Federalists, in general, were men of wealth and position. They did not believe in democracy, rule by the people. For this reason, they strongly opposed the revolution in France. They were horrified by the execution of the French king and queen. However, the federalists were not sympathetic to the French…
When the FiNN LMG was introduced back in Season Five of Modern Warfare, it was so incredibly broken off the bat that players were picking up kills that had previously only been reserved for snipers. The LMG has been nerfed a few times since, slipping down the popularity rankings. ”…
Gagarin was killed with another pilot in the crash of a two-seat jet aircraft while on what was described as a routine training flight. His ashes were placed in a niche in the Kremlin wall. After his death in 1968 the town of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin. Yuri Gagarin: First…
Supported Four-Minute Men made short speeches for the Committee on Public InformationCommittee on Public InformationThe Committee on Public Information (1917–1919), also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to…
The ancient Greeks believed in gods who were involved in all aspects of human life—work, theater, justice, politics, marriage, battle. There was no separation of church and state. Religion The ancient Greeks believed that their gods were involved in all aspects of life. There was no separation of church and…
In 1835, Angelina joined the interracial Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, which had been founded two years earlier. In 1836, she wrote a powerful “Appeal to the Christian Women of the South,” which urged southern women to violate social custom to “read,” “pray,” “speak,” and “act” on the issue of slavery.…
By seeing no shadow as he emerged from his ceremonial burrow in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Groundhog Day 2011Groundhog Day 2011The 2011 Halloween nor’easter, sometimes referred to as “Snowtober,” “Shocktober,” “Storm Alfred,” and “Oktoberblast,” was a large low pressure area that produced unusually early snowfall across the northeastern United States and…
In some ways the Edict of emancipation helped to improve the lives of the serfs. It gave them freedom from their landowners, rights to own land, get married to whoever they liked and they couldn’t be bought or sold. ‘The Emancipation Edict of 1861 was successful in improving the lives…
The Sedition Act was not repealed until three years after the end of the war. In Schenck v. United States in 1919, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Espionage Act did not violate freedom of speech. Although it is still in force today, protections for free speech have been…
The euro arose from the 1991 Maastricht Treaty, in which the 12 original member countries of the European Community (now the European Union) created an economic and monetary union and a corresponding common unit of exchange. The new currency, the euro, was officially issued on January 1, 1999. World War…