Francis Petty grove was born in Calais, Maine, in 1812. While being educated in his home town. He grew up to enter into a number of independent business activities in New England. He paid fifty dollars for the land that is which known as Portland. He owned a lot of warehouses that made money off of grain, lumber, and salted fish.…
Work, Children’s Lives, Clothing, Crafts Before the Powhatan’s land and nation was destroyed, the men fished in canoes throughout bays and rivers. The men also hunted and protected family. They hunted many things, including; deer, muskrats, rabbits, wild turkeys, and even bears! The women grew crops, built houses, and gathered. Some of crops they grew included: corn, melons, beans, and squash.…
By researching and writing about John Adams I have been enlightened about our second president. I found John’s education, childhood, involvement in the Revolutionary War, and interesting facts very…
Lansford Hastings was an interesting man. He wrote his own book or guide that people used to navigate. Although a lot of mistakes were written in his guide, he traveled successfully. Lansford lived a good life starting in 1819. Lansford told people that the desert was only forty miles across.…
George Phillips was a man who live in the 19th century in the United States. He was an educated man and a farmer in Lawrence New Jersey. He was married and a father of 5 children who varied in age and one died young. Some of his children were grown and helped him run his farm which was his livelihood and main source of income. Mr. Phillips kept a diary from 1850 until 1864 of his life in which he would write out his life essentially day by day.…
The book Woods Runner is a book about a 13 year old boy named Samuel Smith and his life in the Revolutionary War. Samuel lives with his parents named Olin and Abigail who live in a cabin near the woods where they settled. From the place they came from they were highly educated. Their son Samuel on the other hand grew up near the woods so he is good at hunting and hiking. He is the only one that is good at hunting in his family so he has to bring home food for them.…
Nathanael Greene, one of Washington’s best subordinates, became quartermaster general and miraculously improved the logistic system. The soldiers, tempered in adversity, developed a common pride in their military proficiency and ability to survive. The rebel situation was worsened when Congress, against Washington’s wishes appointed Gates to command a new southern army. Congress had ordered Gates to drive the British out of the country.…
His political views are what he is most know for as he was the father of American values including self-government, anti-authoritarianism, and hard work. After he left Philadelphia to go to London he started to become a prominent political figure. In London he was spoke about American interest on behalf of the colonies.…
I have selected President Andrew Jackson as my topic for a research paper that will satisfy the requirements of my Capstone project, and have elected to title it “Jackson: An Uncommon, Common Man.” President Jackson was a fascinating man, a sparsely educated man who was nevertheless admitted to the bar after being a “reader of law” for two years (just like another President that would follow less than two score years later.) Jackson has been called the first “modern President” in that unlike his predecessors he did not defer to Congress on policy matters, but rather saw himself as a champion of the people (people, in that day, meaning land-owning white males, although that was not Jackson’s fault) who stood against cronyism and elitists…
Meriwether Lewis is an American explorer who is known for his role as leader in the Lewis and Clark expedition. He was also the governor of the Louisiana Territory. He was also Jefferson’s private secretary, these two were close friends. Since Jefferson trusted Lewis, he let Lewis travel to D.C to deliver Jefferson’s classified information. During the Lewis’s travel to Washington, he visited Robert Grinder’s Inn to rest but while he was there he died.…
I gained a lot of knowledge about George Washington’s presidency. The author’s clarifications, when talking about different personalities and acts of different individuals, showed more meaning to the presidency of George Washington. He made convincing arguments by describing characters such as Hamilton, and the part people played in the presidency. Because he included such detail, I believe that anyone who is curious about George Washington’s presidency would enjoy reading it to some…
An additional example would be the sexual culture of this time period and region. Unlike Twain, who used racial titles to describe different areas and the culture of that region’s inhabitants. Harte, not to say was more qualified, due to the fact that he lived in this region his entire life, he could describe the sexual culture that was occurring during this time. Harte displayed this more risky culture throughout his book, Miggles (Reidhead, 352).The author of Norton Anthology American Literature book described this as a challenge of it time, for American sexual and gender behaviors (Reidhead, 352). During this time, California was growing in industry and its towns were flourishing in popular culture.…
The book A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier is the memoir of Joseph Plumb Martin and chronicles his thoughts and experiences as a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. His diary was originally published as A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Interspersed with Anecdotes of Incidents that Occurred Within His Own Observation, and later it was better known as Private Yankee Doodle. The book portrays Revolutionary War battles of historical significance and illustrates the difficulties faced by the soldiers who fought in the war. In 1760, Joseph Plumb Martin was born in western Massachusetts.…
Douglass and Franklin epitomize the ideal self-made man and overcame obstacles not known to Americans today. As McMichael and Leonard state Franklin was, “Model of the self-made man, a culture-hero whose life exemplifies the American dream of the poor boy who makes good” (375). Franklin’s resume was extensive and long and included, but not limited to: a printer, a fireman, a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, signer of four major documents in the history of America. According to Walter Isaacson, “Franklin was the first great embodiment of that American archetype: the spunky, self-made Horatio Alger who rises from rags to riches by aspiration and grit, and then dedicates himself to creating a society where others can do the same.”…
As soon as the first settlers began to arrive in America, different pieces and types of literature began to emerge rapidly. Although they were all created in different formats and tell different stories about the happenings, they all share equal value among the literary world. Because people began to write about the happenings within the colony, we are now able to reflect upon and relate ourselves to what our ancestors encountered when they traveled to and settled in the new world with a sense of appreciation. In William Bradford’s short story, “Of Plymouth Plantation,” Bradford details the arrival and settlement of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts.…