The Revolutionary War was the most dramatic occurrence in America ’s long‚ tragic‚ and amazing history. After all‚ it was the technical beginning of the country we live in today. When starting out‚ America had virtually no navy. This changed because of John Paul Jones. Jones was the revolutionary war ’s first naval commander‚ and is known as the "Father of the American Navy." Though he started out as not a very rich man‚ Jones became a naval commander for both America and Russia. He was very
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They happened when the British had discovered the location of patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock‚ and the location of some colonial weapon storehouses. 700 British soldiers were sent to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock and destroy the weapons. When the British were greeted with 77 colonial militiamen‚ both sides knew that the colonists were heavily outnumbered. Both sides were ordered to hold their fire. However‚ someone fired. The
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half. Ulysses Grant’s success boosted his reputation and lead to his appointment as General-in-Chief of the Union army Battles of Fort Wagner These battles were fought on July 11th and 18th‚ 1863. General Quincy Gillmore sought to capture the Confederate fortifications on James and Morris Islands with the goal of establishing batteries to bombard Fort Sumter. Fort Wagner was defended by thirty-foot high sand and earth walls which were reinforced with palmetto logs on the first day of battle. Gillmore
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Founding Father Benjamin Franklin discovered Kosciuszko’s strong military and engineering background. As a result‚ almost immediately Kosciuszko was appointed as colonel of engineers in the Continental Army (Storozynski 41). When Kosciuszko was sent to Fort Ticonderoga‚ he suggested the placement of defense on Sugar Loaf Point‚ now known as Mount Defiance. Unfortunately‚ his propositions were ignored‚ and as the Americans were celebrating their one year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence‚
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called him back. Now he was one of the most vocal of the Métis leaders. Will we stand for this? Riel demanded. Will we stand here and let someone else tell us what to do‚ someone who does not care what we want. A great cheer sounded off the wall of the fort. Suddenly the cheer changed to angry shouts. Clerk was calling the name of Guillaume Sayer‚ Louis Riel senior a Métis
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2.) Black people challenged the law by enlisting the support of a black man who was almost indistinguishable from a white person. 1892 Homer A. Plessy bought a first class ticket and attempted to ride on a coach designated for whites only. Plessy was only one eighth black‚ and was arrested for violation of the law. In the case Plessy vs. Ferguson‚ Plessy’s lawyers argued that the segregation deprived him of his rights of equal protection of the law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Later the
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Klu Klux Klan Trivia 1st Klan: 1865-1870s 2nd Klan: 1915-1944 3rd Klan: since 1946 1. The Ku Klux Klan was created in1865-1866. It was established during a meeting in Pulaski‚ Tennessee‚ by six former well-educated Confederate officers‚ including the famous Nathan Bedford Forrest‚ who later became its first leader. 2. The Klan adopted their name from the Greek word kuklos. The word means‚ "circle" in Greek. 3. The Klan officially disbanded in 1869. From 1868-1870‚ federal
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expansion into the area near the Gulf of Mexico. Three years later‚ he tried to fulfill his dreams by returning‚ but instead landed in Spanish Texas and was murdered by his mutinous men in 1687. The fertile Illinois country‚ where the French established forts and trading posts at Kaskaskia‚ Cahokia‚ and Vincennes‚ became the garden of France’s North American empire. III. The Clash of Empires King William’s War and Queen Anne’s
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The Battle of the Somme In February 1916‚ after a year of stalemate‚ the Germans decided to attack France and capture strategic French forts in the area of Verdun‚ 15 miles west of Paris. They aimed to ’bleed France white’ with the attrition tactic developed by their commander‚ Falkenhayn. In an attempt to force the Germans away from Verdun‚ the French allies from Britain‚ led by General Haig‚ planned an artillery bombardment of the Germans. The battle carried on for a whole 10 months with a
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the ports situated along the Atlantic and the Mexican Gulf as to bar the south from transporting their cotton to Europe. In addition‚ they dominated the Mississippi River in order to divide the confederacy down the middle. The North also sought to capture Richmond which was the headquarters of the south. The south on the other hand opted to prepare and anticipate attacks from the North; their strategy was to weaken the opponent’s army‚ however it backfired. The south opted to cut off the supply of
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