Alexander Calder

Alexander the Great won battles all over Greece, Egypt and the former Persian Empire, but after ten long years of fighting his soldiers were losing their will to continue. Their next conquest was against the Indian King Porus, with his large and daunting army. Alexander needed to give his men a reason to continue fighting. Alexander the Great was rhetorically successful in motivating his men to continue in their campaign by using past victories to gain their confidence, comparisons to other…

and conquerors, such as Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king who established one of the world’s most substantial empires. However, despite this external facade of glory, Alexander the Great’s legacy was imbued with acts of terror and pointless bloodshed, all of which can be found within the perspectives of his victims. Through his actions in his personal life and his invasions of Thebes, Persia, Egypt, and India, Alexander the Great was undeniably a villain. Alexander the Great’s…

kindly, old lady. “What’s your name, son?” the lady inquired, “A- Alexander, Hamilton.” the small boy wheezed in between staggered breaths. “Well come on in Alex. You must be tired.” the lady replied. “Speaking of which, where are you from?” “I’m from the island of Nevis, I stowed away on a ship to New York, then bought a map of New York, and ran here.” “Wow.” the lady whistled quietly, “Quite an achievement…

Firstly, the bed of Odysseus and Penelope represents more than their marriage; it stands for the spirit in which Odysseus ruled Ithaca. A prominent leader will have a unique way of ruling, which enraptures their entire kingdom. There’s a sense of individuality that every king impresses on his people. This is the same for Odysseus. Such as he built his bed, he’s built the kingdom of Ithaca, and has left his personal mark on it. Odysseus is the king, but his true role is far greater than that.…

Himeji-jo, or Himeji Castle, is a famous castle located in Himeji City of the Hyogo prefecture in Japan. It is considered to be one of the most well known pieces of architecture because of its unscathed appearance and well developed structure. Himeji-jo has a rich history of how it was constructed, which was initially built as a small fort by Akamatsu Norimura, along with surviving numerous battles against warring clans in Japan, bombardments from US planes, and hundreds of years of wear and…

In Francois Furstenberg’s book, In the Name of the Father, he describes how popular memory of a President came to exist in nineteenth-century America. But how does his account of the past hold up in America today? This depiction of popular memory can be seen in the musical, Hamilton. This paper argues that the arguments made by Furstenberg about nationalism and political consent, unlike slavery, can be seen as pertinent to understanding Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. First, the arguments…

Thomas Gage:The Red Coat General Carson Patchen Revolutionary War Biography 5th Grade Literacy May 11,2017 Only a couple of people could have claimed that they were a successful British general and one of them is Thomas Gage. Thomas Gage was a successful and skilled British general. In these next paragraphs it is going to talk about his early life, adult life and his contribution to the Revolutionary War and that's why he is a good example of a general . In Thomas Gage’s…

National Book Award in 1997 with his book “The Character of Thomas Jefferson”. He also won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for History on Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. Ellis portrays the American founders Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Adams and George Washington as the great…

Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were two men who wanted change in the political party system. This is where the two new political parties were created, the Federalist party and the Democratic-Republicans. These two new forms of government brought new and different ideas on how to run a federal government. Most candidates of today still follow these ways of thinking, but their ideals are much less extreme, but also these ideas could be applied to some of the problems of today. Alexander…

ALEXANDER HAMILTON Madison May History 2010- 06; American History 1 November 10, 2016 When most people think of the founding fathers the first person to come to mind isn’t normally Alexander Hamilton. Although he is one of the only people on U.S. money, being on the ten-dollar bill. Most people think of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but Alexander Hamilton is both very interesting and very important. Hamilton is someone you learn about in both history classes…