John Lee Hancock

The major characters that Shaara focuses on from the Confederate side are: General Robert E. Lee, General James Longstreet, General George Pickett, General Richard Ewell, General Ambrose Powell Hill, General Lewis Armistead, and General J. E. B. Stuart. From the Union side the story is told from the points of view of: General John Buford, General John Reynolds, General George Meade, General Winfield Hancock, and Colonel Joshua Chamberlain. The book goes back and forth between several of these characters

Independence by Thomas Jefferson. A short description of the structure of the Declaration of Independence will be included. The process was relatively fast, from the formation of the committee. The committee consisted of two New England men, John Adams of Massachusetts and Roger Sherman of Connecticut; two men from the Middle Colonies, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Robert R. Livingston of New York; and one southerner, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. In early June, the committee met

Four score and seven years ago..." These are the famous words that start Abraham Lincoln 's famous Gettysburg Address from November 19, 1963, which was an inspiring speech regarding equal rights. This speech was delivered during a time when much of the country was at odds on the very topic of slavery and equal rights for all men. In the 1860’s, equal rights were a hot button issue. Slavery was a major point of debate during Lincoln’s run for presidency in 1860. The debate over equal rights and

times with the first ten amendments collectively known as the Bill of Rights. The US Constitution was preceded by the Articles of Confederation and supported by the Federalist Papers which we will touch more on later. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson all wrote or influenced The Constitution in a very important way. Alexander Hamilton was a Federalist Representative from New York who has been credited with the initial ideology expressed in The Constitution. James Madison

and theirs. In the film and the book, The Blind Side, there were several similarities between the movie and what happened in reality; However, some of the events in the movie were inaccurate. ` In the movie The Blind Side, the director, John Lee Hancock, changed certain events which made

Lee and Longstreet dissuess the strategy of the battle, Lee prefers to fight the place they are, and Longstreet prefers to fight a defensive battle. Lee decides to attack anyway. Also, General Pender received a letter from his wife, which claims that he will be punished by God by fighting with the North. It represents a common question in the battle, there are numerous of men who fight against their family and friends, they are struggle. Later on, Lee begins to realize the

America has been known to be a successful and free country. Through popular music, art, film and literature, we can discern that American identity is defined as being based on freedoms within the country, helping others and treating everyone as equals. One means of experiencing American culture is, the movie, The Blind Side, shows what it means to be an American by telling a story of helping others and treating everyone as equals. The movie is about a seventeen year old African-American boy, named

event in the history of the United States because many lives from each side were lost, and it was a battle that ended in victory of the Union. The Battle of Gettysburg last three summer days. The Battle of Gettysburg took place on Union soil. General Lee planned to march with Confederate Army to Gettysburg. He sought their position being on northern soil to his

suggests Lee is better to move south than to attack the center, because if the back army is divided, their battle line is destroyed, but, Lee does it anyway. Then, he and Longstreet go in frontline of the battle, and the soldiers also tells him that situation changes, Union have more food, soldiers, and war stuffs than they do. Later, he knows that Ewell does not follow the order again, and there is a surprise attack on them to force them back. Longstreet persuades Lee to change the order, Lee refuses

journey to a greater cause. In American history, many Americans believed that the goal of Britain's tyranny was to turn them into slaves and suck out all the happiness in their lives. It took individuals like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and John Adams to take action and make America a free nation though the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration was finally published on July 8th; due to the fact, that it had great men supporting it. Each individual came with different upbringings and