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Robert E. Lee
Words: 649 / Pages: 3 .... 26, 1829, Lee's mother died. Robert was at her bed when she died.
Then on June 30, 1831 Lee married Mary Curtis. On September 16, 1832, Mary
gave birth to George Washington Curtis Lee. Then in 1835 they had their
second child, Mary Curtis. Mrs. Lee was put on bed-rest for many months due
to illness. They had five more children: William Henry Fitzgerald, Annie,
Agnes, Robert and last Mildred. When he was home, they all attended
episcopal Church where he was raised.
On May 13, 1846 the United States declared was on their southern neighbor.
When Lee was 39, he headed for Mexico. Lee's will said that he was worth
about $38,750 with few depts. He only h .....
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Jon Bennet Ramsey
Words: 1837 / Pages: 7 .... come in at approximately 8-10 am that morning, and they would be informed of the whereabouts to exchange their daughter for the money. However, that call never came.
Patsy screamed up to John. They both re read the ransom note again. The police were dispatched to the Ramsey home at 5:25am.
It was within this most critical time period that the police made the biggest mistakes, which may be the reason why the case has yet to be solved and probably never will.
First off, when police were dispatched to the house that morning, they were told that there was a child missing, and there was a ransom note left behind. Any person with the sl .....
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Adam Smith
Words: 1011 / Pages: 4 .... in that he spoke to himself whenever he found himself without company, which was frequent. After his attendance of the grammar school Smith entered the University of Glasgow in 1737 and became a student of moral philosophy. He then transferred to Balliol College, Oxford, three years later. He continued to attend the college until 1746. In 1748 Smith began to deliver a series of public lectures in Edinburgh on “the progress of opulence”, or on wealth and its increase. In 1751 Smith was appointed professor of logic at Glasgow, and the next year he became the professor of moral philosophy. His subject matter included ethics, law, rhet .....
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Biography: Anne Sullivan (1866-1936)
Words: 212 / Pages: 1 .... when her family broke up. Eventually she attended the Perkins
School for the Blind in Boston. She was nicknamed "Spitfire" because she
behaved badly and was very rude; however the school's director realized
that she could become a talented pupil. Several years later, after two
operations, she regained her sight and graduated with honours.
Life with Helen
She came to work with Helen when she was 20 years old and a graduate of the
Perkins School for the Blind.
Her persistence in trying to reach the deaf-blind child was rewarded in the
now famous incident at the backyard pump. That breakthrough was
immortalized in Gibson's play, books, on television .....
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Benito Mussolini
Words: 468 / Pages: 2 .... he was wounded in 1917.
In 1919 Mussolini and some other war veterans founded a nationalistic
revolutionary group called the Fasci di Combattimento. His movement turned into
powerful radicalism, obtaining support from landowners in the Po valley,
industrialists, and many army officers. Fascist blackshirt squads carried on
civil war with Socialists, Communists, Catholics, and Liberals.
In October 1922 Mussolini secured permission from King Victor Emmanuel
lll to form a coalition government. In 1925-26, after a lengthy crisis with the
parliament following the killing of the Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti, he
imposed a Totalarian Dictatorship. .....
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Biography Of Martin Luther King Jr.
Words: 335 / Pages: 2 .... not
allowed to play with some white friends of his.
Martin also became accustomed to his liberal ideas while he was
still in grade school. This became known to his mother after Martin said
"You know, when I grow up to be a man, I'm going to hit this thing, and hit
it hard, Mother; there's no such thing as one people better than another.
The Lord created us all equal , and I'm going to see to that."
Over the years King was involved in many famous boycotts and
marches, but none of them matched his famous march in Washington. He gave a
speech that showed bigotry in the government. Now, just 20 years later, our
country is changing, and .....
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Joan Of Arc Was A Saint
Words: 1339 / Pages: 5 .... She said these figures gave her orders from God. They first appeared to her in the summer of 1424.
When I was thirteen, I had a voice from God to help me to govern myself. The first time, I was terrified. The voice came to me about noon: it was summer, and I was in my father’s garden. I had not fasted the day before. I heard the voice on my right hand, towards the church. There was a great light all about. (Trask 5)
Because of the fact that she heard these voices, Joan is sometimes regarded as insane. Her critics claim that she had hallucinations. However, this can be proven wrong. “If anyone has hallucinations, those hallucinations will not r .....
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Napoleon And Unrest In Europe
Words: 622 / Pages: 3 .... Europe. Legitimacy threatened Liberals causing revolts. The response was The Troppau Protocol and Carlsbad decrees. These banned revolution and promised military intervention. The first failure of the Troppau protocol was Greek Independence from the Ottoman Empire. This sparked two series of revolts. In Eastern and Central Europe the focus was nationalism. In Western Europe the focus was growing industrialization calling for lower class political participation. These revolutions threatened European unity.
In Italy Nationalism grew. Many movements and secret societies formed, including “risorgimento”, “Carbonari”, and the .....
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Charles Darwin
Words: 1139 / Pages: 5 .... and
entered him in the University of Edenburgh to study medicine. He found all
of his classes except chem istry dull. After two years at Edenburg, he
quit school and went to live with his Uncle Josiah Wedgewood. After he
abandoned medicine, his father urged him to attend Cambridge University to
study to be a clergyman. At Cambridge he met John Steven Henslow who
helped him regain his interest in nature. It was Henslow who was
influential in getting Darwin the position of naturalist on the boat The
Beagle. In April of 1831, he graduated from the University.
In the fall following his graduation, the government decided to
send the H.M.S. .....
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Christopher Columbus
Words: 1215 / Pages: 5 .... arrival. But Columbus, and those who followed him, recognized the significance of the New World; in this sense they certainly deserve credit for having “discovered” America.
Over five hundred years ago he landed in the Americas and now we are starting to question weather or not he should be given credit for discovering America. This doesn’t seem fare. After so many years without controversy it’s just been recently that we have started to question the lagitamitity of his discovery. What brought on this sudden change? Perhaps is was the coming of the five hundred year celebration of our country that brought this on, or maybe now some o .....
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