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Leadership is shown or expressed in different ways. George Washington and Frank R. Stockton have shown leadership qualities in their articles “Thanksgiving Proclamation” and “The Lady or The Tiger.” Even though both articles show leadership, George Washington is more effective demonstrating leadership. George Washington’s “Thanksgiving Proclamation” speech in 1789 shows qualities of a leader better than the king in Frank R. Stockton article “The Lady or The Tiger” did. This selection is more effective

The two documents Paul Revere’s Ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the letter from Paul Revere to DR. Jeremy Belknap that was written in 1798. The letter written for Jeremy Belknap is about “Paul Revere’s Ride” including other people had warned him about British and that was running from British but after he fled them woke up a captain and that told almost every house until he got to Lexington. While the poem Paul Revere’s Ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is mainly about how he rode to

Alexander the Great was born from King Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias, princess of Epirus in 365 BCE. At a young age Alexander was taught by Aristotle. He taught Alexander politics, sports, warfare, as well as academic subjects. When King Philip was assassinated in 336 BCE, Alexander inherited his father’s army and empire. Using his outstanding knowledge, and his father’s great army, Alexander was able to conquer a great amount of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Alexander was substantially great considering

The reason why I picked Alexander Hamilton is because he was the founding father that set up our economic system when George Washington was president. With my life right now I am very into the economy and the business aspect of our government and our world today. So I feel like Alexander and I would have gotten along very well and talked about what was up with the economy and setting up everything to get our country out of debt and kept out of debt. And Alexander is much known for his battle success

Most people do not have enough courage to lead a group of people. We need leaders in America to bring conformity. George Washington is an example of a leader. To be a leader you must be willing to risk your life or be courageous, create new things to help the task you are doing, and you need to be inteligente. Being a leader isn’t something simple to do. To be a leader you must exemplify certain qualities that makes you superior to others. George Washington risked his life for America just like

Throughout history there have been many manmade and natural disasters that have created issues for people all over the world. Disasters such as school shootings, hurricanes, earthquakes, and occurrences of pollution have been the cause of many problems, and these problems often have major effects on people and society. Disasters can cause people to lose many things including their lives, and they can have devastating effects on everything and everyone involved. Anytime a disaster occurs people often

The Marbleheads helped win the American Revolutionary War, even though some believe that George Washington did not need a Navy to win the war, the Navy formed with the help of the Marbleheads, who fought off the incoming British ships, as well as helping Washington crossing the Delaware. These two events, in fact, changed the outcome of the American Revolution. Major General John Glover was in charge of the Marblehead Regiment from 1775 to 1776. In 1776, this group of militiamen became part of the

The Major Battles of the War of 1812 By: Andrew, Ethan and Madison Page 114 In June 1812, the United States declared war on Britain, they seemed to have advantages. Britain had a larger navy, but most of their ships were in Europe. The American army had superior numbers, and Britain had a massive territory to defend. The distance from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to present-day Sarnia, at the southern tip of Lake Huron is about 2000 km. There were only 10 000 British troops available to defend the area

1993, at the Mount Carmel Compound in Waco Texas, an inferno of flames broke out after a 51 day siege on the Branch Davidians cult group. A total of 92 lives were lost during the fire, as well as many more during the previous 51 days. Many speculations arose whether the compound being incinerated was set by the FBI in a final attempt to make the Davidians leave the compound, and end the million dollar siege once and for all, or if it was a mass suicide conducted by David Koresh, the leader of the Branch

The Battles of Saratoga had two parts that were the major shift in the American revolt against King George III and Britain, the Battle of Freemans Farm on September 19th 1777 and the Battle of Bemis Heights on October 7th 1777 that were battled in Saratoga County New York. Major General John Burgoyne presented to the King and Secretary of State for the Colonies Lord George Germain a way he thought would be successful in splitting New England to stop the colonies from joining forces and revolting