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how selfless, and how loving she is. My mom has gone through a lot to get where she is today. I will begin by telling you a little bit about my mom’s background. My mom grew up outside of George with her parents, Harris and Bev Kaster, and her three siblings, Erik, Brad, and Kristy. She attended George High School when they were still Blue Jays. My mom was involved in a lot of different activities. She was in the play, large group and individual speech, a cheerleader, played the drums in band

Us’…? No, Give it a Rest Summary and Critique George F. Will is a Pulitzer-Prize writer and an editor for Newsweek. He is well-known for his strong conservative political commentary. He discusses the history of Inaugural Addresses and how they reflect the way the country has changed throughout the years. He points out a number of differences such as sentence structure, tone, and topics. For example, he cites the numbering of words. He mentions George Washington’s second sentence of his address,

exaggerate an aspect of something, known as “intensify.” While the second is to discredit it, which is referred to as “downplay.” Al Franken, Jeffrey Snyder, Harlan Ellison, and George Will, have all written persuasive articles about gun control. In reading all of the various articles on gun control by authors, I found George F. Will’s The Last Word to be the most persuasive. Will wrote his

George Washington was born in Westmoreland county, Virginia on February 22, 1732. His family then moved to a plantation near Fredericksburg and spent most of his youth at the plantation. His father, Augustine Washington, married Jane Butler, but then Jane died in 1729. Then Augustine Washington married in Mary Ball in 1731. They had 7 children, including George Washington. He lived in 1732 to a wealthy plantation owner. Very little is known about George Washington’s childhood. From age 7 to 15 George

Souleymane Cissokho D’Abbene, p.3 American History 8 18 December 2015 George Washington, the Great American Leader George Washington did many things in his lifetime as a military leader in the Revolutionary War . He sailed across the Delaware River to surprise British officers on Christmas night and captured hundreds of Hessians and tens of British officers. He made this one of the biggest turning points of the war. Washington also lead troops through Valley Forge in the harsh winter of 1777-1778

Making War and Republican Governments; 1776-1789 The Trials of War, 1776-1778 • Post-Declaration of Independence o British military came into the colonies o Britain vs. Continental army  Tons of British victories, but few for the colonists War in the North • The British forces was more than 4 times the size as the colonist’s army o Slaves in the colonies were used for soldiers in the war • British pros o Navy o South Atlantic system o New technology o North American natives also fell into the British

Despite American victories at Fort Ticonderoga and Saratoga, they weren’t as lucky in Brooklyn, NY. After losing multiple crucial battles upstate, the British were determined to hold on to their control of New York City. The British launched a major offensive to rid the city of the Americans originating from Long Island. The Americans and British met at the Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn. The British attacked the Americans who were positioned among the multiple heights

The Continental Army was outnumbered and had their backs to the East River and the British in front of them; it appeared the Americans were doomed. If Washington lost his army, it could mean the end of the Revolution.” (Myers 1)  Indeed, General George Washington was defeated in the Long Island War, but Washington and the last of the rear guard were aboard the boats and sailing to safety. This paper will explore the strategy that General Washington employed to avoid catastrophic defeat and eventually

A motivating force behind the revolution was the American embrace of a political ideology called "republicanism", which was dominant in the colonies by 1775. The "country party" in Britain, whose critique of British government emphasized that corruption was to be feared, influenced American politicians. The commitment of most Americans to republican values and to their rights, helped bring about the American Revolution, as Britain was increasingly seen as hopelessly corrupt and hostile to American

George Washington is a towering historical figure who is considered the father of the United States. James Thomas Flexner captures the man, not the myth, behind this legendary icon in one concise single-volume biography, Washington: the Indispensable Man. This book is a condensed but altogether new version of Flexner’s previous four-volume biography of George Washington. This smaller scale book is well written, and explores Washington as “the human being behind the legendary icon” (New York Times