Second Continental Congress

American Attorney, planter, father to 16 children, and a husband he was married twice. Borne on May 29th 1736 and died on June 6th 1799 in Brookneal VA. Patrick Henry was 36 when he delivered his speech “Give me liberty or, give me death.” “To the Second Virginia Convention to persuade the Convention to pass a resolution delivering Virginia Troops for the Revolutionary War.” “Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?” that was the million dollar…

Charles Dodgson, otherwise known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was born on January twenty-seventh, 1832 in the United Kingdom (Bethune 2015). Dodgson was the eldest boy in a family of eleven children. As a child, he wrote and created games. Growing up, he discovered his talent in mathematics and became an appointed lecturer at age twenty under a studentship at Christ Church. A studentship is another name for a grant to a university or college (Merriam-Webster). Aside from his love for…

Frederick Law Olmsted, born April 26, 1822 in Hartford, Connecticut, is deemed the father of landscape architecture in the United States. At age 18, he moved to New York, where he worked as a scientific farmer. After this failed venture, Olmsted became a merchant seaman and traveled all over the European continent. After returning to America, Olmsted worked as a newspaper columnist, founded The Nation magazine and authored numerous books before becoming a renowned landscape architect. Olmsted…

DBQ 3 During the mid and late 1700’s Britain had full sovereignty of the North American colonies. Since Britain controlled them , the colonies did began to prosper but they noticed that Britain was holding them down to their full potential of prosperity with these restrictions and limitations that were laid out to them. The colonies weren’t able to establish an independent nation that they desired and decided to rebel against Britain. These rebellions were all started from economics ,…

Alexander Hamilton was one of America's founding fathers who fought in many wars along with George Washington. And wrote many papers for Washington and letters too many important people. Also he was in congress and was the legislature for New York He helped America form into the country that it is today. Hamilton had a pretty interesting life, He was born on January 11 1757 in Charlestown, Nevis in the West Indies. He was an orphan before he was a teenager when his mother passed away in 1768.…

The American Flag has changed a lot over the years from. The 13 stripes stands for the 13 colonies. The 50 stars stand for The 50 countries of America. Using red,white and blue. This is the national flag of america. it was adopted on june 14 1777. The stripes declared independence from great britain. Betsy ross made the american flag by sowing it. There are many nicknames for the flag like the star spangle banner a name of a song dedicated to the flag and the people who fought for it.This was a…

government had made arrangement to resist the enforcement of alterations made to the colonial government after the Boston Tea party. The locals responded by organising an illegal patriotic government which was known as the Massachusetts provincial congress. They encouraged local militia to train for potential attacks and succeeded in controlling areas outside Boston. The British declared…

“There never was a good war, or a bad peace.” - Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin was one of the most successful scientists of the 18th century. I will be talking about his background, discoveries, and his work. The upbringing and education of Benjamin Franklin was His own reading. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 17th, 1706. Ben was the 10th son out 17 children in his family. His beloveded dad (Josiah Franklin) was a candle maker/…

Nathaniel Bowditch was an American mathematician who lived in Salem from 1773 to 1838. It is known that Bowditch was a real person, but were the characters that interacted with him, places he went and events that happened to him in Jean Lee Latham’s book Carry On, Mr. Bowditch also real? Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in Salem, Massachusetts with his brothers, sisters, parents and grandmother. He attended school until the age of 12 years old, when he apprenticed at Ropes and Hodges ship…

With a newfound land but old British rule a bloody conflict was bound to happen, the American Revolution was the conflict that ensued from the power struggle between the colonies in America and the British government that changed the history of the world forever creating a land free from British rule which we know today as the United States of America. This political battle between Great Britain’s thirteen colonies: Delaware, Rhode Island, Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts,…