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- 1341: Thomas Edison
- ... as a modern day chemist, he was a firm believer of an eight hour work day, eight hours in the morning, and eight in the afternoon. Aside from his amazing history as an adult Edison lived an equally exciting childhood. Thomas Edison was born in Milan Ohio on February 11, 1847. At the time, his father was owner of a successful ... she decided to home-school him.(minot 1) After a while his mother, a former teacher herself, recognized his un usual abilities to reason. She quickly got him interested in History and Classic books. Thomas however was strangely attracted to the subject of science. By the age of ten Thomas Edison had already been experimenting and by now owned a sizable ... as a modern day chemist, he was a firm believer of an eight hour work day, eight hours in the morning, and eight in the afternoon. Aside from his amazing history as an adult Edison lived an equally exciting childhood.
- 1342: Events Of The Civil Rights Mov
- ... Simon & Schuster, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ,1990. Hornsby and Straub. African American Chronology. Volume I: 1492-1972. Gale Research International Limited., Detroit, Michigan, 1994. The Editors of Ebony. Ebony Pictorial History of Black America. Volume III: Civil Rights Movement to Black Revolution. Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., Chicago, Illinios, 1974. Television Program "The Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History." Narr. ?. Writ. and Prod.?. History Channel, March 11, 2000. Internet Lythgoe, Dennis. Desert News, February 26, 1997. Address: http://members.aol.com/deverysa/index.html. Host of writers. http://cr.virtualscholar.com/cr10.htm
- 1343: Thomas Jefferson
- ... and a creator of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson was a philosopher, politician, scientist, architect, inventor, musician, and writer. Thomas Jefferson was also one of the smartest leaders in history. His father was named Peter Jefferson, a very rich Farmer from Virginia. Thomas’s Mother, Jane Randolph Jefferson, was part of the Randolph family. The Randolph Family was a big part of Virginia history, and also very rich also. Peter and Jane Jefferson moved to Goochland county, because Peter had just gotten 400 acres of land there. Thomas Jefferson was born in the log ... at his friends' plantations. After two years at William and Mary (A College in Virginia’s capital city), Jefferson left to study law. Thomas still studied French, Italian, and English history and literature. In 1767, Jefferson was chosen to the practice of law in Virginia. Jefferson's main source of income was his land. That’s because most lawyers didn’ ...
- 1344: The Rise Of Communism In Russi
- ... of Communism In Russia "Unless we accept the claim that Lenin's coup d'etat gave birth to an entirely new state, and indeed to a new era in the history of mankind, we must recognize in today's Soviet Union the old empire of the Russians -- the only empire that survived into the mid 1980's" (Luttwak, 1). In their ... in which all class differences would disappear and humankind would live in harmony. Marx and Engels claimed to have discovered a scientific approach to socialism based on the laws of history. They declared that the course of history was determined by the clash of opposing forces rooted in the economic system and the ownership of property. Just as the feudal system had given way to capitalism, so ...
- 1345: The True American Cowboy
- ... Although the Black cowboys seem to have been treated much more fairly than their relatives in other regions of the country, it must be understood that at this point in history the United States was rebounding from a traumatic Civil War. This left a bitter taste in the mouth of many Americans and hostile feelings towards Negroes were still inundating the ... even drowned. Some remained on the northern plains, while some migrated back South, and some, like Nat Love, ended up somewhere in the middle (Porter, 1971). Unfortunately, today the true history of the West has become a nothing more than a myth. History was replaced by fiction, and these falsehoods are perceived by today's society as facts. The true American cowboy, white or black, no longer exists in the minds of ...
- 1346: Arthurian Legend
- ... future adaptations of the story of Arthur. Arthur appeared in books as a national hero in a book written in Latin by Geoffrey of Monmouth called historia Regum Britanniae ( meaning History of the Kings of Britain). Supposedly his book covered history from 1200 B.C to 689 A.D. Geoffrey includes many sources of information with his work but most scholars believe it to be fictional bibliography added only to give his book some credibility. Therefore his work is considered to be literature not factual history. Geoffrey is the one responsible for the portrayal of Arthur as a great King who conquered the British Isles and much of Europe. Also introduced by Geoffrey is Queen ...
- 1347: The Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials
- ... her specter. Martha Corey soon joined Tituba and the others in the Boston jail. Her indictment marked a frightening change of course. She was the first "gospel woman" in the history of New England to be arrested and imprisoned on the charge of witchcraft. Previous cases had all involved women of questionable reputation our low status, women like Tituba, Osborne, and ... Putnum issued statements of repentance and read them in front of the congregations in their various churches. In 1697 the Reverend John Hale went a step further. He wrote a history in which he stated that the court erred because of ignorance. Innocent people had died with the guilty. For the sake of their surviving relations, he encouraged the government to ... filed complaints and received compensation. The tragic affair at Salem Village, now more than three centuries old, ranks only as a speck on the larger blemish of mankind's long history of inhumanity toward its own. It is one of histories greatest forgotten holocausts, but it is often pushed to the background of such tragedies as the Inquisition and the ...
- 1348: Medieval Chivalry
- ... privileges, which came along with responsibilities. Along with the courtly manners came the idea of romantic love and the chivalrous devotion of a knight to his lady. In the early history of knighthood there were two types of knights and two types of ceremonies to convey honor. One of these knights was known as a knight of the sword; a knight ... knighthood was masculine and aggressive. Survival of the fittest, kill or be killed. However, the idea that women have been the source and inspiration behind knightly deeds is present throughout history beginning from the early twelfth century through the present. "Chivalry and the worship of fair ladies are so are so intimately bound up as to become almost indistinguishable; the knight ... to chivalry. Ideas of courage, kindness, and intelligence, gave the citizens something to believe in. The period during which chivalry flourished the most was the most barbaric time on our history. Corruption, torture and treachery were human nature. However, one thing remained that gave young children something to believe in and strive for. During a time when women were treated ...
- 1349: A Post-Modern Age
- ... social prestige and influence equal to their wealth. All of these factors meant that the society of the late eighteenth century stood at the close of one era of European history and at the opening of another. However, as these social and economic changes became connected to the world economy, the transformation of Europe led to the transformation of much of the non-European world. For the first time in the history of the world, major changes in one region left virtually no corner of the globe politically or economically untouched. By the close of the eighteenth century a movement toward world ... is social connectivity; we have disconnected most of the practices and ideas from our collective memory of an activity’s origins and meaning. This now leads us through our previous history to the concepts, reasoning, and experiences of Post-Modern thought. The Post-Modern Condition: The cultural traits of a Post-Modern society can be characterized simply as an information- ...
- 1350: Amistad 3
- ... on whose “property” they were? The time was around 1854, and the progression toward the Civil War had begun. Stephen Spielberg’s film “The Amistad” is an illustrative tale of history’s inevitable course. On the surface, Spielberg relates the journey of Cinque and his people to the Americas. In a larger sense, however, he contrasts a story of passage to ... of old and new, the prosecution and judicial court exemplified the country’s current need and status. Specifically, Cinque symbolized change. In this manner, Baldwin argued that the course of history could be changed by any one person or group. This event was going to happen no matter what. Whether it was to take place in 1854 or 1994, human rights ... a part of our constitution ever since it was founded. I found myself thinking that this was truly a great film to watch, a story; then remembering that this was history, an actual event that changed the course of our nation forever. This only reinforcesthe aphorism stated in the beginning, “who we are, is who we were.”
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