John C. Fremont

Do you know who had three sons and beat George Washington his second time running for president? Do u remember who was the first vice president. Also, who was the second president of the United States of America. But my report is on John Adams. John Adams is all the

He was a captain in Stephen F. Austin's volunteer army. He fought in many wars one of the more famous one being the Battle of the Alamo. He was going to fight but William B. Travis sent him to carry a letter to Sam Houston for troops, but Houston did not bring troops and made Juan stay with him. Even though he did not fight in the Alamo he still went back and buried the remains of the people who died to honor their bravery. After he had to stay back he helped fight in the Battle of San Jacinto to earn Texas Its independence. He was one of Sam Houston's chief scouts. He accepted Mexico's surrender of San Antonio on June 4, 1836. He had fought for both Mexico and Texas for many wars But he still favors Texas. After he fought for Mexico in the Mexican War, he returned to Texas despite the consequences where he settled on land adjacent of his

13. What did Andrew Jackson do? Lead America in the Creek War. He won a victory the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. He was a War Hero.

Christopher Kit Carson´s connections to Missouri is when he moved to Missouri when he was 16 and became to be a mountain man. Kit was His nickname when he was younger “ his family called him kit which means the runt of his family. Childhood Christopher Kit Carson

John Sutter was a Mexican citizen who had made a big name for himself and absolutely a whole bunch of money before the discovery of gold. John Sutter was an immigrant from Switzerland. He was born on 15, 1803 in Kandern ,Baden not too far from the swiss border. As a newcomer to a firm of printers and booksellers, he found out that he wasn't interested in paper business. While clerking in a draper's shop, he met his future wife Annette D’ Beld . Both of them married on October 24,1826. Due to business problems he left his family and four children in Germany to have good fortune in America at the age of 30. After that significant day, of gold being discovered John Sutter legacy began to collapse. His road to success, the big blowout to his demise

Americans wanted to head west, this mindset was given the name of “Manifest Destiny” by John O’Sullivan. Manifest Destiny was a term that was prevalent during the 19th century. It expressed the belief that America’s mission was to expand their civilization across North America; this expansion would create liberty and

Westward expansion also known as “manifest destiny” was the belief that it was Americans destiny to expand and cultivate west in the 1800s. Before 1840 there hadn’t been much American activity in the west besides the occasional explorer or fur trader, but by 1845 around 5,000 Immigrants made the 2,000-mile trek by wagon from Oregon. And by 1860 about 300,000 men, women, and children made the journey. They faced many problems such as starvation, disease, The Rocky Mountains, and occasional Indian attacks.

James Bridger was born to loving parents on March 17, 1804. He was born the son of an innkeeper who loved him dearly. In 1820 Bridger explored the west numerous times. He was the first white man recorded to ever see the amazing Great Salt Lake. During his adventurous life

Jeremy Crafton English 3 - 2nd Hour Mr. Parrott 30 Mar. 2015 Herbert Hoover Term Paper ¨Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.¨ (Herbert Hoover). Herbert Hoover did many things in his lifetime to change his country, and the future of the country for generations to come. Some background information on Herbert Hoover is that he was born in Iowa on August 10th, 1874, and was also the first president born west of the Mississippi River. Herbert 's father died when he was six years old and Herbert grew to be a multi millionaire by the age of forty. I am writing this paper to tell you about how the thirty first president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, impacted his time and the future for everyone.

Daniel Boone, an American explorer and frontiersman, was born November 2, 1734 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Boone was fathered by a blacksmith and weaver, Squire Boone Sr. and nurtured by his England emigrated mother, Sarah Morgan. Boone was the sixth born and received a skimp formal education, for he learned to read and write from his mother. Boone acquired an education in wilderness and survival skills from his father. Boone just like his father had a niche for woodsmanship and hunting, for at the age of twelve he shot his first bear.

General John J. Pershing was a general during the Spanish-American War. Before he was a general, he went to West Point(a military prep academy) where he went on to be the highest rank you could be as a cadet. Afterwards, he went on to be an instructor at the academy. General was praised for being one of the most calm, brave men when under fire. During the Spanish-American War he was made commander and sent on the journey to Mexico to capture Pancho Villa. Even though his mission was unsuccessful, he was still recognized as a great public figure. He rose to general because after the Philippine–American war President Roosevelt ordered him home, and put in a petition that he be promoted to colonel. This brought about much difficulty because at

He was known as A Living Legend, and One of the most famous Native American Leaders of the Nineteenth Century, he was not only believed to be a great leader, but was also believed to have supernatural powers, including ability to heal the sick slow time, avoid bullets and bring on rain storms. He was born in Sonora, Mexico in the year of June 16,

Jim Bridger ( 1804 - 1881 ) He was born in Richmond Virginia and died in Kansas City Missouri.. He was one of the most adventurous mountain men. He is said that he has explored, trapped, and hunted most of the west He also helped establish Fort Bridger Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. His love of travel made him a great guide across the west. Jim was married three times to one Flathead Indian and two Shoshone. He leaves behind 5 children.

Henry Fillmore Jr., otherwise known as James Henry Fillmore, was born December 3rd, 1881 in Cinncinati, Ohio. He had four siblings. When he was young he learned lots of different instruments. Even though he came from a family of composers, he learned most of them in secret because his dad was very religious and thought playing instruments, especially the trombone, was a sin. Henry also sang in the church choir. Henry Fillmore's first published march "Higham" was composed when he was only 18 years old. He attended military school in Ohio. Then, Fillmore studied in Cincinnati at the Conservatory of Music. After working for the family business for a time, Fillmore left, married an exotic dancer named Mabel May Jones in St. Louis, MO. and worked

Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo was an ambitious. Cabrillo was a brave soldier in Portugal. HE lived from March 13, 1499 - January 3, 1543. He was an ambitious. He was set out to explore the California coast, mapping landmarks and also finding Native villages. Cabrillo’s early life was a mystery. He was not nice to other people and he couldn’t work with them, so his solution was not to work with other people. When he was fighting he did it as a captain. Cabrillo as a famous explorer and he was an early Californian.