as Ceres‚ Scotland on September the 14th‚ 1742. He was one of seven children‚ his parents where William Wilson and Alison Landall. James attended the Universities of; St. Andrews‚ Glasgow‚ and Edinburgh. Although he never finished his studies‚ and did not obtained a degree‚ in any of the Universities. When he first left Scotland he headed to British America in 1766. Soon afterwards he move to Pennsylvania‚ and at The Academy of Philadelphia‚ (now the University of Pennsylvania)‚ He petitioned there
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If there wasn’t electricity we wouldn’t be able to power our cars‚ turn on our stoves‚ plug our phone chargers into the wall socket or even be able to turn on our artificial light when it’s dark outdoors. Electricity has made a huge impact on our lives. Most people don’t realize how different the world would be if Benjamin Franklin never started his kite and key experiment. The world may have never evolved into the world we live in today. How did the idea of electricity come up? That is a question
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When Peter the Great came to power in the 1700s‚ the era of darkness that had shadowed Russia since Ivan the Terrible left it in shambles lifted. Under Peter‚ a new Russia emerged‚ propulsed by his modern policies and western ideologies. Although Peter the Great was famous for his excessive cruelty‚ ultimately the drastically reformed society and its institutions to strengthen Russia’s position in Europe. He established Russia as a military force‚ westernized the sciences‚ arts‚ and culture‚ and
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experiments that were mainly to prove Hitler’s Nazi Theory. In concentration camps‚ different races were given diseases in order to observe how well they tolerated them. This experimentation was less about aiding others in the process‚ and more to prove Hitler’s ideologies about racial inferiority. These appalling experiments were used in order to show how the incarcerated people were unsatisfactory for living in Germany and displayed that they deserved to live in concentration camps. In short
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When Stalin rose to power he wanted to centralize the control the control over the entire soviet economy in the 1920’s. If anyone opposed Stalin’s political views was killed‚ exiled or put in jail for a long period of time. During the time he was ruling World War II broke out and the Russians fought with Germany. In the middle of the war Germany decided to break their pact and turn on the Russians and they invaded the Soviet Lands. While he was ruling the Soviet Union‚ he launched a five year plan
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America Becomes a World Power From its humble beginnings as a territory ruled by the British crown‚ America grew into one of the biggest major world powers. While the country started out insignificant to the greater picture‚ in just thirty short years between 1890 and 1920 America became one of the strongest world powers. This was largely through the country’s eagerness to expand across the continent and their growing economic influence due to the Industrial Revolution. From the beginning of
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Napoleon to eventually reach the pinnacle of the French government‚ granting him immense power. Yet‚ like so many others throughout history‚ the power wielded by Napoleon would only put himself in a downward spiral. Napoleon is accurately described by historians as a megalomaniac as seen in his constant desire for complete domination of not just Europe‚ but his marriage and legacy as well. On his rise to power‚ Napoleon fell madly in love with Josephine de
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Why did Britain maintain most of its empire at the conclusion of the War for American Independence‚ while the end of the Peloponnesian War resulted in the destruction of the Athenian Empire? Steven Pressfield the author of The War of Art says "the principle of priority States (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important and (b) you must do what’s important first." Prioritization‚ this is what Britain did to maintain its power during the end of the American Revolutionary
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Manipulation of Youth by Dictators Influencing people at a young age is one tactic used by Hitler in Nazi Germany and by Big Brother in 1984 to keep the future of their nations devoted. This tactic is made evident in Nazi Germany and in 1984 by the youth organizations set up by both dictators’. These organizations make their youth feel like they are involved. Both Hitler and Big Brother have ways to brainwash the youth into following. The Spies in 1984 and the Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany grow
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year‚ the great depression hit America. Then‚ the people lost confidence in him and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the election with a promise of a New Deal to end this poverty throughout the country. He first proposed to expand the three powers with a fourth branch called executive agencies after the great depression. However‚ the Supreme Court opposed the Roosevelt’s National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 which he was not too‚ please. After his re-election‚ he re-proposed the Judiciary
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