… (Show more) Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, (born Jan. 12, 1746, Zürich—died Feb. 17, 1827, Brugg, Switz.), Swiss educational reformer, who advocated education of the poor and emphasized teaching methods designed to strengthen the student’s own abilities. Pestalozzi felt the same way as Rousseau about the role of education and the…
In Operation Enduring Freedom, the United States built a worldwide coalition of 70 countries that destroyed terrorist training camps, dismantled the brutal Taliban regime, denied al Qaeda a safe haven in Afghanistan, and saved a people from starvation. Verified by Expert. The accomplishment of the United States during War on…
For much of his reign he remained sceptical about the existence of witches with the supposed power to harm or heal. Despite this, James would have been aware that, if witches with the power to do harm actually did exist, they could represent a serious threat to both society and…
Zimmermann Telegram. Written By: Zimmermann Telegram, also called Zimmermann Note, coded telegram sent January 19, 1917, by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann to the German minister in Mexico. Zimmermann, Arthur: Zimmermann NoteEncoded text of the “Zimmermann Note,” sent January 16, 1917, in which Germany proposed a military alliance with Mexico…
Machiavelli wrote this political treatise after being exiled from Florence. He hoped to regain his position as a political advisor and diplomat after Prince Lorenzo de Medici came to power. Niccolò Machiavelli’s two most important works are Discourses on Livy (1531) and The Prince (1532), both of which were published…
The Tornado Intercept Vehicle 1 (TIV 1) is a heavily modified 1997 Ford F-Super Duty cab & chassis truck used as a storm chasingstorm chasingStorm chasing is broadly defined as the deliberate pursuit of any severe weather phenomenon, regardless of motive, but most commonly for curiosity, adventure, scientific investigation, or…
He was president during the Spanish–American War of 1898, raised protective tariffs to boost American industry, and rejected the expansionary monetary policy of free silver, keeping the nation on the gold standard. What did McKinley do for civil rights? The deteriorating position of U.S. African-Americans garnered no firm stance by…
Women did not compete in the ancient Olympics and married women were not even allowed to attend as spectators. The male athletes did not wear any clothes and competed naked. At the first Olympic Games in 776BCE there was just one event – the Stade – a 200 metre (222…
Miles’s Wife is mother of Anna and Beau. She left Miles and took Anna and Beau with her because she thought he sold his soul to the devil. But we do not know when in the book she died. This was just too weird for her to handle, and, thinking…
The Virginia Colony’s trade and export included tobacco, cotton, livestock, fruit, grain, and vegetables. Plantations were common in the Virginia Colony, where cotton and tobacco were often grown in large quantities. The result was a slave trade within the United States, with Virginia exporting people as a commercial product.. Transportation…