William II of England

1898 marked a unique year in U.S. history and more importantly in political affairs. It was during this year that the United States hesitantly entered the Spanish-American War. It took the dramatization of a sunken ship along with the romanticism of the Cuban people to convince Americans that the United States should involve itself in what was known as the Splendid Little War. Fast forward to 1941 and a vast shift in political ideals are evident. In his “Four Freedoms” speech given on January…

By the time English settlers established permanent residence in North America, pork had become a mainstay of the colonial diet, and nowhere more than in North Carolina. When the crown asked William Byrd II to survey the boundary between North Carolina and Virginia, the Virginia aristocrat mentioned “the only business [in North Carolina] is raising hogs… the inhabitants of North Carolina devour so much swine’s flesh that it fills them full of gross…

Introduction: Andrew Manson, Florence Nightingale, and Hospital Reform, Nightingale’s Citadel “But oh! Wouldn’t it be wonderful, dear, if we could form a little front-line unit, scientifically and-- yes, let me say it-- spiritually intact, a kind of pioneer force to try to break down prejudice, knock out the old fetishes, maybe start a complete revolution in our whole medical system” (Cronin 323). The aforementioned quote, as stated by Doctor Andrew Manson, protagonist of a novel entitled The…

little word from all those who hate us, and hate to see us happy. Qanemccalla, C. “Why Does America Hate Islam?” Interactive One. web . 2016. 3 Dec. 2016 Glazier, Rebecca, and William J. Miller. "For God Or Country? Comparing The Sources Of Anti-American And Anti-Muslim Attitudes." Islam And Christian-Muslim Relations 27.ii (2016): 153-174. Index Islamicus. Web. 15 Nov. 2016. Ushama, T. "Is Islam A Religion Of Ease Or Hardship? An Analysis Of The Muslim Scripture And Patterns Of Prophet…

In the Roman world, women were irrelevant.There are only two female characters in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar. Calpurnia, the wife of Julius Caesar, and Portia, the wife of Brutus. Both women are the wives of the two main characters. Although there are only two women in the entire play, the short areas of the play where the women are shown are important to the play's development. The women are critical to this play, because their presence is foreshadowing of tragic events that will…

Mark Miller Miller 1 5/4/16 Mr. Doerr American Studies/History The Adversity of American Baseball Many people enjoy watching the game of baseball from its early beginnings in the 1800’s, Baseball had originated in England and had a number of names. But, what makes American Baseball, is the emphatic impact it installed as the sport evolved and progressed into a phenomenon today. Although, baseball may be considered a sport or pastime, it is still apart of American history. This…

Today, we consider the violin to be an elegant, sophisticated instrument. However, in 1878, George Dubourg published an account entitled, “The Violin”, in which he makes the bold statement, “instead of a bow-arm, must ladies be allowed only the arm of a beau? Why should not a lady play on the violin?” . Even once playing the instrument was considered acceptable, being a professional musician as a woman was rare until the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries . Even in today’s modern society,…

Eventually, it fell under English rule in 1664. That same year, James the Duke of York and the brother of King Charles II created an expedition that easily removed the Dutch from both the Delaware and Hudson rivers, which left the Duke of York the leader of the entire state. The state was transferred to William Penn as the lower three counties in 1682 to provide Pennsylvania with more land. Delaware fought as a separate state in the American Revolution and became…

of Lovelace’s personality and passion. Ada Lovelace was born to George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, and Anna Isabella Milbanke, 11th Baroness Wentworth, best known as Byron and Annabella, on December 10, 1815 in Piccadilly Terrace, Middlesex, England (Charman-Anderson 1; Meriwether 1). Her parents were complete opposites, often called the “Prince of Passions” and the “Princess of Parallelograms (Woolley 72). Byron was a famous poet of the early 1800’s who had many affairs, even after he…

kind of spiritual love. During the song he describes an encounter he had with a women who killed his old dreary world as Lynne sings “Now my old world is gone for dead 'cos I can't get it out of my head, no no. Bank job in the city. Robin Hood and William Tell and Ivanhoe and Lancelot, they don't envy me. Sitting till the sun goes down”. Within these lyrics we can see how dreary his life was before he met this woman. Lynne character of the song worked a typical office, this job isn’t something…