Revolutions of 1848

control of the central region of the state” (Ferrell 34). Despite of its failure, it conceptualized what real slave uprisings are. Years later another freed slave insurrectionist named Denmark Vesey who bought his own freedom started to plot for a revolution. Around 9,000 slaves and free blacks escorted him in his collude which was arranged to take place on July 14, 1822 in Charleston. The plot never accomplished its goals as Vesey and his fellow mutineers were snitched on and thus hanged (Hazen…

George Rex Jr married into the Knauss family. This was the backwoods idea of a power couple via the mid 1700's. The Knauss family in America took their ancestry seriously. The family genealogists organized an impressive show in the late 1800's in Pennsylvania. How many people would you consider a complete family reunion? Fifty, seventy-five , even one hundred people? How about twelve hundred people? The Knuass elders leaders organized such a reunion. Their ability to gather information in…

As I arrived to Elsewhere, I saw the scenery, and it was beautiful, People playing together, colors of the setting, nature, and many more amazing things! But before I entered Elsewhere, I realized the people I am leaving behind, my friends, including Fiona. I have 2 choices, go to Elsewhere and enjoy a new life, but without my friends, or go back to the community and try to save my friends, but with a risk of getting caught and being sent to release. I didn’t want to leave my friends behind, so…

Bruno Pelletier Bruno Pelletier. Pop singer, songwriter, born Charlesbourg, Que. 7 Aug 1962. Early Career Bruno Pelletier had a passion for music and sports, and early on combined the two in his career choices. He was self-taught, began playing the drums when he was thirteen, and learned the guitar at age sixteen. Singing soon followed suit. Ambivalent about a career in music at first, he pursued his collegial studies in the humanities. He opened a martial arts school in the 1980s, performing…

The Communist Manifesto is a political pamphlet written in 1848 by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It was published in London just as the series of political upheavals began to erupt, which were also known the Revolutions of 1848. The Communist Manifesto explains the goals of Communism and the theory underlying the influential movement. It argues that class struggles are the motivating force behind all historical developments. The Manifesto was later identified as one of the…

When a couple becomes parents for the first time, there are many issues that might need to be negotiated, for example, how the couple decides they want to raise their children. Society as a whole is made up of many different family dynamics so it is important that a mother and father have the same ideas about how they are going to raise their own children. A couple may need to determine how many children they are going to have, what their names are going to be, if they are going to send them to…

Does technology ruin family life? Since the impact of popular culture and the improvement in technology we are able to use it in various ways to improve our family life as we know it. But do you really think that technology is assisting your family? Or is it pulling it apart? People feel pressured into using technology but feel empowered when they are using it. So are we turning our backs on quality of time together and rather spend time with a screen. Although technology is a great help to our…

I carried out a 25min-long interview with one of my classmates whose name is E.R. (from a different class) and her husband P.R. They both are Polish immigrants and currently living in a suburb of Chicago where dominantly Polish immigrants live. I visited them at their home to interview on the weekend. Before the interview, my classmate introduced her husband to me and had a chance to chat with them in advance. This was a warming process, which especially helped PR get to relax. Since he had not…

While Ed told me the FBI provides enough finances and/or time to enjoy hobbies, family, vacations, your free time can be minimal. As an FBI agent, you are on call (24) hours a day (365) days a year ("Interview with Ed Buckley."). Most people in the FBI are the type that the only thing they love in life is their job, their job is everything to them. You don’t get a lot of time to hang with family and friends whenever you please. It would be especially hard to have a family while being in the FBI…

In year five my goal is to begin the Executive Fire Officer (EFO) program with the NFA and the Executive Fire Officer certification through Center for Professional Service Excellence (CPSE). The EFO program from NFA is a four-year process which requires me to attend a class on the NFA campus and complete and applied research project after completing each of the four classes. This program with give me a broader perspective about different aspects of fire and emergency services. This is becoming a…