Albany

On April 1808, “New York authorized the construction of the Erie Canal which was 363 miles long connecting Albany on the Hudson River with Buffalo, New York” (“Transportation Revolution”). By building canals, man-made waterways, inland transportation was inexpensive and easier. “Not only were foods able to be transported faster, but the cost went down from $100/ton…

Vanderbilt at age 16 buys a fairy boat. His one fairy boat soon turned into a business, considering he was very tough and competitive. Vanderbilt built the largest shipping industry in the world. He was soon nicknamed the commodore. The commodore then began working on the first transcontinental railroad. He decides to sale all of his ships and invest his money into railroads. He later realizes that his decision paid off by earning $68 million. As he is becoming the richest man alive the people…

One major cause for the French and Indian War was the creation of the Albany Congress. The Iroquois Confederacy was a strong coalition of several Indian tribes. This made them a valuable asset towards the British as having them as an ally could result in an easier victory over the inevitable war against the French. This coupled along with issues over governance produced the assembly. Overall this assembly was a complete bust as Britain was scared the committee would overpower the royal…

unanimous feeling. The illustration reading “Join or Die” gives an example of one of the first attempts to form a government of the 13 colonies, the Albany Plan of Union created by Benjamin Franklin. In the illustration, it shows the 13 colonies as the 13 pieces of the snake. The writing “Join or Die” illustrates the urgent desire to become one nation. The Albany Plan of Union ultimately failed, with the second continental congress being the next big movement to join the colonies together. This…

In the marvelous month of March, there was a beautiful, chocolate baby born that goes by the name Kiyana Alnisah Hill. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi and raised in the small town - “too beautiful to burn”- Port Gibson, Mississippi, this black princess is the youngest of four children. Additionally, she is the only girl, which indicates she is 90 percent spoiled. Seeing her mother return to school and work a job to set an example for her young ones, it motivated her as a child to always work…

Systemic Oppression and Discrimination The mothers in the documentary had to go through the loss of their sons, while fighting for injustice in their community. The oppressive law makers, and police department had on individuals of different color or religion was terrible.The systemic oppression and discrimination impacted each case by dividing trust among the police, and who they are sworn to protect. There are reasons why this has happened, especially in this documentary. The criminal justice…

rock. The sediments got removed from their previous location and deposited in a huge pile, a terminal moraine in Long Island. The sediments acted as a dam when the glacier melted, which trapped glacial melt water, which formed the Glacial Lake of Albany. The Glacial Lake of Hitchcock began to form when the ice margin located at Rocky Hill CT, dumped a lot of sand and gravel into a lake basin.…

4. There were many regional characteristics evident in the British colonies. Southern colonies had hot, humid weather, mild winters, and swampy marshes contributed to high mosquito populations, thus making colonists more susceptible to diseases like malaria and had shorter life spans. Southern colonies also had good farmland and long growing seasons that enabled mass production of cash crops like tobacco. Additionally, rivers and coasts provided access to the sea. The Chesapeake…

finally ended in December of 1956, a little over a year later, when the Supreme Court upheld the district court's ruling. For this being his first and very impactful win, this made Martin Luther King one of its central leaders for civil rights. The Albany movement was created in November of 1961. It was a coalition formed to protest city segregation policies and laws. King wasn’t supposed to have a major role in this protest, he was just supposed to counsel the protesters for the day. Rather…

William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear is so appallingly devastating that the readers’ questions about justice are unanswered at the end of the play. Shakespeare’s characters in King Lear assert that villainy will eventually undo itself. This proves to be true at the end of King Lear when the Duke of Cornwall, Edmund, Goneril, and Regan have all died as a result of their own immoral acts. The audience can perceive the deaths of these characters as just punishments for their immoral acts.…