The first colonies of the British Empire were founded in North America (Virginia, 1607) and the West Indies (Barbados, 1625). Also indicated are the mainland colonies of British Honduras and British Guiana. The term British West Indies refers to the former English and British colonies and the present-day overseas territories…
American leader of the women’s suffrage movement. Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927), was an American leader of the women’s suffrage movement. There is a historical marker located outside the Homer Public Library in Licking County, Ohio to mark Woodhull as the…
On the all-time Yankees charts, he stands first in victories, innings pitched and shutouts. Ford’s . 690 winning percentage remains unmatched among AL pitchers with at least 150 wins. Away from baseball, Ford was a devoted family man to his wife, Joan, and to their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Ford…
Communism in Vietnam is linked to the Politics of Vietnam and the push for independence. Marxism was introduced in Vietnam with the emergence of three communist parties; the Indochinese Communist Party, the Annamese Communist Party and the Indochinese Communist Union, later joined by a Trotskyist movement led by Tạ Thu…
Indochina, also called (until 1950) French Indochina or French Indochine Française, the three countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia formerly associated with France, first within its empire and later within the French Union. France. Vietnam. French–Vietnamese relations started as early as the 17th century with the mission of the Jesuit…
It may be inferred that that part of the Vietnamization policy was a success, as it worked. The part that failed and brought about an unsuccessful end to the Vietnamization policy was getting the Southern Vietnamese forces to have the moral dedication and ambition to defend their own country and…
Nuclear Deterrence During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union each built a stockpile of nuclear weapons. Soviet policy rested on the conviction that a nuclear war could be fought and won. The United States adopted nuclear deterrence, the credible threat of retaliation to forestall enemy attack.…
Virginia was always an Anglican colony. After 1634, however, there were always Catholics on the northern Virginia border. In 1624 Virginia was made a crown colony. Because of the establishment of the English Church, hostility was shown to adherents of other beliefs and to Catholics in particular. Lord Baltimore attempted…
He is a fairly ambiguous individual throughout the literature, but is described as a strong king and a defender of his people. According to Arthurian legend, Merlin magically disguises Uther to look like his enemy Gorlois, enabling Uther to sleep with Gorlois’ wife Lady Igraine. Not to be confused with…
In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlementEnglish settlementThe first permanent English colony was established in Jamestown,…