John Stump Essay

John Hancock was born on January 12, 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was orphaned as a child and then was adopted by a wealthy merchant uncle who was childless. Hancock went to Harvard College for a business education. He graduated Harvard College at the age of 17. He apprenticed to his uncle as a clerk and proved to be honest and capable that in 1760, he was sent on a business mission to England. In England, he witnessed the coronation of King George III and engaged some of the leading businessmen of London.

The basics- Huey P. Newton was born in Louisiana, on February 17, 1942 .In 1966, huey and bobby seale founded the extreme left-wing Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, California. The organization was central and influential to the Black Power movement,constantly making headlines with its controversial rhetoric and militaristic style.

     The book, John Adams, by David McCullough, is a powerfully written biography of one of our nation’s greatest heroes. This biography explores Adams’ life in great depth, unveiling a side to his life unbeknownst to those who have never studied his life in great detail. Through diary entries, letters, and various other documents, the reader grasps a sense of what Adams’ day to day life was like, and is also able to grasp the enormity of his lifetime accomplishments.

As the second president of the United States and the first vice president, John Adams had experienced various kinds of lives of different social positions. Adams, in his early years, tried diverse professions like writer, lawyer, public speaker, and congressman. Later, he became one of the leaders of several political fields, such as the American Revolution and foreign relationships, whose contributions had influenced the United States Constitution. "People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity," said by him, John Adams was more admirable to be a political philosopher than a politician. ("John Adams")

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He attended school for approximately eight years. Washington lived with his mother until the age of 16. At the age of 15, Washington took a job as an assistant land surveyor. In 1748, he began working in the Shanandoah Valley to help survey the land holdings of Lord Fairfax. By 1749, he established a good reputation as a land surveyor and was appointed Culpeper counties official land surveyor.

John escapes from the sack by having a toad cut open a part of the sack and placed a soft-shell and two big bricks in the back. Ole John went into town again and made his money from telling people their fortunes. The master saw Ole John and was very impressed. He was so impressed that he asked John if he could make that much money if he threw himself in the river and every other time that John was asked that question he always replied "ah reckon so." With this final time Ole john knew he could have the ultimate revenge, so this time he replied "ah know so" (Gates, pg.64). John threw his master into the river just like how his master tried to throw him in the river, but with the weights. While John is throwing him in the river he gives him a last farewell with "Goodbye, Massa. Ah hope you find all you lookin' for" (Gates, pg. 64). This is the moment when Ole John felt his revenged was finalized and he finally felt his freedom. Tricksters use their wittiness and intelligence to gain their freedom; even if it is for the worst. Like, in this case, John killing his master. Not only did John do all of this to gain his freedom, but because he wanted his revenge. He wanted to show his master that he was not as low class as he thought. In the end, Ole John won this

The title of the show I watched was Join or Die, a part of the John Adams series shown on HBO in 2008. The director of this series was Tom Hooper, who won an Emmy Award in 2006 for his directing of another miniseries. The major stars of Join or Die in the John Adams series were: Paul Giamatti (playing John Adams), Laura Linney (playing Abigail Adams), and Danny Huston (playing Samuel Adams). This series gives insight into John Adams’ life in a modern perspective.

In the book, Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes shows accurately and successfully how challenging it was for the children during the Revolution. During the 1770’s before and during the Revolutionary war in American colonies, many children had a hard time and it is shown in Johnny Tremain. With lack of education because of not going to school and a low literacy rate many kids could only become a higher class by marriage or a great skill in a select craft. Along with having a great skill in a craft kids had to work either back-breaking jobs or an inconsistent job. Esther Forbes, author of Johnny Tremain, shows the challenges for kids living during the Revolutionary times through their education, class and job career.

As the 26th president of the United States and also the youngest president ever elected, Theodore Roosevelt faced many challenging decisions, but he knew how to handle them. He fought for what he believed and never backed down from that belief. Theodore Roosevelt faced challenging circumstances while growing up which made many consider him to be frail and not likely to succeed; however, he came to be known as a notable statesman, military leader, governor, vice-president of the United States, and finally the most powerful leader in the free world, President of the United States of America.

His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave And Conductor on the Underground Railroad.

An Assistant Secretary by the name of Daniel Patrick Moynihan decided to write a report on African American Families on New Year’s Eve in 1964. Known now as the “Moynihan Report”. According to the article “The Negro Family; The case for National Action, completed in March, 1965, became one of the most controversial documents of twentieth century. Moynihan became a successful author and started working at Howard University as a professor. In June,1965 President Johnson gave props to the Moynihan report, stating” “Freedom is not enough”: Equal citizenship for African Americans was incomplete without the ability to make a decent living”. In the report Moynihan had recognized certain irregularities in U.S. work information; for instance, by the

In the novel Time Enough For Drums by Ann Rindal there is a fascinating character named John Reid. He is a spy for the American / Continental army during the revolutionary war. John also tutored a girl named Jemima on proper grammar, politeness, and proper manners. Because John Reid is brave, sneaky, and intelligent so George Washington chose him to be his spy.

The final act of John Pym was the Grand Remonstrance, an extensive list of complaints against the King, the Papists, and the Arminians. Parliament published the grievances after the Irish Rebellion. The Irish Rebellion began with massacres of Protestants, which persuaded Pym to blame the deaths on the English Catholics. With Pym even more convinced that Catholicism and absolutism would ruin the Commonwealth, he launched an attack against the King and the country

One of the most remarkable stories is the one of John Norman. He was a deputy chief of the New York City fire department. He was asleep whenever the first tower of the World Trade Center was hit. He had turned off the ringer on his phone because he was on vacation from work. His plan that day was to sleep in. He was completely unaware of what was going on outside. Then his answering machine got an "all call" message from the department. Still he didn't know what fully was going on so he turned on the television. He said, “As I’m just about to turn off the TV and head for the door, the south tower collapses. I thought it was a bomb." It took him and hour and a half just to get to the city and where he needed to be. He was put in shock whenever

Herbie Hancock, full name Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, and even an actor. He was one of the first jazz musician to embrace synthesizers and funk music. His piano and keyboard sounds are uniquely his own embracing the elements of funk and soul while still carrying the elements of jazz. He expanded to other types of music as well like acoustic piano, hip hop, and West African rhythms. Through the progression of his career he always managed to have the ‘first’ or ‘unique’ move.Herbert Jeffery is not only a diverse man when it comes to music, but a successful jazz musician.