Jose Marti, the hero of the Cuban people, both talked about this fighter for the independence of Latin America, freed from Spanish colonial rule, several countries: "On Bolivar need to speak to the mountain top, and that thunder and blinding lightning, talk about it listened to all liberated peoples, and at their feet lay prostrate and decapitated tyranny. " Back in August 1805 on the Roman hill of Monte Sacro Simon Bolivar vowed to fight for the liberation of South America from the Spaniards, and dedicated to this great cause all my life. The overthrow of Spanish colonial rule took many years of struggle, in which lesions were interspersed with successes and brilliant victories over the forces of colonialism. In the vast expanses of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, under the blows of the people in revolt crumbled foundations of
The Alamo which was known as the Battle site is now “the most popular tourist site in Texas.” The Battle of San Jacinto was led by Sam Houston on April 21, 1836. The Texas Army defeated the Mexican Army and many died from the Mexican Army. The general of the Mexican army at that time was General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Antonio Lopez was then captured after the defeat and later signed the peace treaties which forced the Mexican Army to leave Texas. During the Texas revolution, there was a variety of weapons used.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He has excited domestic insurrection amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions. Teenage Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was written to declare the United States’ independence from Britain and the reasoning for this declaration. In this activity, you imagine you are a teenager that is sick of being controlled unfairly by an adult (parent, boss, or dislike something so much etc.). Imagine you have reached the breaking point and decide you are going to declare your own independence from this person or thing by writing/typing your own fictitious declaration.
The American Civil War was one of the most violent times in American history. Americans were fighting against each other, the North against the South. Many people disagree about what transpired on April 12, 1864 at Fort Pillow. According to Wyeth, General Nathan Bedford Forrest captured Fort Pillow with approximately 1500 men and claimed numerous lives of Union soldiers (250). This became a huge issue of propaganda for the Union.
Abraham Lincoln once quoted, “I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views as fast as they shall appear to be true views.” To this day there are many conspiracies that have been hypothesized about the murder of our sixteenth president and hero to many, Abraham Lincoln. Because of his abolishment of slavery and pro-union policy, Lincoln had many enemies from the south. President Lincoln also received a lot of assassination threats from many southerners. A few of the myths that remain to this day are; ‘Did Booth simply shoot Lincoln out of pure hatred?’, ‘Was Andrew Johnson involved with Booth?’, ‘Was Lincoln’s assassination the result of a confederate plot?’, or ‘Was secretary of war, Edwin Stanton the
He fought against Spanish rule in 1811 with the inspiration of George Washington. After eight long years, he brought an army together and crushed the Spanish army of Colombia. The occupation of his forces led to the Peninsular War, which gave the Spanish Creole an opportunity to gain independence from their mother country. This resulted in a series of revolutions that took place all over Spanish America. This revolution has a great impact and long-lasting implications on the countries in Latin America.
Voices of Freedom Chapter 4 Questions 1) Olaudah Equiano cannot believe his eyes when families are split up and tortured before his very eyes at a slave auction. The sheer brutality makes him question the reasoning behind everything. In his address, Equiano plays to the heart of most all people back then. He uses religion as his justification for speaking out. Equiano asks, “Learned you this from your God” (134), in response to the selling of slaves.
Just thinking about, why would the Americas attack us in the part of the country they are trying to protect and defend? I was sent along with 20 to half thousand troops to attack Song Be, which is a South Vietnamese provincial capital. The battle seemed to take forever. Highly skilled southern troops were at our feet. We took every blow we could at them.
John Brown re-emerged in Harper's Ferry, Virginia with a wild plan to abolish slavery. His plan: to take over the federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry, pass out weapons to local slaves, initiate a huge revolt, and thus free the slaves. What happened: he and his men took over a building but were quickly holed up by Marines led by Lt. Col. Robert E. Lee. He was quickly captured, tried, convicted, sentenced to death, and hanged. Brown's death had a strong impact on the North and South.
Cartels affect life in Mexico very significantly. A Narcocorridos singer express how cartels live by singing “with an AK-47 and a bazooka behind my head, cross my path and I'll chop your head off. I'm crazy and I like to kill my enemies.” This lyric suggests that cartels are fearless and will do whatever they need to in order to protect their cartel’s business. Narcocorridos wants their listeners to understand truly how bad cartels are and what they are capable of doing. Since 2006, many Narcocorridos singers have been “brutally gunned down.” There is speculation