It was these moral which then forced Darrow to quit corporate law and help the people, he began practicing labor law and in 1894 Darrow represented Eugene V. Debs, the leader of the American Railway Union, who was prosecuted by the federal government for leading the Pullman Strike of 1894. Darrow severed his ties with the railroad to represent Debs, making a financial sacrifice. He saved Debs in one trial but could not keep the union leader from being jailed in another. Ammirus Darrow was a very important influence on his son Clarence. Ammirus was an iconoclast who publicly expressed atheistic views and abolitionist beliefs which deeply influenced and had a lasting impact on the young Clarence Darrow.
Tecumseh Biography Tecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee. Tecumseh worked to unite other Indian tribes to against white expansion into the west in the early 1800s, and he was also became a hero figure in American Indian and Canadian history. Tecumseh was born in March, 1768 on the Scioto River, near Chillicothe, Ohio. He was the second son of Pucksinwah, the Shawnee warrior who was killed in the Battle of Point Pleasant. With the last aspiration of his father, he was trained to be a warrior and never made peace with the whites.
Canadians in the Second Battle of Ypres Sean Chia Wei Hsiung Social Studies 11 2-4 Mr. Schroeder November 4th Canada was dragged into an irrelevant war by Britain after its declaration of independence in 1867 against Germany due to its unchanged foreign policy. Canada played an essential role for Great Britain in many battles in World War I (WWI). The most important battle was the second battle of Ypres. In order to support its mother country, Canada shipped large amount of soldiers and volunteers to Britain, and provided numerous weapons and ammunition, which resulted in the success of the second battle of Ypres. Canadian forces saw their first engagement of WWI as part at the second battle of Ypres, showing their valour in the battle of Gravenstafel, Kitchener’s Woods, and Saint Julien.
Canada was a popular fur trapping place because of the exceeding beaver population. French missionaries also looked north to find Indians to convert into Christians. The french were also interested in building an empire and looked north to do so. The Clash of Empires Know: Treaty of Utrecht, War of Jenkins's Ear, James Oglethorpe, Louisbourg 3 Describe the early wars between France and Britain. Indians were normally recruited to fight for both sides and many times, the wars extended outward to the settlements.
Much like soldiers of today, the Canadian soldier of the First World War carried a large allotment of equipment. We will investigate the main piece of equipment of the Canadian Infantry soldier, the Ross rifle. This Veteran of the Canadian Military, both militia and professional, found it amusing to read of Hughes describing professional soldiers as parasites. As a militia officer Hughes had a definite preference for the militia over the professional soldiers under him but one must question his beliefs. How can a part time militia soldier (one who only practices soldering for a few weeks out of a year) be better at soldiering than a professional full-time soldier?
He lived in the Currumpaw valley in New Mexico. Many call him the king of it. During the 1890's, Lobo and his pack, were killing the settlers’ livestock. The ranchers tried to kill Lobo and his pack by trying to poison them. They also tried to kill them by using traps and by hunting parties, but these attempts failed.
Little is known about Black Hawks childhood except that he was born a great grandfather of a principal chief of the Sauk (nanamaka aka “Thunder”). Black Hawk showed great promise as a teenager, and as a military leader which would eventually lead to him being considered the only great Indian leader to come out of Illinois. Black Hawk went with his father on a war party against the Osages tribe with the Muscow nation (Could be the more readily known Mascouten nation) because both the Sauk and the Muscow hated the Osages for stealing their hunting lands and crop fields. During the battle between the two parties Black Hawk killed a man, which by the age of 15 had him gain merit and become a young brave (a Native American Warrior) which was a great honor and is stated in his
He had a rough relationship with the Natives Americans. He kicks them out of America and formed an ally with the Cherokee Chief. Who soon betrayed Andrew Jackson and went with the British. Jackson fought them in the war of 1812 and thought they were of an inferior race. He burned their towns and crops and killed women and kids.
Soon the Native Americans began participating in the fur trade across the seas trading fur for other substances. When western settlers hunted buffalo killing them off, native life started to fail. Native American did not know how to survive. The whites had destroyed the living way if Natives by killing off the buffalo. Native Americans were forced to apply the American culture when western settlers had moved on to their land.
In the history of Native Americans the discovery of gold on their land caused great tragedies and devastation and became a significant factor of Native American history. Native Americans were invaded by European explorers who took their land and built the United States we have now. Europeans were driven to North American to seek freedom from the European rulers. They went through the many struggles of long travel, adapting to new environments and dealing with the native populations. As a result of European settlement, many populations of Native Americans were brought to near extinction.