Erie

victories and was capable of bringing up many heroes throughout the year. To name a few, Andrew Jackson after the battle of New Orleans, William Henry Harrison became a hero after the battle of Thames, and Oliver Hazard Perry who lead the battle of Lake Erie. Coming back around to the American System, Henry Clay made a great effort to try and bring unity to the North as well as the South and West in 1815 and to see them go forward with greatness. The American System consisted of the National…

the steamboat to the Hudson River. This innovative creation made it possible for the Union to navigate the South’s extensive waterways to strengthen its blockade in the South fifty-five years later. Spurred by the introduction of the steamboat, the Erie Canal was built and completed in 1825. Stretching three hundred and sixty-three miles long, it connected New York City all the way to Ohio by inland waterways. Canals made it possible to use steamships not only to barricade the South but to…

Hudson, Ohio has been home to me ever since I was six years old. Hudson is a suburb of Cleveland and located in the Summit County. Being a relatively small community, Hudson, became a city officially after the 1990 US census. Hudson is mostly composed of upper middle class Caucasians, and is known for being a safe community perfect for raising a family. Another thing that Hudson is known for is having exceptional school districts, and is ranked nationally. Through research and living in Hudson…

Everyone in life has thought about what they want to do to survive for the rest of their life. Sometimes things don’t go as planned or people just simply think that wanting to be a lawyer from Harvard is just simple impossible. That is a dream that can almost satisfy anyone, I recently took a personality test that shows what type of person I am and what career would be best for me. The careers that I would like to pursue would to be an Orthodontist, Lawyer and a teacher, all great careers…

Texting While Driving: Is It Worth the Risk? When a cell phone goes off in a classroom, a movie theater or in concert hall, it is irritating, but at least our lives are not in jeopardy. However, on the road, irresponsible cell phone users are more than irritating they are dangerous. Texting while driving remains one of the most dangerous distractions for drivers. As reported by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, it is 23 times more likely that a driver will crash while texting and…

the book will be reffered to as glasses. A low angle shot from behind glasses makes him almost look like his looming over the book as if he is sinister. The lighting is about the same as we have been seeing up until this point but still leaves that erie look as if its always 7am and the fog hasn't cleared. The camera slowly makes its way closer towards glasses keeping the low angle and the omonious music makes it's return again. Volume of the music increases the closer we get to glasses and we…

For example, “Holland et all. (1995) identified the [zebra] muscles are the principal reason that eutrophication abated in Lake Erie, while others have noted similar effects in other lakes and rivers (e.g., Strayer et. al., 1999)” (Sagoff 2005). The significant reason why zebra muscles are taking over is due to competition for resources. The zebra muscles can out-compete the other…

with the Battle of Queenstown Heights and Detroit,they withdrew forces from Lake Champlain in November. In 1813 America made attempt to attack Canada which again, were unsucessful attacks. When Oliver Perry 's fleet wrecked the British fleet on Lake Erie the Americans gained control of Detroit. Shawneee Chief Tecumeseh was killed shortly after the U.S were attacking the British army in the Battle of…

people who live in the city, however I want to focus on just the Italian presence. The amount of Italian immigrants following World War II in Windsor are very large, so much so that there is a “little Italy” in the city, located downtown, also known as Erie Street. Although this is just the instance of my…

family business, run by his oldest brother, Gansevoort. Herman Melville also taught school near Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and Greenbrush, New York. Still in his teen years, Melville studied surveying at the Lansingburgh Academy in hope to work on the Erie Canal and he even helped out on his uncle’s farm. Finally approaching the start of his writing years, Melville served as a crew member aboard a ship named the St. Lawrence, which was heading toward Liverpool, England. Two years later, he…