Rebel Alliance

Serious courtship knew one goal, the achievement of holy matrimony. Though conducted in accordance with widely understood rules, courtship was no mere game. No idle dalliance. Toying with affections, or sending fickle signals about prospective alliances, could be ruinous to all concerned, a source of pain and dishonor. (Cressy 233-234) So it was understood that courtship was not a matter to be played upon, and the pattern was, from what we can see in the multiple examples from Cressy's book,…

Unit I Vocab \Europeans.\system, Pueblo Revolt (1600s)- The Spanish had taken over present day New Mexico and the Natives, in particular Pope, were mad because this angered their spiritual ancestors. They were angry because the Spanish set up churches and imprisoned many of the Natives. Although some were not on board, most Natives kicked out the Spanish and destroyed their churches and killed many priests. The Spanish fled to Mexico to regroup. -This like the Iroquois Confederation was…

Every military in the whole world has its expenses according to the task that they have to accomplish. The amount of the army costs depends on the size of the military and the objectives which they have set, including the goals and the time frame. The sensitivity of the task ahead of them also determines the size of the expenditures. In the countries where there is a lot of wars like in Nigeria, Afghanistan and among others, usually have huge expenses. The military of the United States of…

buffer, but failed the experiment. In 1754, it became a royal colony, eventually exporting rice, lumber, beef, and pork over the next decade. The Iroquois nations of Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Mohawk, and Oneida were convinced by Hiawatha to forge an alliance, the Iroquois League. Their numbers, by the early 17th century over 12,000, forced the Dutch and English traders work with the Indians to get beaver pelts. Battles raged between the Iroquois, supported by the Dutch and English, and the…

Thomas Paine “Common Sense” contributes to American history do to the fact that in his essay he’s talking about the radical American Revolution. Thomas Paine was born in 1737. Thomas was raised in an English market town his parents owned a small grocery store. His parents were able to send him off to school before his father introduced him to corset making. A few interesting things I learned about Paine was that he used to be a preacher, a seaman, a teacher, and a tax collector. November 30 1774…

In 1214, Otto, the Holy Roman Emperor, the Counts of Boulogne, Flanders, Brabant, Salisbury and Dammartin lost a battle they should never have fought at Battle of Bouvines despite outnumbering the French by 10000 men. The chance to retake Normandy had gone. John had been unable to join Otto as his Lusignac/Poitevin allies refused to fight Prince Louis’ army at Roche aux Moins – an attack that had been designed to draw royalist troops away from Normandy. John retired to Aquitaine. Battle of…

avoiding tensions to a policy of active resistance. The Truman Doctrine was developed in response to a request from the British government. Until early 1947 the British were actively supporting the Greek government in a civil war against communist rebels. Economic issues forced the British to scale back their assistance however, and Prime Minister Atlee asked Truman to intervene . In response President Truman developed a plan to commit four hundred million dollars in aid to counter communist…

During the American Revolution there was a group of people known as the United Empire Loyalist, these people wanted to stay part of the British Empire, rather then separating. It was documented by an author at the time about every third American was said to be a Loyal to the Crown. These people were able to perceiver through the abuse and various mental and physical maltreatments that were aimed at them and the rest of the Loyalist. Revolutionist viewed Scottish settlers in Virginia as being…

him. Banquo replied by saying, “So I lose none/ In seeking to augment it, but still keep/ My bosom franchis 'd and allegiance clear,/ I shall be counsell 'd.”(Shakespeare II.I.32-35). Banquo decided from an early point in the play that whatever alliances he will make, he will not compromise his conscience or morality. Banquo refuses to create corruption for personal gain. This is Banquo’s upper hand, when it comes to keeping his virtues. When the witch’s prophecies reveal that Banquo’s lineages…

British king. They asked the king to disavow policies of his principal ministers but at the same time, congress issued a declaration denying that the colonies aimed at independence but less than a month earlier, congress had authorized the creation of a rebel military force known as ‘The Continental Military”. This plan by the congress was a move to prepare for war but this…