power in one monument. Monument is perhaps not the right word. A mini-city is more like it. Unfortunately for the emperor‚ before he could move his capital from Agra to Shahjahanabad in Delhi‚ he was taken a political prisoner by his son Aurangazeb. The fort is a delight
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from 1754–1763 which is the American name for the North American warfare of the Seven Years’ War. It began with a dispute over control of the meeting of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers‚ also called the Forks of the Ohio and the site of the French Fort Duquesne. The war was primarily along the boundaries of New France and British colonies. Both sides were supported by military units from the original countries of Great Britain and France. The French were outnumbered by the British so they used their
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Britain and France have had existing rivalries as they have fought wars against one another throughout history. During the 1700’s‚ these nations were growing their colonies in the New World and trying to become self-sufficient. The French and Indian war was a territorial dispute between the two world powers. The French and their Native American allies fought the British colonists for seven years over control in North America. Their expanding colonies eventually met at the Ohio River Valley and their
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Clarke - a soldier from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier. He served as leader of the Kentucky (then part of Virginia) militia throughout much of the war. Clark is best known for his celebrated captures of Kaskaskia (1778) and Vinncenes (1779) during the Illinois Campaign‚ which greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory. 7. Bonhomme Richard - Placed at the disposal of John Paul James‚ the USS Bonhomme Richard was a warship who
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confederacy. Tecumseh meaning "Shooting Star" or "Panther Across The Sky". During the War of 1812‚ Tecumseh’s confederacy allied with the British in The Canadas (the collective name for the colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada)‚ and helped in the capture of Fort Detroit. American forces killed Tecumseh in the Battle of the Thames‚ in October 1813. His confederation fell apart‚ the British deserted their Indian allies at the peace conference that ended the War of 1812‚ the dream of an independent Indian
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launched‚ St. Louis was the first of the gunboats to be outfitted and commissioned. Therefore‚ to the St. Louis goes the honor of being the first gunboat in the service of the United States. The first task of this fleet of ironclads was to take Forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers respectively. General Ulysses S. Grant‚ and Commodore Andrew H. Foote‚ where in command of the western front of the war at the time and planned for the group of river-based
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de Montcalm saw how savage and cruel the Indians were to the British soldiers when the scalped and killed all wounded soldiers. Marquis called the Indians savages for causing cruelty under not need circumstances. The next victory for Marquis was at Fort William Henry‚ but when he saw the same from the Indians as before he told them that at the next battle there was to be no more ungodly things. The Indians had felt betrayed by the French‚ so started of the Massacre of William Henry. The Indians turned
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1. Lexington and Concord: The first battle of the Revolutionary War‚ fought in Massachusetts on April 19‚ 1775. British troops had moved from Boston toward Lexington and Concord to seize the colonists’ military supplies and arrest revolutionaries. In Concord‚ advancing British troops met resistance from the Minutemen‚ and American volunteers harassed the retreating British troops along the Concord-Lexington Road. Paul Revere‚ on his famous ride‚ had first alerted the Americans to the British movement
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achievements was being a Civil War Nurse. Harriet started nursing in 1863. Just after 7 weeks of the Combahee River raid‚ the all-black Massachusetts 54th made their mark. This all happened on the Fort Wagner in the Charleston Harbor. Harriet served as a nurse for the wounded survivors. The assault on Fort Wagner has been the subject of a film. Without any pay she made pies and gingerbread houses and sold them. So on‚ another one of her greatest achievements was being underground railroad conductor
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Brown commanded forced in the Battle of Black Jack and the Battle of Osawatomie in Kansas. Some of his followers killed 5 pro-slave supporters at Pottawatomie. The attacks in October 1859 on the federal armory and at Harpers Ferry are what led to his capture and being tried for murder and treason. On December 2nd‚ 1859 Brown was hung for murder and treason. (Reynolds‚ 2005) “I‚ John Brown‚ am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had‚ as I
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