The movie “the incredible journey of Mary Bryant “follows the life of Cornish born convict Mary Bryant (born Broad) who was sentenced to transportation after she was charged and originally sentenced to death for assault and robbery her death sentence was the changed to 7 years transportation to Australia, although the movie significantly changed some parts of her life which makes some of the movie fabricated but evidence that it is for the most part historically accurate can be found. The movie begins and it shows Mary as she is about to commit her crime as she is walking through a forest and lays down on the ground to act as if she is dead or injured and as an older lady comes over to see what is going on she leaps up and steals her bag and …show more content…
When the first fleet first arrived at Botany bay they soon experienced difficulties as shown in the movie, the waters were too shallow to use as a harbour for any of the boats and the soil was sandy and was unsuitable for planting any crops and there wasn’t any direct access to fresh and clean water, Captain cook recorded about another sight a few kilometres away from Botany bay which he named Port Arthur a few years prior to the arrival of the first fleet in Botany …show more content…
In the movie, it shows when Mary escapes the colony of NSW with her two children, her husband William and a few other convicts and together they sailed in an open boat all the way to Timor in the movie it shows one convict being arrested and sent back to the colony and another dying and according to “Mary Bryant’s tea leaves” all the convicts arrive alive and healthy and the crew was the same size as when they first left so the movie fabricates this scene a
Jennie Wade was the only civilian to die in the battle of Gettysburg. Jennie Wade was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and died there just twenty short years later. The battle of Gettysburg was then known as one of the bloodiest battles in the American civil war. This caused a single civilian to lose their life, Jennie Wade was that person to die at Gettysburg. Many other civilians died in the war itself, but only she died at Gettysburg.
I believe Mary escaped with her fellow convicts because a number of reasons. Mary's husband, William, had been caught selling fish privately that was meant to be sold for English profit. The sentence that William received for this was 100 lashes. After this, he was allowed to keep his job after a demotion but this would have made it hard for the Bryant's, and so they might have thought that escaping was an easy solution. After the fleet lost a lot of its cargo which was mainly food, the convicts and soldiers alike found that they were running out of food and the first fleet went into a state of famine. This would've encouraged many of the convicts that there was a better life even if it was in the middle of the ocean.
The idea of establishing a colony in Botany Bay started with the “Matra’s Proposal”# in August 1783. Matra’s idea was that there was a possibility of a new colony of the Americans who had remained loyal to Britain during the War of Independence, this idea being rejected by all. Botany Bay was then seen as a solution to the ever growing number of filled rotting convict hulks along the River Thames and the overpopulated goals. The proposal for the establishment of the new colony being “Heads of Plan”# addressed the effective disposal of the convicts to the new colony. With Britain continuing to send convicts to Australia for many decades, the cost involved in transporting the convicts would be greatly decreased and it would be better than dealing with the problem of the overcrowded hulks and goals in England and the costs associated with feeding the convicts etc.
In 1770, Captain James Cook discovered, and claimed Australia to be controlled by the control King George III of England. However by 1788, this new territory was colonized by what is known as the First Fleet, which consisted of eleven ships, and approximately 1,350 people. These colonists landed in Camp Cove, where they encountered the Cadigal natives. This was the first colony Britain set up in Australia. Soon after, the Second Fleet arrived with the necessary food and other supplies needed to survive.
As the Great Depression and the World War came to a dramatic close during the mid 1940s, the American society prepared for a redefinition of its core ideologies and values. During this time, the idea of a quintessential “American family” was once again reinforced after two decades of social strife. Under such historical context, the 1941 novel Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain and its 1945 film adaptation by Michael Curtiz both carries a strong idea that when one, especially a female, tries to disobey their traditional family roles and social etiquettes, undesirable consequences would inevitably follow. However, the film adaptation, utilizing a slightly different narrative configuration and plot organization, further intensifies and emphasizes
The History of Mary Prince is the story of the first female British slave to escape slavery. The book is told by Mary herself, and was used to help the anti-slavery movement. This book is the main source of information on Mary’s life, but there is no way to ensure that all of it is authentic. One should be aware of who truly had the control over this book, and how it may have affected whether or not all of the stories Mary had to tell got in. Without following the standard expected of her, she may not have ever been able to share her experiences like this. Mary Prince was able to convey her story of slavery to others by following the expectations set by the Antislavery Society, such as emphasizing Christianity, only including likable character
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks historically known as Rosa Parks, was born February 4,1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama and past away from natural causes at age 92, on October 24,2005 in Detroit, Michigan. Parks lived with her mother Leona McCauley and her father James McCauley. Ater on in 115 her brother was born Sylvester Parks her only sibling.Both of park’s parents worked, her mother was employed as a teacher and her father was employed as a carpenter . Some time later after Parks’s brother was born her mother and father separated. Once the separation was final, Parks moved with her mother to Pine Level, Alabama while her brother and father moved to Montgomery, Alabama. parks was homeschooled by her mother until age 11 and attended Industrial
Rosa Parks got numerous honors amid her lifetime, including the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP's most noteworthy grant, and the prestigious Martin Luther King Jr. Honor. On September 9, 1996, President Bill Clinton granted Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the most noteworthy honor given by the United States' official branch. The next year, she was granted the Congressional Gold Medal, the most elevated recompense given by the U.S. administrative branch. In 1999, TIME magazine named Rosa Parks on its rundown of "The 20 most compelling People of the twentieth Century."
