The Battle of King’s Mountain The Battle of Kings Mountain was a pivotal battle between the Patriot and Loyalist militias in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The actual battle took place on October 7, 1780, nine miles south of the present-day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina in York County, South Carolina, where the Patriot militia defeated the Loyalist militia. The Battle of King’s Mountain was a key point of the American Revolution because of its major participants, war strategies, and its significance overall outcome to the Revolution. In May of 1780, Major Patrick Ferguson was appointed Inspector of Militia. He was tasked with marching to the old Tryon County area, raise and organize Loyalist units from the Tory population of the Carolina Backcountry, and protect the left flank of Lord Cornwallis' main body at Charlotte, North Carolina.
“How Constantine rose to Power” When his father was made Caesar, Constantine was left at the court of the emperor Diocletian, where he was under the watchful eye of Galerius, who was Caesar with Constantius. When Diocletian and Maximian resigned in 305, Constantius and Galerius became emperors. Constantius requested that Constantine be sent to him in Britain, and Galerius reluctantly complied. Constantius died at York the next year. There, his soldiers proclaimed Constantine emperor, but much rivalry for the vacated office ensued.
Neuropathy prevented Ian seeing where his body was which is a petrifying feeling; literally Ian was “The Man who Lost His Body”. It took a year for Ian to stand up safely and six months to put on his sock, this sensory process was long and tedious. This documentary taught me how we are fortunate to have sensory abilities; most people take it for granted because it’s natural. It was unbelievable how Ian recovered from this illness. The doctors told him that he will be in the wheel chair for the rest of his life but he was determined to regain his strength and movement.
This pyramid remains as one of the seven wonders of the world. This pyramid took at least 20 years to build, the pyramids architect was Hemiunu who was also known as Khufu’s vizier because of this he was the most powerful man besides Khufu. The pyramid of Giza was also believed to be a stairway into heaven. (7) . The base of the pyramid covers 13.1 acres, and it rises to a height of 481.4ft.
He restored confidence in the government, replenished the treasury, and introduced an efficient public works department, and promoted peace and prosperity. Tiberius At the death of Augustus his adopted son Tiberius was chosen to succeed him. The imperium or power that Augustus had received under constitutional regulations and for a limited period was conferred on Tiberius for life. He was fifty six years old at the time of his succession and had been engaged during most of his life in the service of the state, so that he was novice in politics. Augustus insisted that he divorce the wife whom he loved and that he marry Julia, Augustus daughter, a woman of openly profligate life.
Rome was one of the most successful empires in history. The Roman Republic won an overseas empire beginning with the Punic Wars. The Second Punic War was both a defining moment and a turning point in Roman history. The Roman republic was supreme throughout the Mediterranean. By the end of the first century B.C, Rome controlled almost all of the known world (along the Mediterranean).
Dr. Manette is the first person to experience resurrection in A Tale of Two Cities. He is taken away from his pregnant wife and then imprisoned for eighteen very long years causing him to go insane. By being released from the Bastille by the French Government he is given the chance to redeem himself. He is originally put in the care of Monsieur Defarge and is suddenly recalled to life. However, his rebirth has just begun and is not complete until Lucie and Mr. Lorry nurse him back to health.
Civil War Diary October 27, 2012 DeWitt Clinton Gallaher From the spring of 1861 to 1865 there was a war between the states, now known as the Civil War. During this time period many soldiers of the battlefield kept diaries of the events that occurred both on and off the battlefield. DeWitt Clinton Gallaher was a Confederate Cavalry Soldier from spring of 1864 till the end of the war, 1865. He was born in Jefferson County, Virginia in 1845. During his youth his family moved to Waynesboro, Virginia.
He wrote poetries and loved arts and gardens. He gained many accomplishments. He died at the age of 47 in 1530. After Babur’s death, most of his territory that he gained lost because of his incompetent son, Humayun. After the nine years of his death, his body was return to Kabul and buried in the Bagh-e Babur.
In The Great Gatsby, fascinating novel by Fitzgerald, Gatsby, the main character, begins to decline and loose all hope after the fall of his illusions. Gatsby had lived for five year immerged in a world of his own, created by his fervid imagination to gain the approval of the girl he loved. When he realizes she isn’t enough in respect to his dreams, and that he has lost her, he begins to decline and loose all faith in life. His lost of hope leads to his end, both emotional and social, therefore George Wilson made Gatsby a favor by killing him and giving an end to his disastrous decline. The fall of Gatsby’s illusions, is mainly caused by the excessive hope and expectations Gatsby had towards Daisy, which she couldn’t possibly fulfill.