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the Montreal Lacrosse Club. He had created a new rule book for the sport that limited the number of players allowed on the field he also introduced a rubberized ball and more advanced sticks. By 1860 lacrosse had become Canada’s national game and in 1867 exhibition games were played in England, lacrosse then becoming more and more popular in several countries and in 1904 and 1908 lacrosse was played in the Summer Olympics. On November 22, 1877, the first college lacrosse game was played…

Although Marx’s critique was drafted in 1867, the values of his critique still has importance in this modern world and society and remains extremely relevant in the twenty-first century. Karl Marx’s in-depth discussion of commodities allows for great insight into the history of capitalism. Through…

Quanah Parker Quanah Parker was a Comanche indian tribe leader. He was born around 1850 (no exact date), to Cynthia Ann Parker, a white girl taken captive during the 1836 raid on Parker’s Fort, Texas, and Comanche chief Peta Nocona (Biggs). He was raised on the reservation by both parents. Quanah often witnessed his father brutally abuse his mother, and forced her to be sexually active with him. His mother did have a daughter with her husband before she was kidnapped, Quanah witnessed his…

helped recruit blacks to the Union army. After the war had ended, Turner relocated to Georgia to work for the recently established Freedmen's Bureau, but suffered racial discrimination from white members and returned to church work. Elected to the 1867 Georgia constitutional convention and later to the state legislature in 1868, Turner appeared to have a bright future in politics. However, whites won control of the Georgia legislature and proceeded to remove all black members from their roles.…

Regatta at Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet was one of the most well-known painter for impressionism. He was born on November 14, 1840. In Paris, France. His painting Regatta at Sainte-Adresse is an oil-an-canvas painted on 1867. The dimension of the painting was 75.2*101.6 cm. This painting portrayed a cloudy day scene, and showing sailing boats hauled onto the sand, with sailors and workers. Claude Monet work depicting contemporary object matter, without idealization. His painting clearly depiction…

What deems a woman as influential? Is it her contributions to society? Her personality? Her lifestyle? Passion, authenticity. confidence, energy, planning, networking skills, timing, charisma, integrity, and ambition maybe that’s needed too. Each of these things could be argued as making someone influential. In fact, most people would say all these things apply. When hearing these descriptions, one woman come to mind. Madame CJ Walker, or Sarah Breedlove, was the definition of a strong female…

also killed some of the Sioux members for revenge. The Sioux however, made allies in neighboring towns and fought back. They later had the possession of their land back. The war led to a series of battles including the Battle of Little Big Horn. “In 1867, there was a temporary lull to many of the conflicts, but new forces soon shattered the peace again” (Brinkley, 396). There was further encroachment by some colonists in Dakota territory. The battle began in southern Montana in 1876 (Brinkley…

leasing. Mining, was inflame by convict leasing, but mining was very unpredictable. Theodore Roosevelt and the federal government became the influencing force that help to accuse those who continue to conduct peonage, even though it was illegal in 1867. Theodore Roosevelt, who became president in 1901, did not agree with peonage and saw no good in it. Similarly, Judge Thomas Goode Jones and U.S. Attorney Warren S. Reese also thought the condition of peonage were horrible. Theodore Roosevelt had…

to the Indigenous peoples was unethically taken away from them for the purpose of the country’s farms, oil extraction, mining, and overall development. Both Bonspiel and Kassam argue that this was a cause of the British North America Act of July 1, 1867, which did not declare Canadian independence from Britain, and still allowed them to mistreat the Indigenous peoples by stealing their lands, territories, and resources. A nomadic lifestyle would presumably make one a disqualifier from land…

Born 1867 Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the first architects who found a new style based on interpretation of planes and abreast masses. He was influenced by many aspects of his life, firstly, when Wright’s parents split up he had an obsession with showing an ideal family living space. His early influences came mainly from working at his uncle’s farm and the “froebel blocks” (Curtis since 1900, page 75) his mother brought him, which he used to create various geometric shapes and patterns.…