The story of Marcenia Lyle, the first and only female to played in the all-man professional Baseball league. This is a true story about an incredible, positive minded and discipline little girl (Marcenia Lyle), her dream was to be a professional baseball player, but at that time the (in the 1930s) there was no professional league for females. Marcenia was so passionate, determine to fulfill her dream for Baseball, in spite of gender discrimination, financial difficulties, people opinion and all others obstacles that could prevent her from accomplishing her dream, she didn’t surrender or throw in the towel on the dream of becoming a pro-player. Nevertheless, she practices, even harder with focus on her goal, eventually, against all odd, proof that what a “male can do female can even do it better”. Hence, she was selected to an all-male camp to practice professional baseball. Marcenia Lyle is not only the only female to play in the man professional baseball league, but also is the greatest female to ever played baseball.
Lucille Mulhall was born on October 21, 1885 in Oklahoma and died December 21, 1940 in Oklahoma when she got in a terrible vehicle accident. She is the first born child of Zach (1847-1931) and Mary Agnes Mulhall (1859-1931). Her sister’s name is Margaret Reed (1906-1925) and she was the last child born. She married her first husband in 1916 and his name was Martin Van Bergen. Lucille then divorced this man and married a man named Thomas Loyd Burnett (1871-1939). He was born in Denton County, Texas and died in Wichita County, Texas on December 26, 1938. Lucille Mulhall was a soft spoken and beautiful young lady. She was very feminine and had a very good education. When she was a teenager, she was known as one of the top cowboy performers in
Mildred Day and Malitta Jensen had a problem. Often times amazing things can happen when people can find a solution to a problem. These homemakers were leaders of a Campfire Girls group. They needed the girls to make something that they could sell to raise funds for activities. The year was 1939 and these two busy ladies came up with Rice Krispie treats. They have truly become a world wide treat.
Ruby Nell Bridges played a significant role within the civil rights movement because she led the fight in desegregating schools in the south by being the first black student to attend an all white school there. She was born on September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi. This was the same year that the Supreme Court made its Brown v. Board of Education decision. At the age of four she and her family moved from Mississippi to New Orleans.
Shirley Chisholm was a crucial figure in Black politics, and the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress. She defeated civil rights leader James Farmer on November 5, 1968, and served 7 terms in the House of Representatives till 1982. Also, she was the first woman and person of color to run for President. Chisholm is a model of independence and honesty and has championed several issues including civil rights, aid for the poor, and women 's rights.
Ruby Bridges is an enlightenment and a true speaker. She had a good past with a few bumps in the road, and grew into the city life. Afterward she started school, with growing corrections. Ruby is a Builder and built her life on hope courage and faith. She is all of this, and more. This Paper is her Past before school has started. What school she went to and changes in schools. As well as how she lives today .Ruby Bridges is an inspiration to all black people. This is her story, throughout the time of 1863.
The book Mary Reilly is the sequel to the famous The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a stark, ingeniously woven, engaging novel. That tells the disturbing tale of the dual personality of Dr. Jekyll, a physician. A generous and philanthropic man, his is preoccupied with the problems of good and evil and with the possibility of separating them into two distinct personalities. He develops a drug that transforms him into the demonic Mr. Hyde, in whose person he exhausts all the latent evil in his nature. He also creates an antidote that will restore him into his respectable existence as Dr. Jekyll. Gradually, however, the unmitigated evil of his darker self predominates, until finally he performs an atrocious murder. His saner self determines to curtail those alternations of personality, but he discovers that he is losing control over his transformations, that he slips with increasing frequency into the world of evil. Finally, unable to procure one of the ingredients for the mixture of redemption, and on the verge of being discovered, he commits suicide.