Philadelphia

Asians were business man because they owned almost all the businesses we went to. I was always taught about the other race or ethnic group, and I encountered my share of different groups just by living in Africa, New York, Maryland and now Philadelphia. However,…

These churches were relatively close to each other in location and were in the same regions. The churches varied in the amount of wealth and attitudes that they possessed. These churches included, Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. Each church had a letter about them that told them what God wanted from them as well as a description of how they behaved. The first of the churches mention is the church of Ephesus. Ephesus actually means to let let go or…

And why is it so privileged to Philadelphia? First, it is crucial to indicate this word is modern. I cannot recall a time I did not have the ability to refer to something as a jawn. Shockingly to many Philadelphians, the word actually came from New York. Jawn originally originated from the…

In the following essay I will talk about the movie Twelve Monkeys and about James Cole, the main character. At the beginning of the movie, they tell us that 5 billion people will die because of a deadly virus in 1997. In the future, the survivors were living underground including James Cole. He is a volunteer to go time travel to the year 1996 in order to find the army of the twelve monkeys because they thought they were the ones who spread that virus. In this essay I will talk about James Cole…

Underage Drinking Episode 4 "Underage Drinking; A National Concern" of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia addresses underage drinking through politically incorrect satire while still focusing on the seriousness…

At the point when the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia, delegates voted to shape a Continental Army, with Washington as its president. On July 4, the Continental Congress voted to embrace the Declaration of Independence, drafted by a five-man advisory group including Franklin and John Adams but written…

model and hired watchmen in the 1800’s. Change to the police system came once again when Sir Robert Peel made a new police system for London. In 1830, Robert Peel donated a large amount of money in order to create a more capable police force in Philadelphia. This allowed for “120 men to staff a night watch and 24 to perform similar duties during the day (Schmalleger). Soon after, New York combined the day and night forces into the New York Police Department, and Boston followed New York’s model…

Confederation, there was only one branch of government, and that one branch had no power over the states. This soon proved itself to be ineffective to be a national government for the people. To remedy this problem the Founding Fathers got together at the Philadelphia Convention to discuss a new plan for the government. The Founding Fathers decided not to revise the Articles of Confederation, but to create a completely new constitution. With so many great minds working on the same thing,…

Malcolm’s dad’s name was Earl and his mom’s name was Louis. His dad helped people gain their independence and his mom was a homemaker and joined the U.N.I.A. His siblings were Yvonne, Wesley, Hilda, Philbert, Reginal, and Wilfred. His family lived in Philadelphia and in 1927 they moved to Albion, Michigan. On September 28, 1931 Malcolm’s dad died. He died because a car ran him over. Malcolm also made the school basketball team. When Malcolm was older he married Betty and had six children named…

inventor, scientist, civic activist, postmaster, statesman, and diplomat. He founded University of Pennsylvania, American Philosophical Society, Library Company of Philadelphia, and United States Postal Inspection Service. He invented lighting rod and bifocals. He started volunteer fire-company and volunteer militia to defend Philadelphia. He was a Postmaster General and a diplomat to France and Great Britain. The list can go on and on. How does one man achieve so much in his lifetime? Well,…