Continental drift

When Wilcolmb E. Washburn formulated his thesis regarding Bacon’s Rebellion in The Governor and the Rebel: A History of Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia, he did so as a direct response to and criticism of the widely accepted views held on the subject by most historians for the century prior. These views were epitomized in Torchbearer of the Revolution: The Story of Bacon’s Rebellion and Its Leader, written by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker, which lauded Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion as a precursor to…

Declaration of Independence and Enlightenment “No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience” (Locke) .The Declaration of Independence is a document written by Thomas Jefferson over the course of many days, and signed on July 4th, 1776, stating that the thirteen American colonies are no longer part of the British Empire. The Enlightenment and Declaration of Independence were heavily influenced by each other. The Enlightenment was an era from the 1620s to 1780s, when people started to…

Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, Common Sense, is a work that shows how many people felt during the late 1700’s. In this work, Paine advocates independence from Great Britain to the Thirteen Colonies. It was published anonymously during the beginning of the American Revolution, and instantly became a sensation among the colonists. Similarly, Anne Bradstreet’s poem, Here Follow Some Verses Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666, portrays major Puritan beliefs of the 1600’s. Anne Bradstreet’s poem…

Ethan: So what is a Patriot? Cid: A Patriot is a person from the Thirteen Colonies who rebelled the British control. Ethan: What is a Loyalist? Cid: Loyalist were people who remained loyal to the British and lived in the Thirteen Colonies Ethan: Why did people become Patriots? Cid: Well people thought they were being treated unfairly by the British, because they were taxed without say by the British government. Cid: How many Patriots and Loyalists fought? Ethan: Most Patriots fought for…

Did the Colonies and Britain only consider war, did the Colonies and Britain not consider an alternative, did the Colonies and Britain even consider the effect of this war? Patrick Henry wrote the "Speech in the Virginia Convention" on March 23, 1775. The 13 Colonies and Great Britain have just started the American Revolution or Revolutionary War. We are fighting against British taxation. This resistance has led us to major conflict, we are seeking independence. On March 23, 1175 Patrick Henry…

The members of the Committee of Five were John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson. John Adams was a lawyer, statesman, writer, diplomat, and second president of the United States. He was an advocator of republicanism and a strong central government. Roger Sherman was born in 1721 is Massachusetts. He studied law and became a judge. He proposed the Great Compromise, which needed a two part legislature, one of which was represented based off of…

navy of the time would have conflicts with the trade ships. This was the triangular trade; common items that were traded were sugar and tobacco. A very common economic event that took place was Shays’ Rebellion. In 1786, a former captain in the continental army led a rebellion against the court systems. The reason why he led this rebellion, because farmers had to pay very high debts when they tried to start a new farm. This is a common example of an economic crisis. The American…

Del Borgo’s variations are based on William Billings’ patriotic hymn Chester. Primarily a self-trained musician, Billings is considered the most prominent composer from the First New England School. Blind in one eye and with uneven legs, the Boston native was a leather tanner by trade. As a teenager, Billings took music lessons from a local choirmaster and by the age of twenty-two, Billings had become a well-respected singing school teacher. At the age of twenty-four, Billings published the…

Charles tiffany was born on February 15, 1812, in killingly Connecticut. He went to a district school in an academy in Plainfield Connecticut, when he turned 15 he helped manage a small store with his father who was the owner of a cotton manufacturing company. In 1837 Charles tiffany and his friend john B. Young went to New York with $1000 dollars that Charles father lent to him and opened a small gift shop selling jewelry and silverware. During this time of his life on November 30, 1839 Charles…

It all started in July 2, 1776 when a committee drafted a formal declaration of Independence for a resolution. “That these United Colonies are, and, of, right, ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved” (Brinkley 107). After two days’ congress approved the Declaration of Independence which had formal justifications.…