John II of France

was born at her grandmother’s house in Wolfpit, North Carolina. Her father was away at France fighting during World War II. Glenda lived in Greensboro, North Carolina. When she was seven, her family moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Her neighborhood was filled with older duplexes and newer houses. There was one apartment complex in the neighborhood, and that is where my grandmother lived. Glenda’s father, John Smith, was a carpenter, and her mother, Alma Smith, was a overall maker. She had a…

In the early 1940s after World War II the United States, the Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain shared control of Germany. The occupiers also divided the capital city, Berlin, into four different territories. The most prominent countries, the Soviet Union and the United States, split Berlin into what is best known as East and West Germany. This time period is what we know as the cold war where there was great tension between the two territories. East Germany, allied with the Soviets, was…

The reason for the building of the Berlin Wall and the impact on Germany, Berlin and other places, the problems created by the Soviet Union for the people and the restrictions of several human rights and freedom will prove that the era of the Berlin Wall was indeed problematic for the people in different areas. The problems created by the Soviet Union will prove that the era of the Berlin Wall was indeed problematic for people from many different areas. Due to the problems created by the Soviet…

In his immortal classic Paradise Lost, John Milton writes that it is; “Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven” (Milton, i.263). While he wrote these words in the later years of his life, it is a philosophy which Milton held throughout his life. Along with Paradise Lost, Milton also published dozens of other essays and poems, and served as the official Secretary for Foreign Tongues under Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England. Although these illustrious positions may seem to paint…

America underwent significant changes during within in a twenty year time span of becoming a new nation. It started with the Navigation Acts, a series of laws enforced by Britain on the colonists beginning in 1651. Post Seven-Years’ War, the Constitutional Convention in 1789, resulted in a different lifestyle for Americans. The Seven-Years’ War marked a significant turning point in America’s transition into an independent functioning country between the period of the Navigation Acts and the…

In the Book of Revelation, the main purpose of the Tribulation is to bring Israel back to God. Theses bound Seals are part of God’s promise to show Satan’s Beasts before Christ’s return so He can set up a rebirth for His believers. As Jesus opens the first seal, a white horse and rider go forth on earth. This breaking of the first seal is imperative, and that the world identifies the first rider as they are key to understanding the three that follow. The Antichrist and his kingdom are obviously…

He also gave the people the right to a trial. The next ruler Solon, the next Athenian ruler also helped Athens become a democracy. He also wrote many reforms into the laws and gave all citizens the right to vote, an important step in the origins of democracy. Some of his reforms created problems for other people, who wanted to become citizens. In 500BC, Athens looked like a modern democracy. The main lawmaking body was known as the assembly, and all free male citizens could be in the assembly.…

After World War II, American lives will change due to the middle class unexpectedly expanding due to suburbanization, unemployment rates were decreasing, and the United States will become the most powerful country in the world due to the technological creation of the nuclear bomb which won’t last very long because the Soviet Union will test their nuclear weapon in 1949. The 1950’s deserves its reputation as an age of political, social, and cultural conformity to a great extent due to Eisenhower…

Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" and “The Green Berets” a 1968 American war film set in Vietnam featuring John Wayne, Jim Hutton, David Janssen, Aldo Ray, Patrick Wayne, and Jack Soo, based on the 1965 book by Robin Moore, just to mention a few of…

The United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies during World War II against the Axis Powers. Although they had fought as allies, the relationship between the two was one of much tension. For a long period of time, the United States had been wary of the Soviet communism, and had concern about the Russian leader Joseph Stalin’s bloodthirsty, tyrannical rule of his own country. In turn, the Soviets had resented the Americans for their decades-long refusal to treat the USSR as a…