Why Did John Williams Raid

David McCullough is the author of “1776” a book taking about the revolutionary war. It all started with the American colonies wanting their freedom.1775 is when everything started building up to 1776 when the American Revolution when the revolutionary war was started. The Americans where done being under the British control. So when the American took action to get their freedom British was not to happy about it. America wanted to be their own country and the British did not want that happing.

The Trent Affair was a huge affair and problematic situation that went down between the United States and Great Britian. It took place from November 1861 to December 1861. This time period was also when the Civil War took place, which heightened the rage and fear of American people. The affair began when a ship, the USS San Jacinto, took control of two American messengers that were just seeking British, French, and English aid.

Elizabeth Bacon meant that young Nathaniel Bacon thought that he was in a higher class than those around him when he went to Virginia. Nathaniel Bacon was a “vain and arrogant man,” which means that he didn’t treat those around him with much respect. He didn’t get along with those around him, which is why Elizabeth Bacon and her husband had to help Nathaniel Bacon and his wife settle down. 2. Do you think that the fact that Nathaniel Bacon was related to Berkeley’s wife had anything to do with his appointment?

On the morning of August 23, Officers Rufus Daniels and Lee Sparks who are known for their brutal treatment of blacks throughout Houston, assaulted and dragged a partial clothed black women out of her home in front of her five children (Holley). Both Daniels and Sparks accused the woman of hiding a dice player-which whom they were looking for in the neighborhood- in her home. At the time Houston had the largest black community in the state of Texas, with a police force that was particularly aggressive towards black people. During the altercation Alonso Edwards, a soldier from the 24th Infantry tried to intervene and help the woman, but was beaten and arrested too (Gray). Corporal Charles Baltimore, a military policeman from the 3rd Battalion took it upon himself to investigate the arrest of

Question 4 (a): Did PC Williams have the power to carry out a search under s.1 PACE? According to (PACE Code, 1984), S.1 ss (1.1) states that ‘power to stop and search must be used fairly, responsibly with respect for people being searched and without discrimination.’ Therefore, referring to the facts of the case: ‘PC Williams’ thinks he recognises the youth as Patrick Jones based on the youth’s black scruffy looking and wearing a baseball cap. Added to that, his suspicion was based on the number of times that he has arrested Patrick Jones before for theft and burglary offences.’

Everything stared in 1757 when the French and the British were fighting for the territory of North America. As well, Indian tribes helped on the war fighting for both sides. The most important character in the story are Chingachook, his son Uncas, and the adopoted son Hawkeye. The British army needs new volunteers to fight against to the French, so Colonist Jack Winthrop and a group of other colonist leave for Albany in New York. Winthrop leave to talk with General Weed about these terms.

Mary Beth Norton seems to have entered into a single-minded telling, trying to link the Indian wars as the sole answer to “Essex County Witch Trials”. The French and Indians were involved in an up rise of accusations, sure. But Norton’s reasoning behind how the Indian wars had not happened, maybe these trials would not have occurred, does not make sense. Norton tries to wiggle her out of it by stating that she does not believe that the Second Indian War caused these trials but that it “created the conditions that allowed the crisis to develop as rapidly and as extensively as it did.” As an example she uses “repeated spectral sightings of the black man” and “establishes a crucial connection” found throughout records on Salem, as a direct link

Ariana Stickell Mrs. Blomme Honors 2 September 2014 Bacon’s Rebellion The definition of a rebellion is an open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler that affects many. Bacon’s Rebellion was just that. It affected both the Native Americans and colonists and led to devastating consequences. There was no winner to this rebellion, both sides fell and one side lost everything.

The French and Indian War of 1754 The war was started by the French and British on the same claims. Indians were crucial in the war they were allies to both sides of the war. The British were the strongest army in the entire world at the time but it wasn’t the easiest for Britain, their army was strong but it took them quite a while to defeat the french. The British won and kicked out the french from America permanently.

Tensions were high during the few years before the Civil War broke out in 1861, and there were many abolitionists during this time. One of the most well-known abolitionists was John Brown, who led a raid on Harpers Ferry armory on October 16th, 1859. The attack on the armory caused the citizens in America to take up sides in the fight against slavery. The biggest question about this raid is what caused John Brown to risk everything by attacking a federal armory? John Brown, was a man that opposed slavery with every chance he got.

During American Revolution many changes happened. For me Amercian Revolution is complete change for American history. British government don’t give any respect to the colonists. American revolution showed changes social equality, rights of American. There were many things happened during that time, for example Pontiac’s rebellion, proclamation of 1763, sugar act, currency act, tea act, Boston Massacre, etc.

The village of Paxton was located in eastern Pennsylvania. Paxton became a place of political and racial unrest during Pontiac’s Rebellion. Paxton was still part of the frontier until the 1760’s and was populated by Scots-Irish. They requested soldiers and weapons because of their vulnerability to attack. Their request was ignored because of the legislators who were Quakers.

Bystander behaviour can generally be described as the actions people take when they witness an emergency situation in a public place. There have been many studies on bystander behaviour, this essay will explore two approaches to explain this behaviour. It will look at the experimental method performed by Latané and Darley and at the discourse analysis done by Levine. First the essay will describe and outline the methods.after that it will examine the similarities as well as the contrast between those techniques. Latané and Darley did their research on bystander behaviour in the aftermath of the murder case of Catherine `Kitty´ Genovese,which happened in the Suburbs of New York in 1964.

Synopsis: In this chapter the protagonist, Mary Anne Bell, comes to be with her boyfriend Mark Fossie during war. When she first comes over she is a very innocent girl, but at the end of the chapter she is violent and addicted to war. Figurative Language: #1- (simile)“And over the next two weeks they stuck together like a pair of high school steadies.”

When the shooting ended, several people were dead and more were wounded. ”(Document C). With no freedoms, the colonists felt caged