Anne of Great Britain

The American Civil War was fought to meet the pending succession of the eleven states that made up the Confederate States of America. The root causes of differences between the Confederacy and the Union were slavery and sectionalism. Sectionalism refers to playing the needs of one section of the nation over the nation as a whole. In addition to these differences geographical and economic development led to the sense of the nation as divided. The South saw their fighting as “rebuilding the…

Anne-Marie Templet 7A #22 Mrs. Simmons / Mrs. Speer 11.3.2017 America’s Gift to My Generation The Greatest Gift not given at Christmas Most people are basically wanting the literally the latest and greatest technological advancements, but what they don’t definitely realize mostly is what it took to advance that far, which generally is quite significant. Although we own the majority of the comforts and luxuries that we for all intents and purposes take for granted, we can’t specifically forget…

Courage In Wartime Standing up for what one believes in during a time of great conflict can often be hard, but it is also one of the most important things a person can do. For many people being courageous is very difficult, especially during wartime, yet many people have done amazing things for society because they were able to put their fears behind them and do what they believed in. Both The Diary Of Anne Frank By Anne Frank and Hitler Youth By Susan Campbell Bartolini depict examples of…

The Great Awakening swept America as a major religious movement. The colonists felt that as the colonies matured they began to lose their religion, which spurred the movement. The American colonies were in disarray with neither the Southern, Middle, nor Northern colonies having much of their culture in common. The Puritan faith dominated much of the New England colonies, the Church of England had much authority over the South, and the Middle colonies were overrun with a variety of congregations…

century popular, there are so many literary terms which makes the English novel more popular. Nineteenth century was a popular era also known as the Victorian age started with the reign of Queen Victoria reign aged (1837-1901) who ruled over the Great Britain for a large part of the century at that time. From various perspectives it might have been a time about progress railways were…

Anne Hathaway’s Garden, a place of seemingly everlasting beauty and history, was one of the stops on my first trip to Europe. My high school offered a travel club for students to travel somewhere of their choice, and this year I was able to finally fulfill my dreams of visiting Ireland, however, along with Ireland came a trip through Wales and into England. This was how I came to be in Anne Hathaway’s garden. Our travel club, which only consisted of myself and my teacher, was joined by students…

everywhere, anytime. But in amidst conflict, all people react differently to the conflict they face, like how people reacted to the Holocaust like Anne Frank and her family's’ life hiding in the Secret Annex in the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, or how Winston Churchill reacted to the attack on Britain as stated in his speech to the British parliament, “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat”, or even how humans have learned to see things in a positive or…

Lastly, Pocahontas was made by European culture into someone that the Europeans could look towards to influence others to settle in the New World. Before the story of Pocahontas appeared, all Europeans referred to the Natives as savages who could not be trusted. When this new story of the Native woman who took care of the settlers appeared, Europeans started to imagine the opportunities that the New World could give to them instead of focusing on how to stay clear of the Indians during…

3.1.2. The Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668) As Charles V married Isabella of Portugal, Portuguese was possessed by the Habsburgs through the political marriages which were traditionally implemented. Since his son, Philip II of Spain, also known as Philip the Prudent, both Spain and Portugal were considered harmonious, the usage of ‘’the Iberian Union’’ was common. However, when Philip IV of Spain began to overtax Portugal, Portuguese felt uncomfortable with the situation. In addition to…

From 1710 to 1711 the Alliance continued to fight the French, but suffered two detrimental setbacks. First, in 1711 Great Britain (known as England until 1707) abandoned the Grand Alliance. Second, Queen Anne made the decision to remove the Duke of Marlborough from his position so that she could engage in peace seeking negotiations with France, as a result of the negotiations, the Peace of Utrecht was reached…