Battle of Fort Henry

leaders thought they saw British Band was hostiled so they attempted to shot at them. Black Hawk in response, led his men to make an attack on Wisconsin. Some Native Americans stayed back and just raided US forts. Andrew Jackson had his men track the British band down and kill them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. Black Hawk’s men were hungry, deserted, or dead. Andrew Jackson had his men kill and or capture Black Hawk’s men. Black Hawk and the main leaders escaped but, later they were found…

Battle of Quebec - British victory in 1759 over French forces in Quebec. This marked the beginning of the end of French rule and Britain became the leading power in America. 9. Pontiac's Rebellion - Indian uprising that took place in 1763 after the French…

(Miller 30). The use of horses in warfare changed the battle field dramatically. They were not only used to pull wagons or carry supplies, they were used to carry soldiers into battle, and often times they were the main target because horsepower was the only thing that could pull the heavy wagons, and cannons (Miller 30). The main roles played by the cavalry during the Civil war was scouting and intelligence gathering, although they spent time in battle as well. The first American Military to…

(Schoenberg, The Virtual Jewish World UK). They supposedly killed and buried him (Schoenberg, The Virtual Jewish World UK). Christians retaliated on Jewish settlements (Schoenberg, The Virtual Jewish World UK). The situation began to worsen when King Henry II, one of the only supporters of the Jews at this time died. Richard I was crowned and he refused to grant Jewish representatives admission to Westminster Abbey (Schoenberg, The Virtual Jewish World UK). A decree was instituted prohibiting…

Richardson, he used in this story, and the relationship between two brothers as a symbol of the “unity of the nation”(Coleman, 2001). The American Revolution pinned families, friends and neighbours against one another. The Loyalist marched out of Fort Niagara and scattered their settlements across Quebec, and the Maritime colonies. The Loyalist maintained their distinct communities by continuing with their forms of celebration private, semi-public celebrations. These celebrations provided…

Workers of the late 1800’s were overworked and underpaid and the amount of wageworkers tripled. Their ages ranging from children to adults and of all different skills and levels. The basic laborer were the most common type of workers. They are the ones that dug holes and helped build many of America’s first subways, railroads, bridges and buildings. Many were immigrants and would work for next to nothing running from the poor house and trying to scrape out a meager existence in their new…

In fact, the documentary spends more time talking about places and ports than pirates and rarely ever mentions galleons. They spoke quite a lot about ports and the forts that existed there. They spoke about Port Royale and Nassau and how they were frequented by pirates and filled with debauchery and rum (Pirates, Galleons and Treasure, 2007). They fail to mention however Tortuga which is surprising seeing as it is…

and south stemmed from issues regarding slavery. When President Lincoln, an abolitionist, was elected, the south immediately succeeded from the Union. The Civil War started with the Confederates attacking the Union early in Lincoln’s presidency at Fort Sumter. President Lincoln was fighting against the Confederates to bring the Union back together, along with his other goal of abolishing slavery. He did not advertise the goal of abolishing slavery because it would have created more tension, and…

of duties throughout the whole state (Brinkley, 207). Jackson did not react calmly to the situation, he ordered a warship to Charleston and strengthened the federal forts. Jackson also developed a force bill, which allowed the President to use military force to make sure acts of Congress were followed through (Brinkley, 207). Henry Clay came up with a compromise to ease the tension and to avoid violence. His idea was to lower the tariff gradually so the tariff would reach the same level it…

equipment, about one-half of America’s regular armed forces, and Practically all of the new nation’s naval strength C. June 1778 1. Withdrawing redcoats were attacked by General Washington at Monmouth, New Jersey 2. Many men died of heatstroke 3. Battle was indecisive, British escaped to New York Blow and Counterblow A. Summer of 1780 1.French army of six thousand troops arrived in Newport, Rhode Island 2. American were suspicious, but French gold and goodwill disregarded suspicion …