George Washington Carver

The World Renowned Washington It is human nature to live and work together. As a species, humanity has always sought to form groups or communities set with common goals and interests. In order to merit any success within these groupings, it proves imperative that one member maintains control over all others. There are many titles passed to venerated persons selected to maintain dominion: chieftain, president, kaiser, king, prime minister, etc. Those who engage with this bold task of commanding…

his naval contingent provided valuable assistance by preventing reinforcements from reaching the French fort. A two-month siege ended in June when British soldiers staged an heroic (and almost comic) raid on the fortress, forcing its capitulation. George II later rewarded Pepperrell with a baronetcy, the first American colonist so honored. The French fared somewhat better on the western frontier, where their position at Crown Point on Lake Champlain was used as a staging area for Native American…

Paul Revere Paul Revere was not a unique hero before the battle of Lexington. On April 18 and 19 1775 Paul Revere took his famous Midnight Ride. One of the resources we used was the Longfellow poem that tells the story of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. In the Longfellow poem there were things that Paul Revere did that night. There was the signal when the british came 1 by land and 2 by sea. The midnight ride of Paul Revere was taken place in Boston and all the towns that were mentioned…

“General of the Continental Army, George Washington appeared on Mrs. Ross's doorstep around the first of June, 1776, with two representatives of Congress, Colonel Ross and Robert Morris” (Legend of Betsy Ross). Betsy was requested by George Washington to make the First American Flag. Also at the age of 21, she eloped across the Delaware River to Gloucester, New Jersey. After all of this Betsy has been gifted with a Philadelphia bridge named in her honor. The story of Betsy Ross is incredible…

Settlers in the American backcountry often protested to express the grievances with the Federal Government and the regulations and policies they set in place. Taxes of goods and crops were the root for the Whiskey and Shay Rebellions. The Shay Rebellion raised awareness for the need of s a stronger central government. Referring to the Shay Rebellion, historian Leonard L. Richards quotes, "fundamentally altering the course of U.S. history." Farmers in Massachusetts in 1786 were fed up with the…

The French Indian war mostly was about the British and the french. The Indians came after the war started.  In 1749 the French and British both claimed parts of the Ohio Valley. Both of them were building forts. The french had been building forts they built their forts to connect their lands in new France and Louisiana. They also were competing for food because they hunted. They also wanted the land for the trading specifically the fur trade industry. But as time went on the French gained…

Great Britain's initial attempt at controlling the colonists was the Proclamation of 1763, one of the results of the Seven Years’ War, which is also as the French and Indian War. This particular war was fought between Britain and France when disputes arose over French expansion into the Ohio River Valley in 1756; at the end of the war, the British received territories from France and Spain that therefore launched their expansion westward. Clearly, the British wanted to control westward expansion…

William Henry Harrison was the oldest president of his time and served the shortest time in office, thirty-two days. Harrison was sixty-eight when he went into office and died a month later, becoming the first president to die in office..William Henry Harrison was the ninth president, and although he was not president for long he had accomplished many things throughout his life. Before his presidency, Harrison became well known as an Indian fighter and military hero. He also served in the Senate…

The tale of a war is told by the victor, but what happens when there is no winner, and the story is told by two different nations. When the war of 1812 was fought, no country had a definite winner. Both America and Britain/Canada were able to tell the tale, but what were the differences between the two? The tale of the War of 1812 told by America focuses around America view, and often doesn’t mention other nations strifes and wars at the time, as well as skips mostly over the battles they lost.…

From a lot of historiography of the revolution, I choose two amazing interpretation of the revolution. One is revolutionaries or the Whigs interpretation and the second one is loyalist or Tories. The revolutionaries named during the American Revolution. Colonist called revolutions or loyalists according to which side they decided to support. Colonist those didn’t want from England are revolutionaries and loyalist were to stay with British government and think breaking away from them is not the…