Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was a major part of our history. He was incredible, intelligent, and strong leader. He was born on April 13, 1743 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He married Martha Wayles Skelton and together they had six children . Jefferson did more for our then brand new country than most people thought. He is most famous for being the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. He was also the governor of Virginia, ambassador to France, secretary of state, founder of…

Tobias Wolff’s short story “Bullet in the brain” is written as though it was a film and this rhetorical manner evokes a visual, a sonorous, and a neurotic feeling. Yet, even though it seems like a movie, there is a realism to it. Wolff generates a sad ending from the most ordinary thing a human could be doing and this is expressed through the eyes of the story’s narrator that knows how to bring the important details to light. The point of view greatly influences the construction of the story and…

We are all Human Throughout life, humans go through an endless journey called life. And in that life span one must overcome several challenges live throws at you. Since we cannot tell the future, the obstacles that we face might end up changing our whole lives. In the memoir, Hodgman shows us that even though we are different in our own way, we can still relate to someone who might face the same challenges as we. Furthermore, one way that I can relate to Mr. Hodgman is that in the way he…

Multiple actions took place that intensified the conflict between Hamilton and Burr that led to their famous duel. Many of those actions could have been avoided and would have had a different ending. Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: An American Musical and Joanne Freeman's article, Understanding the Burr-Hamilton Duel both include ways it could have been avoided. Once the conflict began, Hamilton and Burr could have avoided the duel, by Hamilton listening to Burr's advice, if Burr hadn't taken…

1. Gopnik’s primary message in this essay is that anyone can make an impact in history no matter what their background is like. Gopnik’s uses the lives of two notable historical figures, Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, to make his point. Lincoln was born into a poor, uneducated family that lived in a log cabin in the rural woods of Kentucky. Darwin, on the other hand, was born in the English countryside to a family of free thinkers and of wealth. Both came from vastly different backgrounds,…

The Inaugural Address is a ceremony held to initiate someone into a new position; in this case it will be initiating a new president into office. This tradition first began with the first inauguration of the first President of the United States of America, George Washington. This was held on the balcony of the Federal Hall in New York on April 30th, 1789 (The Presidential Inauguration in History, n.d.). The Inauguration then became a ritual to all presidents who followed, which included the…

The Iroquois believed their league originated from the efforts of a man named Deganawida, or “Great Peacemaker.” From his efforts, he bound the five powerful tribes of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca of what is now upstate New York and French Canada into a powerful Confederacy of the through a system of kinship and consensus. It is fitting, then, that diplomacy was one of the Iroquois’ (or Haudenosaunee, as they called themselves) greatest strengths, allowing them to maintain…

Age of the Revolution and Nationalism 1 Age of the Revolution and Nationalism Essay Shavonna Lashley Western Governors University Age of the Revolution and Nationalism 2 “Nationalism is a term that developed in the 18th century and identifies a people and proposes that they control an independent state.” (Acrobatiq 2014) Nationalists were a group of people from different social classes who fought to be in…

In the late 1700s, the Federalists Papers, essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay spoke volumes to the colonial citizens. Divided into factions, the Federalists and Anti-federalists had their own views on how the government should be run. Avid supporters of the Constitution, the Federalists made a name for themselves, disguising the fact they were committed to a nationalist government. On the other hand, the Anti-federalists focused more on the true principles of the…

Samuel Seabury and Alexander Hamilton’s exchange debates the logic behind the colonists’ desires to spilt from Great Britain and reveal that Seabury presents a by far more logical argument for the continued relationship between Great Britain and the colonies. Samuel Seabury’s “A View of the Controversy between Great Britain and her Colonies” is a response to Alexander Hamilton’s “A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress, from the Calumnies of their Enemies.” In fact, the dialogue between…