Charles II of England

Henry VIII is one of the many famous Kings in history and one of the the very few to pass on a legacy. He was born on June 28, 1491 in a city called Greenwich located in England. His father was King of England and did not acknowledge Henry VIII as much compared to his two older siblings. His father had viewed Henry’s older brother, Arthur as the future heir since he showed that he had the credentials to take over the throne, although only after Arthur’s death due to an unknown illness and his…

was formed and allowed for a wider variety of people to explore and claim land in the New World by financing expeditions and allowing investors to gain land. (28) 16) King Philip’s War: As the population of English settlers began to increase in New England, tensions between Indians and the colonists increased. The Indians desired to drive the settlers away from their land by uniting with all of the tribes in the area. In 1675, Metacom, referred to as King Philip by the colonists, assaulted the…

the British merchant marines and went on to become a British citizen (“Joseph”). About nine years before writing the novel, Conrad was appointed to serve as captain of a steamer on the Congo River by a Belgian trading company. The experiences of Charles Marlow in Heart of Darkness were inspired by Conrad’s actual experiences on the Congo River. Conrad, upon arriving at his station, saw that his steamer was in need of repairs. Instead of fixing it, he traveled up river on a different steamer.…

Taux. In 1608, early exploration of the area, led by John Smith, recorded the existence of Taux villages on the south bank of the Potomac River. The first European claims to the land that would become Fairfax County took place in 1649. Charles II, King of England, granted all of the land between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers were to be granted to a group of seven English gentlemen. In 1719, the land came to be possessed by the area's namesake, Lord Fairfax. Over the next 20 years there…

instated. This law was the Navigation Acts which stated that the colonists could only trade with England, rather than any European nations they wished to. However, the original Navigation Acts were not upheld to their full ability, so “colonists found it relatively easy to trade on their own terms, whether that was with foreign nations, pirates, or smugglers.” After the Glorious Revolution, King Charles II increased his power over the North American colonies, and issued a new set of Navigation…

On October 31, 1517, an unsatisfied, non-conforming, progressive theologian named Martin Luther took an action that altered the religious (and, in some cases) political landscape of the entire Western world. Disgusted at the Catholic church’s insistence on the sale of indulgences and unconvinced as to their doctrine of “salvation by works,” the Wittenberg professor nailed a 95-point document to the front door of his university’s Catholic church. This document, later called the “Ninety-five…

lived a difficult life would be an understatement. From the start, Pope was denied education as a child due to his Catholic upbringing and the Test Acts, which denied Catholics the ability to teach, attend university, vote, or hold public office (“Charles II”). Pope was taught how to read at home and attended illegal Catholic schools in London, which are responsible for his education. Pope also suffered from various health problems beginning at the age of 12. He acquired Pott’s disease from…

The idea of the ‘Reformation’ can be interpreted in many different ways, and what actually constitutes it can be debated. This essay will focus on the Reformation in what is modern day Germany, with specific reference to Lutheranism. While it would appear obvious that the Reformation was trying to reform religion at its heart, this essay will make the argument that the Reformation was actually part of a wider movement, or change, across the whole of Europe which was not just trying to reform one…

staged where? Were all traces of the kings men company lost during the english civil war? Is anything left today? This reading made it seem like female performers weren't included in Shakespeare productions until the restoration and the reign of Charles II, how true was this? Did Shakespeare only ever see boys play his females? was Mary Sanderson really the first lady lady…

In the film A Soldier’s Story based on a book written by Charles Fuller, Sargent Waters, a character in the film and the story is a hard boiled man with a savior complex. He has character traits similar to another man with the same problems. That man is Adolf Hitler, the chancellor of Germany during World War II. Adolf Hitler’s destructive path started with the results of World War I. The war had many ramifications such as 16 million people who died worldwide but what fueled the flame for the…