Katherine Moir Ms. McDugall AP World History 3 June 2016 Was Peter Truly Great? Peter the Great of late seventeenth and early eighteenth century Russia was a highly controversial leader. On the one hand, he achieved his ultimate goal of making Russia a great European power, however on the other hand he took a path of violence and oppression to get there (“Czap”).…
John Simpson Kilpatrick was born on the 6th of July, 1892 at South Shields, County Durnham; the north east region of England. He came from a big family: one of eight children born to Robert Kilpatrick and Sarah Simpson. As a child, he worked as a donkey-lad on the sands of his hometown as he had a 'great affinity with animals, in particular donkeys'. After attending the Barnes and Mortimer Roads schools, he volunteered to train as a gunner in the Territorial Army when he was 16. Following in the footsteps of his father, who was a merchant seaman, Simpson joined the merchant navy in 1909, at the age of 17.…
Ken Paxton is the current and 51st attorney general of Texas. Paxton is known for his dedication and respect to the founding values of America and the U.S. constitution. His main objective is to help the Texas economy to prosper. Paxton is the co-sponsor of Texas Voter Bill. He was born in Minot, South Dakota and graduated from Baylor University.…
She had a second child a girl by the name Lizette Charbonneau. She died shortly…
Open Hearts: The Work of Daniel Hale Williams Germs don’t discriminate, why should hospitals? Daniel Hale Williams, quite possibly the most prominent black physician of his time, sought to answer this question. Best known for performing the first successful recorded heart surgery, Williams spent his life working for the advancement of African-Americans within the medical field. Williams was born in 1856 in the town of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.…
James and Maria had ten children but only five survived past childhood. James saw combat in the Mexican-American War in the battles of Palo Alto, Monterrey, and Vera Cruz. He spent the next several years after his leg injury with no sight of…
The Life of David Friend David Friend was born in the spring of 1842. Life was simple growing on the farm along with his four siblings. In the morning he would do his chores and then his mom would homeschool him and his siblings. He married his childhood friend Mary at age 18. They inherited the family farm and started their family right away.…
Bryant was born on November 3, 1794, in a log cabin near Cummington, Massachusetts; the home of his birth is today marked with a plaque. He was the second son of Peter Bryant, a doctor and later a state legislator, and Sarah Snell. His maternal ancestry traces back to passengers on the Mayflower; his father's, to colonists who arrived about a dozen years later. Bryant and his family moved to a new home when he was two years old. The William Cullen Bryant Homestead, his boyhood home, is now a museum.…
Lima, Ohio is a small, industrial town of just around 40,000 people, located between Dayton and Toledo on I-75. If you were to go to Lima, Ohio and ask who the greatest basketball player ever was you would get one name, Greg Simpson. Greg Simpson's story was that of success and failure. There was nothing stopping him from success, but himself. He was his own poison during his college years.…
Her occupation was a teacher, business woman, and court scrivener. She was married to Richard Knight and was the mother of one daughter Elizabeth. Knight was born in Boston. She was left a widow when her husband passed away in 1706. Knight was known as a journalist.…
Born Frederick Augustus Bailey in Baltimore, Maryland 1818. Frederick struggled through childhood due to the slavery conditions at the time. In 1824, six year old Frederick Bailey moved from his home in Baltimore, Maryland to a plantation in the country called the Wye House. Just two years later, Frederick was sold off to another slave owner back in Baltimore where he was taught to read by his owner’s wife, Lucretia Auld. The learning process was a struggle do to Mr. Auld's harsh slave rules.…
Cajun and Creole cuisine chef and restaurateur, Paul Prudhomme, also known as Gene Autry Prudhomme, passed away at the age of 75. CNN, Oct. 9, 2015 reports that Paul died in New Orleans after a brief illness. Paul was born on July 13, 1940, into a large family of 13 older brothers and sisters and his parents were sharecroppers who farmed near Opelousas. As he was growing up, he spent a lot of time in the kitchen with his mother and it was from her that he learned all about cooking and the blending spices to make the meal taste delicious. Paul was a talented chef who loved cooking Louisiana food and didn’t have years of culinary school or other formal training, but he had a desire and the love to cook the best food around.…
The purpose of this study is to present bibliographical information of Hiram Revels and his impact on the culture, politics, and history of the African-American experience. Hiram Revels impacted life, black churches as well as blacks and whites with opposing political views. As the first African American Senate, a person of Revels defeated stereotype that came along with the Dred Scott decision, which stated that no individual of African ancestry was or could be considered a citizen of the United States. In order to provide a preferable understanding of Hiram Revels, this research paper will also contribute biographical information. Hiram Revels was born free in Fayetteville, North Carolina.…
George Phillips was a man who live in the 19th century in the United States. He was an educated man and a farmer in Lawrence New Jersey. He was married and a father of 5 children who varied in age and one died young. Some of his children were grown and helped him run his farm which was his livelihood and main source of income. Mr. Phillips kept a diary from 1850 until 1864 of his life in which he would write out his life essentially day by day.…
After reconstruction ended in 1877 the Southern State Government still remained a “white man’s government.” The state legislatures passed the Jim Crow laws in the 1880’s to legally segregate the races and they were enforced by criminal penalties. In 1890, the Louisiana legislature passed a law requiring that all trains have separate sitting areas for the different races and failing to follow this law and sit in the wrong area would result in a fine of twenty five dollars or up to twenty days in jail. Homer Adolph Plessy was a businessman living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during the time of the Jim Crow Laws. He only had one African-American grandparent; therefore, he did not consider himself African-American.…