George Llewelyn Davies

Battles were lost by Washington’s army, but a war could still be won. In 1776, Thomas Jefferson announced the Declaration of Independence. George Washington had the American army fighting since the summer of 1775, but I signed up for Revolutionary War after 1776. The Continental Army defeated the British in battles of Princeton and Trenton, but the number of soldiers capable to fight is decreasing. My 9 month enlistment is almost over and our country is still fighting for its Independence.…

Alexander Hamilton was one of the important pioneers in the early formation of the American government. He participated in Washington's Revolutionary War from 1777 to 1781. After the war, Hamilton co-wrote the famous 'Federalist' Papers with John Jay and James Madison, which served as a primary source for Constitutional interpretation. Hamilton signed his essays as 'Publius'. President Washington appointed Hamilton as the country's first Secretary of the Treasury in 1789. He held this post until…

Have you ever heard of Barack Obama and George Washington's inaugural speeches? George Washington and Obama's speeches compare and contrast in many ways. George Washington and Barack Obama are similar because they wanted the same thing. They were different because certain things in the speech were not the same. Also, the length of it contrasted. In the paragraphs below, I will explain the similarities and differences between these 2 former Presidents. George Washington's inaugural speech was…

Many Parliamentary members considered giving up the war in the American colonies and turn their attention its neighbors, France and Spain. The adopted strategy by the British would be to focus operations south of the Potomac River. “King George III enthusiastically embraced the concept of a Southern Campaign and outlined the purpose as early as October 1775: To call forth those who may have a sense of duty to their mother country; to restore British Government… and leave a battalion of…

All revolutions have had large impacts on how humans live today, whether they are about lack of food or cruel injustice and inequality. Earth has had many mishaps when it came to disagreements and fights for freedom, and history has proven time and time again that it has the tendency to repeat itself. Some say that the French Revolution had more significance than the American Revolution, but these people do not realize that all wars- whether civil or revolutionary- are huge contenders to how…

The main character for the novel A Clockwork Orange is Alex. Alex is a fifteen year old boy who lives in a dystopian society controlled by a totalitarian states who controls its population through violence, experiments and machines. The main character is not revealed at first but as the novel progresses, the audience learns that Alex is the main character because of the experiences and hardships that the reader learn from this character. At first, Alex seems to be just another delinquent citizen…

and in this case the main characters, George and Lennie’, dream. The dream consisted of George and Lennie owning their own ranch with rabbits for Lennie and extra acres of land for others who wanted to share it with them. Characters like Candy and Crooks dream of having their own farms too. Many can argue that death is the main reason that the dream failed and that is not totally true. The dream failed because of the society around them. In the book, George and Lennie’s dream of owning a farm…

The two protagonists differ from one another as Winston struggles to maintain his identity because of his restricted freedom, whereas Holden lacks identity as he is given too much freedom. The lack of identity essentially defines both characters also allowing the readers to sympathise with the character’s narratives. We sympathise with Holden because the amount of freedom he has, causes him to rely on an inanimate object to help him feel better, which leads to him ostracising himself from others…

important date and was a very different battle. It was the clear victory that convinced the French to side with the Americans forever changing history and the course of the war. This battle had many impacts on the American people and gave General George Washington the belief that they could win their independence with the help of European allies. The Americans winning in the battle was a signal to the Europeans that the colonists of Patriots were capable of defeating the British on their own.…

Privacy issues that Americans face today. In the book 1984 George Orwell predicted the privacy issues that Americans face today, with his concerns that the government is keeping an eye on the public, whether this was through a Telescreen in the novel or modern day televisions and Iphones. The telescreens used in the book 1984 were always on no matter where the owner was. At the grocery store or at work it was always on. The citizens still watched the telescreen like an actual T.V. but the…