Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Colonial Period The colonial period of America was filled with the explorations of different religions and the freedom to explore your religious tendencies. In this unit of American Lit, we learned about the puritans, rationalists, and Native American traditions. We read a poem by Anne Bradstreet, “The Burning of our House.” Some of the students chose to do the virtue chart that Benjamin Franklin did in 1726 so he could improve a specific thirteen virtues. We also analyzed a couple of Native…

William Williams was born on April 23, 1731 in Lebanon, Connecticut. He was a Selectman for twenty-five years, served the provincial and later state Legislature for nearly forty years-during which time he was councilor, member, and Speaker of the House. He was appointed by the Connecticut Assembly to become a delegate for the Second Continental Congress after Oliver Wolcott fell ill. Even though he didn’t make it in time to Philadelphia to take part in the debates and cast a vote for the…

old car getting towed by a tow truck. One of the men say "Oh no! The car!" and he throws his hands up, showing he was shocked and frustrated. One of the other men say "I told you somebody should have stayed in the car." They're all running down a bridge, duffle bags in hand, and the same guy holds up his phone and says "It says there's a black car, three miles away." As they're running, one of them mumbles "I'm not taking one of those...". After that, it shows the view of a street, right as a…

The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) is often associated with Canada; this company started off as a fur trading business and currently operates as a transnational retail store. A recent HBC commercial portraying Dr. John Rae, a Scottish surgeon who explored Arctic Canada with the help of the Inuit peoples, was released with narration by Les Stroud, a famous Canadian survivor-man. Viewer’s reactions to the commercial have been mixed, with some comments on the YouTube video praising the “Inuit being…

agreement between the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL). The first ever Super Bowl took place on January 15, 1967 with 61,946 attendees. It was located at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 35-10. Years later, the Super Bowl turned into something much bigger. People are willing to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars for tickets. They are also willing to travel across the…

Che Guevara: Reviled and Revered Today, Che Guevara is looked at as a symbol of rebellion. However, Che Guevara is both revered and reviled in today's society due to his horrific actions of being a cruel leader, but successfully being committed to the justice of the people of the Cuban Revolution. Born as Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Che Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. He was part of a middle class family that was the source of most of his political views. As a child,…

Is Jose Mourinho the greatest football coach of all time? During his first press conference after being appointed head coach at Chelsea Football Club Mourinho said, "Please don't call me arrogant.. but I think I am a special one." Since that press conference, the media has called him arrogant many times but he has also convinced them that he is the greatest football coach in history. Mourinho is the only coach in Europe that has worked his way up to a coaching position, he has coached five…

The southern colonies were established as economic ventures. The first settlers arriving in the South were mainly farmers, laborers, high status craftsmen and numerous sons of English nobility. The first colony, Jamestown, Virginia, which was set up by the Virginia Company, had a rough start with high death rates due to disease and lack of food. The Virginia Company seemed to have a quick profit of supplies so they did not rely much on England’s support. With high profit they would rather look…

was in which consisted of, crop failures and depressions in the wool industry. With all these things happening in England the Puritans saw them as “signs of God displeasure with their country” so they left. In 1629 they set up the Massachusetts Bay colony, they also were able to set up a business to make money to support…

Castro really had no chance of succeeding. This due in large part that a small guerrilla force could in no way stand up to Cuba 's forces without U.S support. But the does not address some of the major concerns the U.S had. Why did the U.S launch the Bay of Pigs Invasion? The U.S launched the invasion as means of protecting national security. When Castro came to power he immediately began spreading around nationalism policies and cut ties with the American government. Coupled with his…