... first recorded Cajun-Creole conflict took place during the summer of 1770. Governor O’Reilly had established a certain amount of funds to be contributed by the Cajuns for the local “cemetery, yard, and garden.” When Commandment Nicolas Verret tried to force the Cajuns to pay more than the previously established amount, they objected profusely. The Cajuns gave in only when given an ultimatum by the chief executive. This confrontation was followed by two major disputes: the Bellevue and Valentin affairs. The Bellevue incident took place in September, 1770 when Governor Luis de Unzaga directed chevalier Le Grand de Bellevue to survey property holdings along t ...

... helped their mother country defeat the French and Indians. Little did the colonists know that rather than receiving credit for their contributions in the war, England would instead find numerous ways to profit better from the colonies. England did not allow the colonists to move onto the newly acquired land from the war. The colonists were "land-hungry" (p.115) because they were now free to move past the Appalachian Mountains. However, England shocked the colonies by issuing the Proclamation of 1763. This document prohibited the colonists to settle beyond the Appalachians. The document's purpose was to enable England to work out the land problem with ...

... the United States Civil War affected every person around the globe. If given a short background on the United States Civil War, one would learn this series of battles was based on a nation going to war over maintaining or abolishing the slavery of African Americans on U.S. soil. In the end, the Union armies of the North dramatically defeat the Confederate armies of the South, ending slavery once and for all with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. All these things might be true but very often the roles of women, blacks, and the white men fighting are forgotten. Every person in every country Clarkson 2 can relate to the battles Americans face ...

... before battle. When George would ask the leaders in Washington for more supplies and men they would turn him down. So he would delay an attack until he thought he was ready for battle. This unfortunately cost him his career in the miltary. After he was out of the military, he was nominated as a presidential candidate, but not surprising to Geoge he lost the election. George wanted to live a normal life after this and due to investments he would be able to live comfortably for a long time. Later he and his family traveled to England and spent three and half years touring all over Europe. While he was in Europe President Lincoln was assassinated, when George h ...

... the next several years. The memories of the first four years in Frankfurt began to disappear. With her playmates she draws chalk lines on the street and plays happily "Heaven and hell". She lets no pram pass by without looking at the babies. It's a celebration when she can spend the night with her friends Lies and Jopie. After she took care for her black cat "Moortje" at home, she goes with important looking face to the neighbor’s house, in her hand a big case. It is empty, but it belongs to the real "Go away". In bed there's a long giggling and chatter before they sleep in. In business Mr. Frank was proposed as Managing Director of the firm Travies N .V., ser ...

... of Charles II, whose new models of government helped to change ideals in religion not only in Europe, but also in the world. James I handed the reigns of the commonwealth to his only male heir Charles, who at the age of 25 still had no wife, and therefore was not bringing any legitimate heirs to the throne with him (Chapman 17). Charles I was a firm believer in divine right. During his reign he rarely asked for help, believing his decisions as those ordained by god (Kagan 451). As stated by Howard Tomlinson: “The most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right, being the ordinance of God himself, founded in the prime laws of nature, and clearly establ ...

... ambition by showing how the government would be run if a new party took over. This goal was achieved by stating the rights of man. “We hold these truths to be self evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This statement made people hopeful and feel kindly toward this new government. The final step in the preparation for a new government was separation from the old government. This was declared twice in e. In the beginning, “That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, driving their just powers from the conse ...

... Picasso's audience--meaning people who had heard of him and seen his work, at least in reproduction--was in the tens, possibly hundreds, of millions. He and his work were the subjects of analysis, gossip, dislike, adoration and rumor. He was a superstitious, sarcastic man, sometimes rotten to his children, often mean to his women. He had contempt for women artists. His famous remark about women being "goddesses or doormats" has rendered him odious to feminists, but women tended to walk into both roles open-eyed and eagerly, for his charm was legendary. He was also politically lucky. Though to Nazis his work was the epitome of "degenerate art," his fame protect ...

... this essay, by an African American woman I have a greater insight into why these people would use what I thought to be such a demeaning, demoralizing word. I can now see the word can have many meanings. "… In my third grade class… I remarked that once again (the little boy) had received a much lower mark than I did… he spit out that word…"(232) here I saw the meaning of the word that I saw, the only meaning I knew. A derogatory remark used to demean an African American person. Then as I read into the story more I saw another meaning, "…the word was always applied to a man who had distinguished himself… that brought approval for his strength, intelligence, or drive ...

... best way to solve China’s social and economic problems. He wanted to stop the landlords from exploiting the farmers. Under the rule of the Communist party, the people owned all the economic areas of China, and these would be controlled by the Communist government. All of the people would work for the common goal of the country. As a result, Chinese socialism was born. The pre-communist history of modern China has been essentially one of weakness, humiliation and failure. This is the atmosphere in which the Communist Party developed its leadership and early growth. This resulted in strong determination by chairman Mao to eliminate foreign ...