Mary, Queen of Scots

Pennsylvania appealed to many, like the Mennonites, the German version of Quakers. They founded Germantown near Philadelphia in 1683. Ben Franklin claimed the Germans would soon outnumber the English. The Scots-Irish continued to relocate to America. (Incredible how humans can be racist against anyone) Huguenots fled France after 1685, as well as Irish, Welsh, Swiss, and Jews all flocked to the land of religious freedom. New York’s Dutch history gave it a…

the centre of analysis. Logically, James’ concept of rulership is embedded into the historical circumstances. However, he soon had to realize that the concept of uncontested kingship was no longer considered to be sacrosanct, as his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, was first forced to abdicate and consequently compelled to flee to England, whereupon she was never able to recover her throne and eventually was placed under house arrest (Sommerville 1994: XV). During this period, critical voices have…

Should girls be allowed to be on a sports team with boys? Certain people don’t think that this should be allowed, others do. Before that question is fully answered there are some women that should be mentioned for their superior work in sports. When it comes to tennis there are very important athletes that helped the sport grow and become more popular. Some female athletes have really helped the sport become more popular by playing well and getting rankings. As of right now the 10th best…

The Columbian Exchange was a work written by Dr. Alfred Crosby in 1972. He wrote it after studying the Western Hemisphere a century after Christopher Columbus came to the Caribbean. In the work Crosby pointed out that there was four changes between the Europeans and the Native Americans. Some of the exchanges where good which included the exchange plants and animals. There was also exchanges that were harmful to both the Europeans and the Native Americans these would have the exchange of…

In the eighteenth century, physicians did not have the access to the technology that the medical field has today. They often mistreated patients because they did not have the proper information needed for a specific diagnosis. There were even times that the royal family was seen as mad due to a misdiagnosis. King George III of Great Britain is one of the most known cases. All throughout his lifetime people thought he was insane, but he was actually suffering from a genetic disorder known today…

The Bible is made up of 73 books all based on the word of God. The 73 books are divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is written before Christ whereas the New Testament is written after Christ. Together the testaments combine to create the Holy Bible. The Christian faith is based on the readings of the Bible, because it is said that god spoke to the prophets making the Bible a Sacred Scripture. God himself guided the authors who wrote the books of the Bible. The…

The Peasant Rebellion began with a local meeting composed of the village commune. The assemblage was a coming together of protestors that trespassed the boundaries of villages and lordships, which expressed rudimentary regional identity. This association of people took on an organizational form as a “band.” The bands were made up of peasants protesting against the government, which created the problem of feeding and supplying themselves. The major battles of the Peasants’ War resulted in…

the Stuart dynasty, Queen Elizabeth I ruled from 1558 to 1603. Her rule was unique to her time period, as she ruled as a politique, separating the church and state, somewhat, to maintain, control, and grow her governance. Elizabeth utilized Parliament to ensure her hold on church leadership, while tolerating the practice of other religions, effectively subduing religious rebellions and constant changing that were popularizing in rules prior to hers, Edward VI (1547-1553) and Mary Tudor…

It was an adaptation with Allison Uttley “Penelope starts suffering hallucinatory visions of the house’s former inhabitants and is soon swept back into the 1500s, where she encounters the Babingtons and learns they are conspiring to rescue Mary, Queen of Scots from imprisonment and restore her to the throne of England in place of Elizabeth I.” (Lewis,…