Northwest Territory

Perce Indians. Some of the Native Americans who lived in the northwest region of America called themselves Nimi’ipuu (nay-mee-poo) which means "we the people." But when the French observed the Indians with pierced noses, they began calling them Nez-Perce (Nay-Pur-say) meaning "pierced nose." And the name stuck despite this practice not being common among them. Can you imagine what it would be like to live in the northwest region of America 400 years ago? In this region, the…

The Brutal War of 1812 Darren Jones Central High School 11/9/2015 5th Period Abstract This paper will be to inform you the brutal war of 1812. This period of time was a very important time in American history it was later to be called “a second independence”. This war is commonly known as the forgotten war. The Brutal War of 1812 The war of 1812 was mainly a battle between Britain and America. It first started because Great Britain was putting restrictions on America’s trading. The United…

dates inscribed on it. That statue has Jefferson in his middle life holding the Declaration of Independence in his left hand. Here are five quotes from the Jefferson Memorial. One of the quotes is in the “Rotunda”, the others in the “Southwest, Northwest, Southeast, and finally Northeast porticos”. The “Rotunda” quote is "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." This is from a letter to Benjamin Rush on September 23, 1800. The…

The German occupation in Greece, during the April 1941 and October 1944, destroyed the economy through war compensation. This plundered the country’s resources. When the German Nazi’s withdrew left Greece in 1944, they left the infrastructure in ruins. A widespread famine spread through the urban centres on the First winter of the occupation, starvation killing an estimated amount of 300,000 civilians. This famine was the result of an Allied blockage and the indifference of the local’s needs…

Prairies, Louis Riel was undoubtedly a hero. Being of Metis heritage himself, Louis Riel stood up for his Metis people during some of their greatest hardships. In November of 1869, Riel composed the List of Rights for the Metis of the Red River territory to present to the federal government. The goal of the List of Rights was to establish the Red River area into confederation as the province of Manitoba, while guaranteeing the rights of the Metis at the same time. When the federal government…

The difference between “nationality” and “ethnicity” is that the former treats the minorities of China as societies with “a fully functional division of labor”, history, and territory, while the latter treats minorities as a “category” and focuses on their maintenance of boundaries and their self-definition in relation to the majority group. The major minority ethnic groups in China are Zhuang (16.9 million), Uyghur (11.5 million)…

poetry. His favorite poetic theme, the temporary state of all earthly things. Raleigh’s theme was popular with other poets and changed the works of great artists and writers. In 1578, Raleigh set out with Sir Humphrey Gilbert on a quest to find the Northwest Passage to Eastern Asia. The voyage quickly degenerated into a privateering mission against the Spanish, where Raleigh hired out his ship to attack the Spanish. On their return in 1579, Raleigh’s arrogant actions faced the displeasure of the…

to a central government. The Articles of Confederations actually ended up creating a weak central government. Even though the Article of Confederations had many accomplishments some of which included a passage of Northwest Ordinance which was a pattern of government for new territories in the Ohio River. The Articles had many weaknesses one of them was that even though congress had the right to declare war, they could not demand revenue from states, they could only ask. Another weakness was that…

just took the replacement of General Hooker with General Meade, so, it would take Meade a period of time to be familiar with his army and confederate could use this chance to move to another field (36). Additionally, confederate army was at enemy’s territory, Pennsylvania （36）. That is to say, confederate army was neither acquainted with the terrain well nor close to local people, which brought following difficulty of layout and supply. Because of those three reasons, Longstreet thought…

Paul Fussell, American literary historian, takes the reader through the challenging times that young boys endured during World War II in The Boys’ Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945. Published in 2003, Fussell focuses on the men who were sent over to Europe towards the end of the war to try and turn it around. A large part of the book puts emphasis on the fact that the majority of the soldiers who were sent overseas were young students, of which he goes as far as to…