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population (Laffan 80). To address these concerns the Dutch instigated a large program of networks and alliances amongst rival social, economic, and political classes to institute policies of control and power, especially after the Banten Jihad in 1888 which exposed the shortcomings of the Dutch authorities knowledge base (Laffan…

that put Browne on the map was one of Ebbe Petersen. Petersen was a gentleman from Sweden who had emigrated to New York. He was very fortunate in making money and was able to buy a very large piece of land, which was later then called “The Bronx”. In 1888 Petersen had decided that he wanted to go Sweden to visit and when determining this he signed…

Art Investigation Describe and Analyze: Starry Night is one of Vincent Van Gogh, a French post-impressionist, many famous paintings and is also the most well-known. This painting was created in 1889 and is an oil on canvas landscape painting. According to Wikipedia Vincent Van Gogh painted this painting while in an asylum and is actually a view out of his window. Today, Starry Night is owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York and has been since 1941. The night sky background was…

Eunice Lee Daniel Aeschbacher Design History #2 25 November 2015 Frank Lloyd Wright While I was staying in Chicago for studying, I found the landscape with grand and full of high beautiful buildings was fascinatingly alluring people including myself. Especially, Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the most famous architectural designers. My personal experience with his buildings: Rookery building, Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio, and Falling Water. Frank Lloyd Wright, who is the most…

The appropriation rights at the time had four essential elements namely: priority, the benefit of using water, diversion, and intent. Regarding this, the first individual to utilize the given quantity of water from its sources on operations that are deemed beneficial possessed the right of continued usage while others utilized the remaining portions. This fact rendered the doctrine of having the priority element. The person using the water could not make changes on the intention of water…

There is a famous court case called The Sacco-Vanzetti Case. This case is one of the most interesting court cases in the history of court cases. Why is it interesting? It is interesting because it deals with a thing called the capitol punishment. This is when a criminal is put to death be the state. Also, the case was brought up to trial for more than six years. In this research paper I will be talking about what happened in the trial. Also, I will talk about the criminals and the things they…

Dante Gabriel Rossetti once dug up his wife’s grave to retrieve his lost poems; that is adumbrative of his dedication to writing and art. In London, England on May 12th, 1828, an Italian teacher gave birth to one of the best literary minds of all time, Dante Rossetti born Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, his father, an Italian political refugee, and college professor(Riggs, 1998). Born into a family of talent, Dante was the second of four children in the Rossetti family, all four of which would…

Unsolved mysteries are usually talked about for years after the event occurred, just for the solid reason that they are interesting and that we were never able to understand what actually happened. There have been unsolved mysteries dating back to the very first colony to ever set foot on American land. This unsolved mystery is called, “The lost colony of Roanoke” and it’s become a sensation across the globe ever since it happened back in the 1500’s. When a group of 117 people followed John…

Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest athletes to ever walk this earth, lived his teenage years attending a Native American boarding school, speifcally attending the Sac and Fox Indian Agency school in Stroud, Oklahoma, then the Haskell Institute, which is an Indian boarding school located in Lawrence, Kansas, and finally attending college at the infamous Carlisle boarding school. However, Jim’s story does not start at his education, it begins at his Native American roots. On the morning of May 28th,…

Despite this, understanding the benefits of accumulated interest made them want to build their own institutions of wealth. From 1888 to 1934, 134 banks for blacks opened, but many dissolved due to lack of experience and education in running a bank, risky investments in black businesses and failed real estate holdings (Frazier). Regardless, the importance of banks was cemented in…