What Really Happened At Roswell, New Mexico?
.... Commander of the 509th Bomb Group, issued a press release stating
that the wreckage of a ‘crashed disk' (UFO) had been recovered"
(Kent Jeffrey, Time For The Truth About Roswell).
This press release made the headlines of over 30 U.S. newspapers in time
for supper. It appeared that Earth was not alone in the universe. A few
hours later, “a second press release was issued from the office of General
Roger Ramey, Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Fort Worth Army Air Field
in Texas, 400 miles from the crash site (Kent Jeffrey, Time For The Truth
About Roswell).” This press release said that the stateme .....
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Comparison Of The American Revolution And The French Revolution
.... Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) wrote:
"The basis of their whole economic system may be truly said to lie in the
principle of self-interest. . . . The only function of government according
to this doctrine is to protect life, liberty, and property."10
Embracing the principle of free trade not just as a temporary expedient,
but as a philosophy, Turgot got the king to sign an edict in January 1776
that abolished the monopolies and special privileges of the guilds,
corporations, and trading companies. He then dedicated himself to breaking
down the internal tariffs within France. By limiting government expense, he
was able to cut the bud .....
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The American Civil War
.... certainly illustrate that April 9, 1865 was indeed the end
of a tragedy.
II. CUTTING OFF THE SOUTH
In September of 1864, General William T. Sherman and his army
cleared the city of Atlanta of its civilian population then rested ever so
briefly. It was from there that General Sherman and his army began its
famous "march to the sea". The march covered a distance of 400 miles and
was 60 miles wide on the way. For 32 days no news of him reached the North.
He had cut himself off from his base of supplies, and his men lived on
what ever they could get from the country through which they passed. On
their route, the army destroyed .....
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The Reformation
.... and he
nailed a complaint, called the 95 theses to a Church door. The 95 theses
complained about the sale of induldgences and other corruptions in the
Church. Luther also created new ideas against the Church. He rejected the
authority of the Pope and said that priests had no more authority than
laymen did. He said that vows taken by monks and nuns should be abolished
and said that clergy should be able to marry. He rejected the celibacy of
the clergy. Luther only kept two of the seven sacraments, baptism and the
Lord's Supper.
Pope Leo X condemned Luther's teachings in a papal decree. When
Luther recieved the decree, h .....
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The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln
.... Abraham Lincoln's death. He was killed
April 15, 1865. His assassin was a man by the name of John Wilkes Booth.
Lincoln was planing to attend a play at Ford's Theatre that night. Booth
shot him that night.
Booth shot Lincoln with a small pistol known as a derringer. Booth
managed to escape but was caught twelve days later when he was found hiding
in a barn. He underwent surgery at a boarding house across the street from
the theater. Lincoln died the morning after he was shot. His body was sent
to Springfield, Illinois for burial.
3. Peterson, Roger S. “Declassified,” American History, July/August 1996,
pp. 22-26.
T .....
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Runaways And The Abolition Movement: The Underground Railroad
.... agents such as
David Ruggles, Calvin Fairbank, Josiah Henson, and Erastus Hussey. The
identity of others that also contributed to this effort will never be fully
recognized. Though scholars estimate that Underground Railroad conductors
assisted thousands of refugees, the total number of runaways whom they
aided to freedom will never be known simply because of the movement's
secrecy. Conductors usually did not attempt to record these figures, and
those who did only calculated the number of runaways whom they personally
helped. Moreover, these estimations should consider that some runaways
never took part in the underground system an .....
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The Boston Massacre
.... into something big. The
British soldiers were accused of Murder and manslaughter. To represent them
was John Adams, a relative of Samuel Adams. Adams wanted the trial to get
over and didn't want the truth to come out. The Boston Massacre and
misleading visual representation by Paul Revere could have been one cause
of a later war.
The Boston Massacre increased the hatred between the Americans and
the British. The radical people tried to use this minor event as propaganda.
Paul Revere and Samuel Adams were happy the few colonists died because they
used it as propaganda so the colonist would get mad at the British.
Whenever .....
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The Cause Of The American Revolution
.... many years America would have not have
developed the taste of independence. Independence was what the American
Revolution was all about.
Many Navigation Acts had been passed starting in 1650 but none were
enforced until Britain noticed they could cash in on the now prospering
economic system of the colonies. Mercantilism played this role. The idea of
mercantilism was to achieve economic self sufficiency by exporting more
than importing. England viewed the colonies as an easy way to do just that.
For example, the colonies were forbidden to produce for export woolen cloth
and beaver hats, because the colonies were supposed to “c .....
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The Battle Of Gettysburg
.... that these dead shall not have
died in vain– that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of
freedom– and that government of the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from this earth." Abraham Lincoln November 19, 1863.
It seems only appropriate to begin a report devoted to the Battle
of Gettysburg by looking at something delivered after it ended. Contrary
to his belief, Abraham Lincoln's brief, yet overwhelmingly powerful speech,
is still looked upon by Americans as an enduring symbol of the Civil War
and a testament to the ideals of the United States of America. However,
Lincoln was more than cor .....
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The History Of The Panama Canal
.... groups in the United States and
Europe in building a canal, and it became the subject of debate in the US
Congress. The discovery of gold in California in 1848, and the rush of
would-be miners stimulated US interest in digging the canal. Various
surveys made between 1850 and 1875 indicated that only two routes were
practical, the one across Panama and that across Nicaragua. In 1876 an
international company was organized; two years later it obtained a
concession from the Colombian government (Panama was then part of Colombia)
to dig a canal across the isthmus.
The international company failed, and in 1880 a French company w .....
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Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan Of Union
.... and Allegheny rivers join to form the Ohio River.
There was a battle fought at Fort Necessity on July 4, 1754 in which a
small force of French and Indian Troops defeated Washington and his troops.
The French were now securely established along a line of spread out
points from the Great Lakes south to the Ohio River. They also had camps
in the Allegheny Mountains. The whole northern frontier of the British
colonies was exposed to attack from the Indian allies of the French. In
addition, the western country was closed to British traders and British
settlers.
It was then that the Lords of Trade ordered that a congress .....
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Our Country And The Affect Of Changes
.... they were changing their form of
government, and symbolically, a whole lot more. This document also states
some changes the people wanted to see in their rights(p110-111). This
immediately points to the fact that the Americans desired to change their
way of life. This choice the people made in supporting the Declaration of
Independence would later become the backbone of what our nation is built on.
So, I would say it was a change for the better.
In the time period of the Early Republic in the time frame of 1783-
1820 an example of change would be the invention of the cotton gin. The
cotton gin, invented by Eli Whi .....
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