Born on the Fourth of July

Cuba is a country suffering from severe poverty struggling to keep its head above water. Fidel Castro is failing in health and the islands future lies in leaders that will have to make a choice between a new Cuba or a dictatorship. Fidel Castro was born August 13, 1926 in Brian Cuba…

Did you know that John Adams married his third cousin? John was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree (Quincy), MA. In this paper you will learn about Adam’s childhood, education, how they impacted the Revolutionary War, and other interesting facts. John was a very interesting young man. At 16 Adams had a scholarship to Harvard University and he graduated when he was 20. After graduating in 1755 he studied law with an attorney in Worchester, even though his father wanted him to…

In my opinion, I agree with Seymour Martin Lipset, author of “Still the Exceptional Nation?”, that America is exceptional as it is “the world’s sole superpower.” (403) As Lipset mentioned, America is set apart from developed European nations for many reasons as America has exceeded the standards of greatness. America is an exceptional nation because our nation is dedicated to important principles such as human liberty and freedom in which all men are created equal and have equal rights. Our…

James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758 and died on July 4, 1831. He served as the 5th U.S. president on March 4, 1817 and left office on March 4, 1825. In 1774 at age 16, Monroe entered the college of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He cut college studies short in 1776 to join the continental army and fight for independence from Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War 1775-83. During the war, Monroe saw action in battles in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. He was…

Germany. Without him WWII would have never happened and history would be changed. The life of a young kid that wanted to be an artist, that turned into a German leader; his name is Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was born April 20,1889 in Braunau, Austria (Hitler 1). He was his mother's’ fourth child (Altman 11). “ In 1896, When Adolf Hitler was only seven years old, his forteen-year-old half-brother Alois Jr. ran away from home to escape their abusive father”(Altman 14). He wanted to be an artist ,…

Julia Mahony Mrs. Riendeau Government February 10, 2017 What Brings You Here? How Samuel Huntington became one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence On July 4, 1776, Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence, which was a formal document stating the colonies independence from England. Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence at the Graff House prior to presenting it to all the delegates at the 2nd Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Not all of the…

in the abolitionist movement. Northern blacks attracted to Garrison’s opposition to colonization and his demand for equal rights were half of The Liberator’s subscribers. Several blacks were leaders of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and northern-born blacks and fugitive slaves such as Frederick Douglass quickly became major organizers and speakers. Many fugitive slaves published accounts of their experience of slavery, which became powerful tools in communicating the reality of slavery to…

Shakespeare’s times. Values change along with the times, and a cross-examination of the two works can lead to nothing but “apple-to-orange” type claims. When taken separately, Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” may seem completely unrelated to each other. But perspective is key to this investigation. Taken in a more specific frame of reference, the two texts show similar ways societies deal with oppressive governments, and often those ways…

On July 5th in the year 1852 a man named Frederick Douglass stood up in front of an audience and explained how he nor any African American can celebrate this country who has enslaved and dehumanized them for generations, he entitles this speech What to the Slave is the Fourth of July. Douglass, often referred to as “the father of the civil rights movement” was born into a life of slavery. Throughout Douglass’s enslavement he never allowed his slave owners to burn the bridge between his current…

As Kyle is sitting in his living room he hears the sounds of gunshots and helicopter completely dazed on the thought of war, all sure symptoms that he is facing PTSD. When his wife tries to talk to him as he blocks her out while focused on a kid playing with a dog. While Taya continues to try and have a conversation with him Kyle jumps up and believes that the dog is trying to attack the child. He rips the dog off the child and nearly beats it in the head until Taya stops him. “This scene shows…