Taylor, Alan. William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early Republic. New York: Random House, Inc., 1995. A book review by Jonesia Wilkins When writing William Cooper's Town, Alan Taylor connects local history with widespread political, economic, and cultural patterns in the early republic, appraises the balance of the American Revolution as demonstrated by a protrusive family's background, and merge the history of the frontier settlement with the visualizing and reconstituting
of whether or not the story is news worthy. The editor uses various different values to help him/her in their decision of what actually goes on the front page. Sometimes this judgment by the editor can be based solely on whether or not the story is going to grasp a lot of readers’ attention which would then boost newspaper sales. Other times the value system that is used is not so vague and meaningless. Some of these values that make stories news worthy are: its news values, prominence of the person
Karl Marx once said, “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” As a member of Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society, I would like to establish a young scholars league, in the elementary schools, where I can assign small portions of Bayonne histories to each chapter for them to promote it to their schools by having small assemblies. In addition, I can advertise Bayonne High School’s history department by explaining the advantages of participating in the various programs
Today I come before you with not good news, but bad news. I come before you not on a good cause, but one that is dear to me and you. Why is membership down and why are member leaving. I think member are leaving because of us. Membership is down because we have taken them for granted. We have asked our self why? We have the state of the art gym. We have a fabulous dining hall and we have catered to the people when they have come in the door. Now we have just stop caring and we have let people search
Franklin Square Franklin Square is located in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. Based on the United States Census Bureau, Franklin Square has an aggregate area of 2.9 square miles. The area of Franklin Square is margined on its north by Stewart Manor, on its northeast by Garden City, on its southwest by North Valley Stream, on its east by West Hempstead, and on it west by Elmont. HISTORY The earliest white settlers used the former Franklin Square,as the grazing land, and eventually
Johnnie Lucille Collier, professionally known as Ann Miller, was an American dancer, singer, and actress. She is mostly remembered for her work in the classical Hollywood musical films of 1940s and 1950s. Miller was born in Texas on April 12, 1923 to Clara Emma and John Allison Collier, a criminal lawyer who represented the Barrow Gang, Machine Gun Kelley, and Baby Face Nelson. Miller’s father insisted on the name Johnnie because he wanted a boy; Miller was often called Annie. She started taking
to New York! I’m about to tell you some amazing facts about incredible state! The name, New York means Duke of York. It was named that, because the English took over the colony in 1664. They then changed the name to New York to honer to duke of york. The state motto is “ excelsior “ it means ever upward. The state bird is the Eastern Bluebird. The state insect is a Ladybug, and the state flower is a Rose. Major cities in New York are, Niagara falls, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and New York, the
Jamesport Manor Inn, Long Island, New York The storyteller is a 65 year old Hispanic woman from Riverhead, New York. I collected the story over the phone on April 2, 2006. She started off by telling me that the story took place in 1988 on Long Island. Her landlord had told her about a wonderful restaurant that she just had to go to, so on a Friday night the storyteller and her husband decided to try it out. When stepping up to the Jamesport Manor Inn she had a creepy feeling just from looking
The atmosphere at Winn Correctional Center can be summed up with a single word – unqualified. It affects the prisoners, the rehabilitation process, the staff, and the community. What immediately stood out at Winn was how easy it was to become a prison guard. With no police or guard background, reporter Shane Buster, began receiving calls a week later for jobs as a prison guard; ending up getting picked up by the nations second largest private prison company, CCA. As stated in part one of “My Four
of it, she was joining her parents and brothers and sisters on a voyage to the New World. The Jemison family landed in Philadelphia and soon joined the other Scotch-Irish immigrants on the western frontier, a place that promised them cheap land and freedom. Thomas Jemison took his family to the Marsh Creek settlement near South Mountain (not far from present day Gettysburg PA), raised a cabin, and began to build a new life. Although life was hard on the western edge of the colony of Pennsylvania
Book Report on Clara Barton Clara Barton attacked many social problems of the 1800’s. From creating a free school, to being on the front lines helping soldiers in the Civil War, to creating the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was a humanitarian. She fought for what she believed in and because of her never-ending fight for people, the world is a different place. Clara Barton was born during 1821 in Massachusetts. As a young child, Barton learned a great deal of schooling from her older
“I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past” as said by Clara Barton. One of the most remarkable human being in this world, Clara Barton, has made this world a better place. She was kind-hearted and ready to lend a hand. Always striving to make the world a better place, Clara Barton made a difference
It took three years for her brother to regain his health. This experience helped her overcome her shyness and was the first step to her medical career. Clara began teaching in schools at the age of 18. She later opened a free school in Bordentown, New Jersey. She soon learned that she couldn’t be the principal of the school that she founded because the job went to a man instead. Devastated, Clara came to the decision that she needed a serious change and moved to Washington D.C. Clara moved to Washington
Revolution was a war that affected many settlements in social and political ways. The expansion of the United States caused many Americans to question the beliefs from the colonial past, and this would cause a shift in the present social order. Various new settlements brought about many struggles over distribution of property and political offices. All of the struggles were the key to define the social disorder that occurred during the post Revolutionary War time period. Taylor proved his thesis valid