Exploring the Origin Of the Song‚ Yankee Doodle Although it was one of the most famous and popular songs in the American colonies‚ "Yankee Doodle ’s" original author and words are not known. Some trace this melody to a song of French vineyard workers; some to a German harvest tune‚ some to a Spanish sword dance‚ some to a Dutch peasant song. However‚ the most likely source is an English nursery rhyme ’Lucy Locket ’ (American Popular Songs 451). It is said that in 1755 while attending to a
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they just wanted to kill Abraham off the start. The citizens knew there was going to be an attack on Abe and the citizens warned him‚ but he went regardless. Why did they try and kill Abraham Lincoln? John Surratt‚ Mary Surratt‚ David Herold‚ George Atzerodt‚ Dr. Samuel Mudd‚ Samuel Arnold‚ Michael O’Laughlen‚ Edmund Spangler and John Wilkes Booth wanted slaves because they lived in the south and thought not having slaves was not fair (Reynolds). Booth wanted black people to be slaves and
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World War 1 Have you ever wondered what World War 1 was like? Do you ever wonder how many people died to save our country and for World War 1 was like our freedom? Over 18 million deaths and 21 million wounded. They were fighting people for 4 years‚ 1914-1918. Each side had many reinforcements to take place after one died. One died each minute or hour. They had men dying each day‚ each week‚ each month‚ and each year. World War 1 was also known as the War to End All Wars. The commander of British
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Who? Who was involved is Italy‚ Japan‚ Britain‚ France‚ Canada‚ New Zealand‚ India‚ The Soviet Union‚ China‚ and United states‚ Poland‚ and the Jewish people. Who created the war Hitler. The person Who recommended that Hitler should get the Iron cross first class was a Jewish lieutenant. Hitler had a crush on a Jewish woman‚ and he never had the guts to tell her. Hitler was responsible for WW2. Aided in his recruiting efforts he recruited Army Captain Ernst Rohm new member who plays a big role for
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A: Plan of Investigation One major‚ controversial event that occurred during the WWII was the Holocaust. There has been much debate about the causes of the Holocaust‚ as many factors have been discussed. Therefore‚ this investigation will assess to what extent was Hitler the cause of the Holocaust. The four factors that will be assessed will be the widespread anti-Semitism‚ the role of Hitler himself‚ the demonizing of Jews made by the state churches and the Treaty of Versailles. The sources I
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Assembly‚ and The Consuls. The Senate was made up of nobleman‚ while The Assembly was made up of common working men. The Consuls‚ were powerful judges or military leaders. Julius Caesar was a politician and military general from a wealthy Roman family. He conquered Rome and Gaul (France). He governed it for 9 years and soon‚ he had conquered almost all of western Europe. Julius Caesar gained a lot of power and over time‚ became a dictator. Many people thought that he was making too many changes to Rome
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opinion the biggest contributing factor to the fall of the Roman Empire was political. The Roman Republic government was replaced with emperors. It became a government run by a select few. Only the rich could become magistrates. Wealthy individuals could buy senate seats. Tax collectors were corrupt‚ extorting money from the poor and keeping it for themselves. The government needed these funds to pay for the costly wars. It was the effect of poor political decisions such as high taxes‚ government
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decades before World War I as a cause for it is still an important topic of debate and argument between modern historians. Some argue that the alliance system was a direct cause of the outbreak of war between all major countries in Europe while other historians prefer to state that the alliance configuration we observe before the war started was simply a symptom of the conflicts and disagreements‚ fears and envies that had been accumulating since the Bismarck system of alliances collapsed‚ and even
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One of the reasons discussed by historians of the fall of the Empire was the invasion of the Barbarian tribes. Rome had allied with the German tribes for lots of years‚ but in the 300’s the barbarian tribes invaded the borders of the Empire. The Barbarians successfully won the battle and after that‚ they spent several years under threat. The German leader overthrew the current Emperor of the year and from there‚ there was no Roman Emperor who could lead and rule again. That is why the year 476
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It was laid out in a fashion of being a type of natury sweet land. We see Augustus Gloop grabbing handfuls of liquid chocolate and slurping it down as like a beverage from the chocolate river. Willy Wonka is surprised and mildly upset seeing this happen. He
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