City and town halls

hard to cover with the army. Spreading the units to thin could cause for an easy defeat. Instead, Col. Paul L. Freeman stationed lower on the hills, around the base of the hills, to get a tight perimeter on three sides of the town that spread over a mile outside of the town. Infantrymen dug into the sides of the hills using them as shelter and cover. They spent 10 days making improvised structures, planting antipersonnel mines, registering their mortars for the main entry points, and…

Ancillary businesses that supported railroads, mining and other industries florished as they supported growing western communities. Over time the majority of the inhabitants of these cities desired to establish a set of rules or laws to live by. Mobility and innovation made crime more difficult to detect. Mobility encouraged crimes involving trust, such as seduction, fraud and violent crimes. Enabled by an incentive to start anew elsewhere many bolted after their crimes. The ease of moving…

boy” personality early in life made him value education rather than looking “tough” . In The Other Wes Moore, Wes Moore delves further into the differences between the “good boy” and the “tough guy”; two boys with the same name grow up in the same city and with similar circumstances. The defining difference between the pair is that one has a mother who pushes him to hold education and literacy in higher regards than his image, while the other allows the streets and his friends to raise him and…

When telling the story of the controversial topic of World War 1 many questions and arguments will occur with it. A part of the race would like to argue that WW1 was most certainly was avoidable, yet on the other hand some would say it was unquestionably unavoidable. With the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, The Systems of Alliances and Nationalism this is all going onto prove how this was not avoidable and it was a matter of time to when alliances would outrage…

2017. Ben Brantley from the New York Times reviewed the Broadway drama, “Jitney” on January 19, 2017. This Broadway drama is about the lives of a group of men who drive unlicensed cabs for a living and their struggles when they discovered that the city threatens to shut down the business. Brantley thought that “‘Jitney’ is a lament that has the affirmative ring in…

foreign land to fight a monster disturbing this village. The Anglo-Saxton code, mentioned many times in the Epic is code is loosely based off the saying; You are expected to do it, even if you don't want to do it. In the book, Beowulf helps the poor town of Herot get rid of the murderous monster Grendel. In defeating Grendel, he upsets Grendel’s mother a terrible witch who is angry at the death of her son. Beowulf then tracks her down and defeats her with no physical reward for killing her just…

// had town hall meetings // Harvard university established // Salem Witch Trials // The Halfway Covenant said Puritans we’re losing religious touch // Majority of people were Puritans William Penn's “Holy Experiment” in Pennsylvania…

Hrothgar constructed Herot, there was nightly music which radiated from the battle-hall. This music talked of how “The Almighty making the earth, shaping these beautiful plains marked off by oceans… The Almighty drove these demons out, and their exile was bitter (“Beowulf” 40-57).” This causes Grendel, a demon, great pain and impatience (“Beowulf” 35), and he decides to exact revenge. Every night, Grendel enters the town and stealthily kills up to thirty men (“Beowulf”…

move away from my old town because of work, and I knew that this is my year to make a difference. At my old school I never really had any friends. I was just a target for the entire school to pick on, but this time it is going to be different. I am going to be popular, I’m going to make friends, and this will be the best year ever. This new school was huge there was a clear difference from my little school in Cresco to this one just outside of Chicago. I walked down the hall towards my first…

The Boston Massacre was the result of the colonists' frustration with British policies after the French and Indian War ended in 1763. They disliked Parliament's active involvement, and hated the presence of British soldiers, who seemed to be policing the colonists. They also resented the numerous attempts at taxation, such as the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, which Parliament tried to impose on them without their consent. When Parliament would not listen to their verbal protests, the expressions of…