William Paterson

This was William Paterson, promoter of the Hampstead Water Company, guiding light in the failed Scottish attempt to colonise Panama in the 1690s, reformer of the public credit, propagandist for Anglo-Scottish Union, and government agent: to his enemies the Pedlar, Tub-preacher, and at last Whimsical Projector; to his admirers the apostle of free trade, a wronged commercial genius and, above all, father of the Bank of England and hence leading financial revolutionary. The accelerating pace of financial

Ireland was William Paterson. When he was growing up he lived with his parents in Delaware and brought up in Princeton,New York. William also went to college and graduated from Princeton University where he grew up at. Paterson when to princeton and graduated with a bachlors degree then later on when back and earned his master's degree. So paterson was well educated and he also went and study law along with that he had a political figure growing up. After he as done with school paterson became a leading

Austin Marshall Mr.Timms History 4th HR PATERSON, WILLIAM William Paterson, well known for being a delegate and a senator from New Jersey, that signed the constitution. William Paterson was born in Antrim in Northern Ireland on December 24, 1745. Richard Paterson, his father, brought the family to British America. Paterson entered Princeton in 1759, at age 14. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1763. In 1775 he was selected as a delegate from Somerset County to the First Provincial Congress

“Lean On Me” (Norman Twain Productions, 1989) The movie “Lean on Me” was published in 1989. The movie depicts a time period when drug use/ abuse, and violence was very prevalent at Eastside High the inner city high schools in Paterson New Jersey. Eastside HS having these challenges created a societal view of low expectations for the students that attended the school. The students that attended the high school were predominately African American and Latinos, and because of their race they were considered

In this paper, I am going to compare and contrast the movie The Hurricane starring Denzel Washington as Rubin “Hurricane” Carter to the handout provided for Nelson Mandela. I will begin with a critical review of the movie. The setting of the movie rotates from past to present, as the movie begin you will notice him in the ring with the middle weight champion and eventually defeat him in the first round with a knock-out. Than the movie switch to him protesting in a jail cell, 193 at Trenton State

In the Pursuit of Freedom and Justice there was a Hurricane In times of national discontent and social injustice, music is one of the leading forms of rebellion and storytelling. In 1975, Bob Dylan contributed to this rebellious storytelling narrative by creating “Hurricane” a song about the wrongful imprisonment of middleweight fighter Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. There is a common idea that the issues we face do not have the same magnitude the issues our predecessors faced. By assuming this idea,

My theme report looks at the issues of taking risks in order to overcome stereotypes, poor decisions from the past, and the make progress in life. I learned from the theme study that if you take risks - and if you have the right personal qualities - you can change your world personally, and influence others positively. The four films I watched for this report were Les Intouchables,Life of a King,12 years a slave and they all showed me the consequences of risk taking which were either loss or great

Bob Dylan's song, "The Hurricane" is a story communicated through song. It is a tribute to a man whom Mr. Dylan felt compelled to tell the story of. It is a song of protest, fighting against racism. The Hurricane is not a real person, it doesn’t breath, eat, or have a need to be safe and loved, it is not a man. Rubin Carter is a man, one who spent over 15 years of his life falsely imprisoned, robbed for time no one could ever replace. One of the first pivotal moments in this journey towards freedom

“Lean On Me”( Norman Twain Productions, 1989) The movie “Lean on Me” was published in 1989. The movie depicts a time period when drug use/ abuse, and violence was very prevalent at Eastside High the inner city high schools in Paterson New Jersey. Eastside HS having these challenges created a societal view of low expectations for the students that attended the school. The students that attended the high school were predominately African American and Latinos, and because of their race they were considered

The factory life did not choose young Lyddie, young Lyddie chose the factory life. The book, Lyddie, written by Katherine Paterson was about the life of a girl from Vermont who faced many struggles and difficult decisions. She made the choice to take on working as a factory girl in Lowell Massachusetts because she thought it would be a better life and a convenient source of income for herself. After a while she learned the factory life was not what she had expected. Near the end of the novel one