Samuel Beckett

It was a dark and rainy night, the perfect weather for the Addams family’s annual family reunion. Cousin It, Uncle Fester and the twins, Flora and Fauna, were all present. Gomez and Morticia were dancing the tango while Wednesday and Pugsley practiced sword-fighting. All of a sudden, a swift wind blew through the Victorian mansion. The candles along the walls and on the tables were immediately extinguished, plunging the Addams family and their relatives into an unfathomable darkness. “Holy…

The witch trials of Salem occurred in Massachusetts between the years of 1692-1693, this is considered a dark time in American history. It first began because of a group of girls who became very ill after playing some sort of game. During this time period more than two-hundred people were accused of practicing witchcraft. A majority of the accused were women. If and when you were accused everybody would turn against you until you were able to prove them wrong which was hard to do. Women who had…

The War of 1812 is one of the most forgotten wars of the United States, it lasted for over two years, and ended in a stalemate. It however did confirm Americans Independence and this would forever stay the same. The United States failed to capture Canada during the war, on the other hand the British army got stopped when they attempted to capture Baltimore and New Orleans. There were a number of American victories which American vessels proved themselves to the British. In the year of 1800…

Hannah Ocuish was born in March of 1774 into the Pequot tribe in Connecticut, she spent much of her life moving through different foster homes. Beyond Ocuish being a member of Pequot tribe, she was also believed to suffer from a mental disability. Just twelve years after her birth Hannah was executed behind New London’s old meeting house in front of a crowd of locals after being sentenced to death for the murder of Eunice Bolles, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, on July 21, 1786 (Connecticut…

Throughout American History people have always protested against laws they think are bad. This is a critical part of our government as the right to peacefully protest, assemble, and petition is included in the 1st Amendment. Some people believe that noviolent civil disobedience can cause harm to our society. I believe that civil disobedience has always had a positive impact on American society and brought about real change. Civil Disobedience in America can be traced back to the era of the 13…

Historians consider multiple reasons for the American Revolution taking place. One is the failure to communicate. It took far too long for information to travel across the Atlantic, and the colonies had no representatives in England’s Parliament. Others believe that the motivation to rebel against Britain was rooted in economics. Colonists felt trapped under the concept of mercantilism and wished to have economic freedom; trading only with England limited their revenue. Furthermore, the…

This chapter focused on the historical founding of the constitution. The first founding was initially shaped by political conflicts between the British settlers and Great Britain. Among the British settlers were five different social classes; the New England merchants, the southern planters, royalists, shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers, and small farmers. The conflict over taxation trade and commerce between these groups later brought them together to form a colonial resistance against Great…

When the Rules Are Broken, History is Made It's hard to condense the last 300 years into a single book. In school, students learn about the past and how certain events have shaped the present. When reading a history book all of the important parts have to do with conflict of some kind; one side disagreed with another, one side was disobedient in one way or another. The books don't highlight the parts of the past that were peaceful and uneventful; they concentrate on wars, civil movements,…

Road to the Revolution 1st PeriodJoshua GordonParagraph 1 Introduction Hello this is the road to the revolution and what happen in the road to the revolution is Navigation act of 1660 what happened in that is the British passed a series of laws.The French and Indian war that is where they had a war.The boston tea party they took tea and put it in the boston harbor. The…

of all of those suspected of witchcraft onto the branches of a sal tree; the name on the branch that withers is condemned as a witch. Rice is also used by wrapping the grain in a cloth labeled with each of the names and placed inside a nest of white ants. The witch is identified by whichever bag the ants eat. An even deadlier method of identifying witches is forcing women to drink potions made of poisonous herbs to prove that they were not witches (McCoy 2014). Physical features such as old age,…