George Washington High School

to travel with his family from time to time. James received a good, rich education when he was young, and after he graduated, he attended Yale University from 1803-1805. But after his three years of college, he got expelled for pulling a prank in school. Joining the navy until 1809, he sailed the sea for the next portion of his life until he got married. After he quit the navy, he married Susan De Lancy and had one daughter. James Fenimore Cooper was not a very dedicated man to any one…

than a president and was important in aspects of our government, American architecture, and the American educational system. He was a historical Politian, He designed and founded the University of Virginia, believed in equality in schooling (public school system), and believed to sustain the United States government idea education was the key. He would go on to impact our education system with many ideas from the enlightenment period. Thomas Jefferson was born in 1743 and died in 1826. He was…

According to the musical Hamilton, in his early life he was an orphan. Alexander Hamilton was born out of wedlock in the West Indies. His mother died and his father abandoned him. Hamilton did whatever he could to get where he wanted to go no matter the cost of consequences. He grew up very poor from the West Indies and married into a family with money to a woman named Elizabeth Schuyler. He had a son named Phillip that he was not a part of his life because he was fighting the war in America.…

As I sat around a fire with some of my fellow soldiers while they talked about General Washington. One said, “To make matters worse, Washington’s own position was uncertain. Some members of the Congress don’t trust him.” (Roden, pg 141) Later that day we heard from a spy that some of the young woman had “scarlet fever” (Roden, pg 141). “Why…

The Boston Massacre was a huge riot in Boston, Massachusetts due to resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed five colonists. During this bloody event unlike every man in Boston, John Adams choose to represent the Soldiers because he believed everyone deserved a fair trial. By doing this John Adams is a man of great integrity, courage, and leadership. As John Adams stated, "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever…

Religion was traditionally very important in England and throughout Europe. However people did not always have the choice of religion because of the influence of the reigning monarchy. That was one reason why people left their homeland and took the long dangerous journey to the new land of America. This was the land where they felt free to practice the religion of choice. However, the American colonists were concerned about the expansion of Roman Catholic territory down to the Ohio river as…

answers would be leadership from George Washington. In this essay I will cover how George Washington and his leadership abilities was able to form the army that would defeat the British Empire, and eventually create the most powerful superpower in the world, and also how his leadership helped…

had the characteristics that people of america look up to. For some presidents they had skills, loyalty, honesty, team spirit, faith and more. By these characteristics some presidents achieve their goals like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln. George Washington was born in 1732 and died in 1799 and between that time he was a General in the military, father of the country and the first president of the United States. When he was the president of america there…

During the creation of the Continental Army, he nominated George Washington to be the commander-in-chief during the war. During May ofo 1776, the Congress passed Adam’s resolution stating that each colony should have their own independent government, leading to the creation of the Declaration of Independence just a few…

Pennsylvania(Isaac Murphy). Murphy was born to Hugh Murphy and Jane Williams Murphy. Murphy's father died when he was a child. Isaac Murphy became a successful adult. He graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania. Murphy admitted to Pennsylvania bar on April 29, 1825. Isaac Murphy became a school teacher and moved to Clarksville,…