The USS Congress, Cumberland

This chapter deals with the condition of Britain’s import of naval stores in the 1710s and William Wood’s mercantile view. In particular, this chapter illustrates that the development of the naval stores policy had a crucial influence on mercantilist’s view about the naval stores policy and the Northern Colonies by analysing the increase in the amount of imported American naval stores. After the War of the Spanish Succession, the amount of Britain’s import of American tar increased sharply from 333 lasts in 1711 to 2,097 lasts in 1715 and 3,773 lasts in 1716. There were some reasons for this rapid increase.

During the Civil War, Vanderbilt donated his largest and fastest steamboat to the Union Navy. The USS Vanderbilt was used to chase down Confederate raiders. By the end of the war, Vanderbilt was the richest man in America. The Civil War cost him his favorite son, his heir, and Vanderbilt sank into depression and began drinking. Tragically, in 1868, his wife passed away.

On May 8, 1776, thirteen Pennsylvania Navy row galleys, engaging a British forty-four-gun frigate and twenty-gun ship in the Delaware River, forced the forty-four aground. Daughan builds his thesis on this obscure incident. The general effectiveness of row galleys against broadside vessels, however, remains debatable. During the War of 1812, British warships in Chesapeake Bay easily neutralized Joshua Barney’s substantial flotilla of galleys and barges.

But they were met only by a deadly volley of rifle fire. At this point the Confederate Colors fell many of times. Finally realizing they could no longer hold their position the Confederates fell back crossing the bridge trying to still defend their position and losing many Confederate soldiers. They were order to retreat to Honey Springs were they held their

During the time of the Civil War, the U.S. Navy had just gotten a new ship the USS Monitor. This ship was not the same type of ship as the others they had. They were used to wooden vessels, and the USS Monitor was an iron steamship. The book Iron Coffin: War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor written by David A. Mindell shows what it was like to have to get accustomed to the new ship and the conflicts faced because of people’s thoughts on new technology.

This made the North realize that the war could not be won as easily as they thought beforehand. Army officer Irvin McDowell, along with his fellow federals, attacked the enemy across the small river while more troops attempted to bust through the enemies left flank. After a couple hours, the Union men were able to push back

Longstreet points out that the Confederates can easily win the battle because of their defensive strengths and the only way the Union can win is by great offence. Both decide the best option is to try to get between the Confederates and Washington D.C. in order to even have a chance at defeating the Union Army. As the Battle begins, Buford and his men wait for General Reynolds and his troops to come and help fight. Reynolds is killed.

They retreat and form camp. George Washington writes a letter of a desperate plea for help to defend Pennsylvania to congress. The find a house and use it as their headquarters for now. They wait for 2 more of their armies. A unexpected surprise comes up.

Smalls, therefore, planned to take his wife and children to freedom by water. After a careful planning, they sneaked out toward the Charleston port in the early morning of May 13, 1862 when all white sailors left the port. Then, they drove the ship out of the port and started heading toward Fort Sumter, the freedom getaway. Despite passing through the dangerous rebel routines and guns, they arrived at the Union lines. Immediately, they raised a white flag, surrendering the Planter to the Union troops.

And if God is God, why is He letting us suffer?” (1) The lifelong quest for answers to these questions shaped his theology

In Herman Melville’s “Billy Budd,” Captain the Honorable Edward Fairfax Vere is torn between the desires of personal, moral convictions and the letter of the law. Vere’s difficulties are represented by the decision to hang Billy or forgive him. Furthermore, Melville utilizes various biblical allusions and examples from history to promote his ideology through the character of Captain Vere. Melville introduces the historical background of the story before proceeding to describe life on the Bellipotent.

As the sun prepared to rise on the tenth day of February in the year 1675, life for the settlers of the town of Lancaster, Massachusetts was about to change forever. One of those settlers was a wife and mother by the name of Mary Rowlandson, soon to be taken prisoner by the aggressors, who would spend the next eleven weeks as a captive. Her story, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, is the harsh tale of struggle, loss, and hunger. Mary Rowlandson, like many of the settlers of the Puritan colony of Lancaster, was a devout Christian. Mary Rowlandson’s recollection of captivity is a story of the sovereignty of God, faith based hope, and the strength in perseverance.

During the colonial period many settlers came to the New World to escape persecution for their Puritan beliefs. Writers such as William Bradford, John Winthrop, Anne Bradstreet, and Mary Rowlandson all shared their experiences and religious devotion throughout their literature that ultimately inspired and influenced settlers to follow. This essay will discuss the similarities in Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson’s work as they both describe their experiences as signs from God. Anne Bradstreet came to the New World as a devoted Puritan as she repeatedly talked about it in her poetry. In her poems she discusses many tragedies that happened in her life such as; the burning of her house and the death of her two grandchildren all of which she thinks were signs from God.

As a farewell present from the colonies Moraley didn’t have an easy sail. Sailing down the Delaware, the ship “was overtaken by my old Master Edmund Lewis, who demanded me of the captain, on account of an indenture between myself and him” but on a tight schedule the captain told the former master that if stayed on the ship he would surly have gone to sea along with the boat. (93) The next day the ship strung a leak, requiring both himself and the crew to pump continually. Finally, hoping to (finally) be dismissed, in Ireland the captain proclaimed that as soon as he had sold all his cargo would he would carry Moraley to the port of Whitehaven where his mother and sisters were residing.

The arrival of the first Europeans in the Americas is dramatically captured through the many writers who attempted to communicate what they saw, experienced and felt. What is more, the very purposes of their treacherous travel and colonization are clearly seen in their writings; whether it is poetry, history or sermons. Of the many literary pieces available today, William Bradford and John Winthrop’s writings, even though vary because the first is a historical account and the second is a sermon, stand out as presenting a clear trust in God, the rules that would govern them and the reason they have arrived in the Americas. First of all, William Bradford provides an in-depth look into the first moment when the Puritans arrived in the Americas. In fact, he chronicles the hardships they face on their way to Plymouth, yet he includes God’s provision every step of the way.