Seminole County

around the northeastern area of Mississippi of the Tombigbee River. But as more settlers moved to North America, they were forced to move to Oklahoma. Also, today these Natives live on reservations throughout America. They are known to include a multi county area of more than 7,648 square miles in south central Oklahoma. In the 1600s, there were about 10,000 Chickasaw. They were a very small group while…

the birth of our nation on July 4th, 1831. He was a unique person because he was the first american president that dedicated his entire career to public service. James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758 at Monroe’s Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Monroe’s parents are Spence and Elizabeth Jones Monroe. James has one sister and three brothers. His education was at Virginia College of William and Mary Campbellton Academy. Monroe joined the Virginia infantry and became an officer…

Policy Plan (SRPP) of East Central Florida is an important document because it sets out the initiative and plan to improve the way East Central Florida looks and functions in the next 50 years. This plan includes Orange, Seminole, Brevard, Lake, Volusia, Osceola, and Polk Counties. Every community, every region, for that matter, has rules for growth and development. They are based on growth policies and values, whether we realize it or not. And the rules we have been using over the past 50 years…

“As the twig is bent the tree inclines” ~ Virgil This statement sums up my perception of the importance of education in providing direction for the growth of society. Education, I believe, lays the foundation for a progressive and healthy civilization and adds layers of value to it with the passage of time. My zeal for contributing to the cause of education has always influenced my professional endeavors. From my experiences working at premiere educational institutions, I have come to…

the Indians accepted to an agreement, in blunt terms, these tribes were being forcefully removed or they faced certain murder. Many tribal leaders understood the disgusting reality and they signed away their land. Between 1831 and 1837, Choctaws, Seminoles, Creeks, Chickasaws, and most Cherokees traveled westward to their new homes in the Oklahoma territories. Some Cherokee tribes refused to relocate, and they were met with federal troops, who took them on a Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears…

Avantika Shrestha Professor Kwak HNRS 101-01 Reading Notes on Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen Introduction (pg. 1-9) History provides us the blueprint of how we became to be what we are today History is often the subject that high school students find the most boring and irrelevant; often a high school subject that makes you dumber, the more you learn "American history is full of fascinating and important stories"; it often captivates and entices its audiences but students often find…

On Saturday, December 9th, the US Supreme Court voted 5-4 to abandon the hand recounts in the counties and set a new hearing for December 11th. This hearing lasted for two solid days, and on December 12th, the US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Bush v Gore and reversed the verdict made by the Florida Supreme Court. The court ruled that: not all ballots were being treated equally and thus a violation of the Constitution 's 14th amendment equal protection clause, the Florida Supreme Court would be…

hosted the region tournament. Region tournament really began to show how the bad attitudes were affecting our team. We easily beat Manchester first in three innings, but the second game was a very different story. There’s no way of denying that Heard County is an exceptionally good team, but they also have their weaknesses. In the region championship game, they found every weakness we had. They especially hit our number one weakness which was our attitude. It was obvious that the few weak minded…

Over the next several years, he began to purchase slaves and a good deal of bank stock in Louisville. He bought a plantation in Louisville for $95,000 that had 83 slaves attached to it, as well as the Cypress Grove Plantation near Rodney, Jefferson County, Mississippi, bringing the total number of slaves under him above 200. In July 1811 he was called to the Indiana Territory, where he assumed control of Fort Knox after the commandant fled. In only a few weeks, he was able to restore order in…

In the early 1800s, the Everglades were largely uncontrolled and inhabited by the Indigenous Seminole people. After the Seminole war in the 1830s Florida joined the United States, and in 1850 the Swamplands Act was passed, which gave all undesirable swamplands in the new state to the US Government who could then sell it to the highest bidder (Light et al., 1994)…