Wars of Scottish Independence

support from the Iroquois in war against the French. Benjamin Franklin played a key role but it eventually failed. 6. Edward Braddock - British commander during the French and Indian War who, in 1755,…

The United States of America was born in and of the Enlightenment. The American Revolution, our national documents, and our system of government were products of Enlightenment philosophy. No other nation`s history can be identified in the same way as much with the Enlightenment as ours. The Enlightenment, or Age of Reason, was a revolution in thinking that began in Europe in the 17th century. After centuries of political and religious oppression, philosophers were beginning to advance theories…

John Locke had many different and unique ideas at the time they were profound ones and had impacted the world and its ideas today. Locke was an Influential philosopher his writings had a significant impact he was born on August 29, 1632, in Wrington, a village in the English county of Somerset.He was enrolled in the army for a period of time and was inspired by other thinkers to express his opinion which led him to get out of the army.He wrote many books and works in his life and some had a…

created. America had a revolution against the British monarch and gain their own independence as a new country. During the American Revolution many documents were formed and put in place to determine the type of government the United States will have. Important people such as Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin and many others were involved in the writing of documents such as the declaration of independence, the Constitution and the bill of rights. These important men had…

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. She is the wife of the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton, and was First Lady of the United States during his tenure from 1993 to 2001. Clinton subsequently served as a United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and is a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. A native of…

fragile state. Confederation was was an act in the 1860’s to unite the British North Colonies as one strong independant nation. John A.Macdonald was credited to influence Confederation as he was an Father of Confederation. John A.Macdonald was a Scottish-born Canadian politician and lead to be the first Prime Minister Of Canada (1867–1873, 1878–1891). On July 1st 1867, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Province of Canada(Canada East and Canada West) joined together to form the Dominion Of Canada…

parent to child. The Greatest Generation showed their strength by their ability to fight a war that was on the other side of the world. They fought for other countries’ freedom fully knowing the danger of their service. Those who were left in the United States exhibited enormous amounts of strength by their resilience and ability to industrialize their nation to supply the nation’s war efforts. During the war, this generation worked together to make hundreds of thousands of airplanes, thousands…

As Emperor, he gave control of the Netherlands to his son, Phillip II of Spain, in 1556. The Eighty Years War, also known as the Dutch Revolt, began when the Duke of Alba declared William of Orange, defender of the Dutch, as an outlaw, and the Office of the Holy Roman Empire condemned all inhabitants of the Netherlands to death. William of Orange became Viceroy…

Within popular culture as well as true life events, humans look for a person to root for in hard times or difficult events. William Wallace within the movie Braveheart captures that idea completely while trying to tell the story of how a group set out to overthrow foreign rule as well as shake up the feudal system. This piece sets out to take a historical event and turn it into a blockbuster hit through love, battles, and a martyr to root for. Although as many know that movies rarely hold up to…

the two movements have many nuanced differences. The first to appear, Republican Motherhood was the post-Revolutionary war movement for women. Higher expectation in knowledge and education was the main goal in order to raise better American citizens. In contrast, the Cult of Domesticity begins to develop after Andrew Jackson is elected as president.…