Family His background is rather unique‚ having been born in New Zealand‚ a country which‚ within a mere 50 years of formal European settlement of that remote British Colony‚ could admit him to its‚ already 20-year-old‚ university. Ernest Rutherford was born at Spring Grove in rural Nelson on August 30th 1871‚ the second son and fourth child of twelve born to James and Martha Rutherford. Scottish James had arrived in New Zealand in 1843 as a four-year old. James became a wheelwright and engineer
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Patriots Pen Draft One If you were to paint a portrait of the Founding Father ’s from the average American ’s mind‚ the final result would depict a group of heroic men marching into battle‚ defeating the dastardly British‚ and writing the Constitution all in one sitting. Everything would be tinted with rosy hues of red‚ white‚ and blue‚ and patriotic music sounds in the background…right? Wrong. In 1789‚ a passionate disagreement broke out between Jefferson and Hamilton over the French Revolution
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Foundations of the Founding Father of Jazz: Louis Armstrong Being heard in movies‚ the radio‚ television‚ and even elevators‚ jazz music has made its mark in just about every single location of the world. As popular as jazz is around the world‚ its original roots and foundations in the African-American culture are often forgotten. One of the most influential jazz musicians‚ Louis Armstrong‚ also known as Satchmo or Pops‚ is considered to be among the founding fathers of jazz music. His career launched
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John Jay’s Biography John Jay was born into a wealthy family on December 12th‚ 1745 in New York City. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and was a very successful man. He strived for America’s Independence and was always trying to better the nation. In 1774 he married the daughter of New Jersey governor‚ Sarah Livingston. Having marrying her‚ Jay gained political connections to a colonial family. During the Revolutionary War‚ Jay represented New York in the Continental
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History Rough Draft I do believe that the founding fathers were justified to rebel against the British because of the unfair treatment the colonists were receiving. Metaphorically‚ the colonists were a bunch of dogs and the government was the leash. They were controlling and had a lot‚ if not all the power over colonists. Tyranny played a huge roll in how the colonists viewed the British. The British were very controlling and oppressive towards the colonists. The British government limited the
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Alexander Hamilton one of the leading Founding Father of the United State‚ who had a passion and a plan for the future economic growth and a well establish government. One of the major parts of Hamilton’s plan was to build up or pay off the debt accumulated from the Revolutionary War by raising the income of the government. By aiming to distribute bonds to the potential investors with the guarantee of a full repay‚ this will allow to build up credits for the nation (Foner 284). To get a continuous
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UNIT 5 FROM THE COLONIAL TO THE FEDERAL: THE CONTEXTS OF THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT Objectives Introduction: The material basis of the American Enlightenment The Enlightenment in America. Slavery and the Enlightenment. The American Woman of the Eighteenth Century Let Us Sum Up Questions Suggested Readings 5.0 OBJECTIVES The aim of this Unit is to take stock of the contexts of American literature produced between the period of the early European colonial settlements in America and the
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The British enlightenment was one of the most important enlightenments that paved the foundation of the modern world we live in today. Often overlooked‚ the British enlightenment set the stage for others and brought new ideas to a new age that were revolutionary to say the least. Some of these reasons as to why the British enlightenment paved the way for the modern world are the fact that British enlightenment thinkers brought in new ideas that changed the way we view the world and how it affects
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Enlightenment throughout the world As a student of Professor Pangloss’ Academy of Interesting Observations in Westphalia‚ I had the opportunity to study and understand the enlightenment in the prospect of a traveler. I had the opportunity to travel through France‚ the islands of the Caribbean and England and with the information’s collected in that trip‚ I will share with you some of the success and failures of the Enlightenment. In the eighteenth century in Europe‚ in response to Absolutism
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further innovation. Even the Church initially encouraged such investigations‚ out of the belief that studying the world was a form of piety and constituted an admiration of God’s work. The enlightenment took a major role in the development and construction of modern Europe. During the enlightenment‚ many inventions were created‚ new philosophical ideas were being discussed in massive forums by massive crowds‚ and now by the average citizen instead of scholars and philosophers. Many revolutions
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