’’To invent‚’’ Thomas Edison said‚ ’’you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.’’ Thomas Edison patented 1‚093 of his inventions‚ which transformed the United States into an enormous and influential industrial power. He is the driving force behind major inventions like the phonograph‚ akaline storage batteries‚ the carbon transmitter‚ the incandescent light bulb‚ and the Kinetograph. The first motion picture‚ shot by the Kinetograph‚ not only changed entertainment for decades to come‚ but
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Franklin [6]‚ Henry Ford [14]‚ Alexander Graham Bell [24]‚ Eli Whitney [27]‚ and Thomas Edison [9]‚ but one crucial figure was left in the dust: Nikola Tesla (Appleby et al.). The Croatian-born inventor‚ engineer‚ and physicist made noteworthy contributions in revolutionizing the electrical industry and should be seated at number ten next to his successful opponent‚ Thomas Edison (Vujovic). Tesla’s supposed rival‚ Thomas Edison‚ was born in Ohio in 1847‚ and he spent his childhood reading and teaching
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British burned the U.S. Capital‚ which housed the library of Congress‚ during the war of 1812” (A+E Networks‚ 5). Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13‚ 1743 in Shadwell‚ Virginia. He went to William and Mary College in 1760 until April of 1762. He was the third president to the united states and the first Secretary of State. He was an overall leader and a role model to our nation. Thomas Jefferson‚ an American Founding Father and the Father of absolute freedom‚ wrote the Declaration of Independence
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still be progressing at the same astonishing rate? Thomas Hobbes influenced the fields of his study‚ as well as the culture that he found himself in; so much so that there are still vestiges of his ideas that are seen in modern-day philosophy‚ government‚ religion‚ and science. Thomas Hobbes inevitably shaped the very way the world is seen today. HOBBES’ LIFE Early Life. According to Tom Sorrell‚ in his biography “Hobbes‚ Thomas (1588- 1679)”‚ Thomas Hobbes was born April 5 1588 in Westport Wiltshire
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Thomas Jefferson was a very important person in American history. He was arguably the most influential in the early United States. He was the principle writer of the Declaration of Independence‚ the Vice President‚ and eventually‚ the President of the United States. Jefferson was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence. He was one of the youngest members of the Continental Congress at age 33. Jefferson gathered the Committee of Five‚ and wrote the first draft of the Declaration. Many
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was founded by Thomas Cook‚ a cabinet-maker‚ in 1841 to carry temperance supporters by railway between the cities of Leicester‚ Nottingham‚ Derby and Birmingham.[6] In 1851‚ the founder arranged transport to the Great Exhibition of 1851.[6] He organised his first tours to Europe in 1855 and to the United States in 1865.[6] In 1865‚ the founder’s son John Mason Cook began working for the company full time. In 1871‚ he became a partner‚ and the name of the company was changed to Thomas Cook and Son
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the colonists by taxing them despite the fact that they do not have representation in the Parliament.In response to this‚Thomas Paine wrote "The American Crisis" to persuade the colonists to fight for independence. George Washington even read this out loud to his fellow soldiers‚ rallying them to fight the Revolutionary War. There were five issues or events that had caused Thomas Paine to argue for independence. They are the taxes‚(the Sugar Act‚ the Currency Act‚ and the Stamp Act)‚ the fact that
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In 1775‚ Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. There is no American document with the same global impact. It has been the oldest document and the first to use the name ’’the United States of America.’’ In this concept‚ the Declaration was the birth testimonial of the American nation. The intention of the Declaration of Independence was to manifest and interpret why the thirteen Colonies were breaking away from Great Britain’s authority as well as the rights and forces which people
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In 1789‚ Thomas Jefferson wrote a series of resolutions‚ which were passed by Kentucky Legislatures in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Alien and Sedition Acts made it illegal for anyone in the states to protest the government. It also gave the President the power to imprison or expel aliens who pose a threat to the nation. The Kentucky Resolutions were made to tell the central government that they have overstepped their boundaries and made it clear to them that the states were entitled
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Written as an exhortation on the sexual hypocrisy of English society in the 1800s‚ Thomas Hardy’s "Tess of the d’Urbervilles" chronicles the events that lead eventually to the death of the virginal Tess. Random chance initiates more of the conflicts in "Tess of the d’Urbervilles" than any of the more subtle and realistic happenings. Coincidence also plays a serious role in complicating the events in the plot. The resolutions in Hardy’s plot more often than not result from chance occurrences. By discussing
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