The list of Motown artists reads like a who’s who in music—Diana Ross & the Supremes, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, the Four Topsthe Temptations, the Four TopsThe Temptations Show was a one-hour syndicated television special starring Motown singing group The Temptations, which aired on July…
The coureurs des bois (or coureurs de bois), translated as wood runners or runners in the woods, were travelling, unlicensed fur tradersfur tradersThe fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern…
Holy Alliance, a loose organization of most of the European sovereigns, formed in Paris on Sept. 26, 1815, by Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of Austria, and Frederick William III of Prussia when they were negotiating the Second Peace of Paris after the final defeat of Napoleon. Holy Alliance,…
This new party, commonly referred to as the “Dixiecrats”, nominated South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond for president. The Dixiecrats won most of the deep South, where Truman was not on the ballot. The new party collapsed after the election, while Thurmond became a Republican in the 1960s. Let’s review. Dixiecrats…
The steelmaker Andrew Carnegie, the banker J.P. MorganJ.P. MorganJohn Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › J._P._MorganJ. P. Morgan – Wikipedia, the oilman John D. Rockefeller, and…
1- George Washington (1789–1797) 2- John Adams (1797–1801) 3- Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) 4- James Madison (1809–1817) 5- James Monroe (1817–1825) 6- John Quincy Adams (1825–1829) 7- Andrew Jackson (1829–1837) 8- Martin Van Buren (1837–1841) George Washington. On top of our list is a humble military general known as the father…
The three main rival contenders for the throne were Harold Godwinson , Harald Hardrada and William of NormandyWilliam of NormandyIn 1066, following the death of Edward the Confessor, William invaded England, leading an army of Normans to victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings,…
English settlers, led by Leonard Calvert, set sail on Ark and Dove from Cowes, England, for Maryland. Calvert had been appointed Maryland’s first Governor by his brother, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, following grant of Maryland Charter by Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland. The settlers’ fishing improved…
A part of the suggested span transcript after expanded is And andrew his brother james the son of zebedee. And john his brother philip and bartholomew thomas and matthew the tax collector james the son of alphas. And thaddeus simon the zealot. Peter. Also known as Simon,Simon Peter,or Cephas (Rock),Peter…
Historical background. The first “interracial” marriage in what is today the United States was that of the woman today commonly known as Pocahontas, who married tobacco planter John Rolfe in 1614. The first ever law prohibiting interracial marriage was passed by the Maryland General Assembly in 1691. In 1958, Mildred…