George Grosz

The French and Indian war marked a turning point in American relation with Great Britain. Although mostly negative, this war also brought in a stronger ally ship with Great Britain who at the time was very powerful. This war helped America understand that Britain was very powerful and that if anything went wrong they would be even stronger if they worked together as allies. The French and Indian war led to the elimination of the French property in America, which was a major turning point. This war

Peter Stuyvesant was a big role in the developing of colonial New York. Peter was born in 1610 in the Netherlands by his parents Margaretha Hartenstein and Balthasar Stuyvesant. His father, Balthasar, was the clergyman of Friesland. Friesland was a province very close to New Netherland. Peter died at age 62 in Manhattan Island, New York in 1672. He got his nickname “Pegleg Peter” because he had to get his right leg amputated after an expedition against the Portuguese Peter Stuyvesant came to New

The Pawtucket Armory is located at 172 Exchange Street, in Pawtucket, RI. This building was listed on the National Historic Register in 1983. Construction of the building began in 1894, and was completed in 1895. The Pawtucket Armory was built for the Kearny Light Infantry, the Pawtucket Horse Guards First Cavalry, and the Tower Light Infantry of Pawtucket. The Pawtucket Armory housed 700 Militia in 1902. The militia was called out by Rhode Island's governor to help protect the city when it was

The Hartford Convention The Hartford Convention was an event held during the War of 1812 between December 15, 1814 and January 5, 1815 in Hartford, Connecticut. Leading members of the Federalist Party from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont gathered to discuss the objections they had with the administrations of Democratic-Republican presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (Banner). They would not only bring to light the supposed wrongdoings of the presidents

the initiation of the 12 Amendment of the Constitution. Congressional Republicans unanimously nominated James Madison for a second term as president. His reelection seemed certain. The opposing party, the Federalist Party had almost ceased to exist. George Clinton, who was the rival of Madison in the 1808 election, died in April. DeWitt Clinton was George’s nephew, who worked hard to secure the presidency for his uncle. He had his own ambitions for the office. But

responsibility. The most important role of a Federalist was their ability to defend the popular gains of the Revolution. Many Federalists were well educated in national-level work and very gifted. Among those gifted Federalists were Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. Furthermore, the Federalists were also well regulated, well financed, and used the printed word very wisely. Most of the newspapers were in favor of the Federalists and the articles were

they had no warm clothing. If you were at Valley Forge, would you have quit ? In this moment quit doesn’t necessarily mean stop at that moment. It means after your serving term is up, would you re-enlist ? I will re-enlist because we have General George Washington, we have

Richard Bassett was considered one of the many other founding father of the United States, but sadly he did not get to live long, he only lived for about 30 years, Richard was born In Cecil County, Maryland on April 2,1745 and died in kent county, Delaware on August 15,1815.Basset’s father abandoned him and his mother when he was young. When richard father abandoned his mother, richard was raised by a relative whose name is Peter Lawson, richard attended a school in Philadelphia, where he read &

British are taking over, men are falling at gun shot, chaos consumes us all. There are countless deaths among us, the men fall from sickness and murder. With every fallen soldier there is another family without a son, father, or husband. This war needs to end, soon. I have decided to re-enlist for three reasons which are to fill in for others that left or died, the Congressmen are here to support us, finally if we do not win this war we are nothing but slaves to the British. Madness started

Governor Wright twice rejected elected leaders of the Common House (Noble Jones and Archibald Bulloch) in 1771, however via 1775 royal strength was long gone in Georgia. On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was enacted, with Lyman Hall, George Walton and Button Gwinnett signing for the state of Georgia. It would take a month for Georgians to find out that all three of their representatives voted for the document and what the record said. Major battles involving Georgians (Battle of the