George Washington: Summoned By A Country; One Man Stood Strong
.... in inclimate weather to the
Ohio Valley, to warn the French to stay off the British land. The French
refused and the war began (Meltzer 34-40).
Necessity, a small fort built by Washington's forces 40 miles from
the French Territory was the sight where the first bloodshed of the French
and Indian War occurred. This battle belonged to Washington's forces.
This victory raised George's confidence in himself and captured him a
promotion to Colonel of the Virginia Regiment. It also gave him an
unwarranted contempt for the French (Meltzer 40).
The Seven Years War, known as the French and Indian War, cost over
a million civilian .....
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Biography Of Galileo
.... around the
sun. Only the Copernican model supported Galileo's tide theory, which was
based on motions of the earth.
In 1609 he heard that the Dutch had invented a spyglass, what is
now called a telescope. In August of that year he presented a telescope,
about as powerful as a modern field glass with a magnification of about 40.
He also saw that the Milky Way was composed of stars, and he discovered the
four largest moons of Jupiter. He published these findings in March 1610 in
The Starry Messenger. His new fame gained him appointment as court
mathematician at Florence. He was thereby freed from teaching duties and
had .....
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Bruce Lee
.... He lived in a two bedroom flat.
Upon the death of Mr. Lee's brother, he, as in Chinese custom, had to taken in
his whole brother's Family and had to be the provider. This meant nearly 20
people lived in the flat.
It was through his father's connection that Bruce ultimately became a
child film star. His own acting ability was clear from the beginning. Bruce
posed as a great natural actor and possessed a great natural ability for acting.
His father used to take him backstage. As a young boy, Bruce always hung around
the set where his father was working on film.
Few people have started a major film career as early as Bruce .....
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Martin Luther King Jr.
.... the years King was involved in many famous boycotts and marches, but
none of them matched his famous march in Washington. He gave a speech that
showed bigotry in the government. Now, just 20 years later, our country is
changing, and helping to change South Africa.
The key to all this success was Martin Luther King Jr. who showed us that
one man, nonviolently, could make a difference. Most of all he made us
realize that all men are created equal, and should be treated for what they
are, not limited by their appearance or anything else in this world.
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Benjamin Franklin Was A Man Of Many Accomplishments
.... hundred
thousand souls; ... when pirates infested the Atlantic coast; when there
was no such thing as a stage coach in the land; ...and when Ann Pollard,
the first white women that ever set foot on the soil of Boston, was still
enjoying a hale old age” (McMaster 1).
“It was when he seven that Franklin had another experience he often
recalled. One holiday they gave him a little money to spend on whatever he
liked. He headed straight for the toy shop but on the way met a boy
blowing a whistle. Charmed by the sound, he gave the boy all his money for
it. Coming home, he whistled piercingly all over the small house, annoying
his f .....
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Martin Luther King & Malcom X
.... of blacks and
whites on the same level. There were a lot of whites out there that
believed whites were superior now, and always should be. So when King and
X seemed to be making progress in equality, that's when they were both
brought to their death. They were both fatally shot in front of people.
King, heading outside being met by a lot of followers. And X during one of
his public speeches.
On the other hand these two men were very different. King was a
peaceful man, and wanted results in a peaceful manner. X,
however, believed in violence. Hateful riots, killing, and fighting back,
literally. King tol .....
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The Life Of Harry Houdini
.... an early age. From
the age of eight young Ehrich Weiss sold newspapers and worked as a shoe
shine boy. Please note that when coming to the United States there were
often many spellings of names as people adjusted to English. At the age of
12, young Ehrich left home to make his way in the world in an attempt to
help support his family. This was a great sign of independence. This is
contrary to those who incorrectly claim he was overly obsessed with his
mother. However he did love her very much.
Houdini moves to New York City at the age of 13.
Young Ehrich traveled the country for about a year, always sending
money home wh .....
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Biography Of Christopher Columbus
.... concluded that the earth was 25
percent smaller than was previously thought, and composed mostly of land.
On the basis of these faulty beliefs, he decided that Asia could be reached
quickly by sailing west. In 1484 he submitted his theories to John II, king
of Portugal, petitioning him to finance a westward crossing of the Atlantic
Ocean. His proposal was rejected by a royal maritime commission because of
his miscalculations and because Portuguese ships were already rounding
Africa.
Soon after, Columbus moved to Spain, where his plans won the
support of several influential persons, and he secured an introduction, in
1486, .....
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Buffalo Bill
.... city
of Leavenworth, Kansas. This was not an easy move for the Cody family seeing
how most of that part of Kansas was pro slavery. They were worried about this
because earlier in Iowa a dispute about slavery between Isacc and his brother
Elijah, led to Elijah stabbing Isacc. Luckily, he survived and nothing like
this happened in Kansas. While in Iowa, Bill had received no education. After
moving to Kansas he attended several sessions of country school organized by his
father. In the two and a half months he attended, Bill learned to read and write
which would help him in his future careers.
In order to help his family after h .....
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Carl Jung
.... the faints
suddenly stopped, and Carl became much more studious.
He had to decide his profession. His choices included archeology,
history, medicine, and philosophy. He decided to go into medicine, partly
because of his grandfather. Carl went to the University of Basel and had
to decide then what field of medicine he was going to go into. After
reading a book on psychiatry, he decided that this was the field for him,
although psychiatry was not a respectable field at the time. Jung became
an assistant at the Burgholzli Mental hospital in Zurich, a famous medical
hospital. He studied under Eugen Bleuler, who was a famous psychiatri .....
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Changing Attitudes Of Ferhat Abbas
.... of
Algerians and French. Believing in the possible co-operation of French and
Algerians he had, fought alongside the French.
Political Career
During the war Abbas still continues his work towards the equality. In
1943 he wrote the 'Manifesto of the Algerian People' which was than proclaimed
and several times sent to the French authorities. "The French colony only admits
equality with Muslim Algeria on one level; sacrifice on the battlefields." This
manifesto represented some very revolutionary ideas and proposed the equality of
rights and "immediate and effective participation." Also in this manifesto
Abbas continuously con .....
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Charles Darwin
.... reading the works of a noted geologist, Darwin began to change his
ideas. He saw evidence that the earth was much older than 6,000 years. In South
America, he was witness to an earthquake that lifted the land several feet. He
realized that mountains could be built by the action of an earthquake over
millions of years. He found fossils of marine mammals high up on mountains, and
realized that rocks must have been lifted from the ocean.
Darwin also studied plants and animals. On the Galapagos Islands, he
found animals that resembled animals on the South American continent, but not
exactly the same. He understood that they must .....
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