Jean Lafitte was one of the most interesting figures of the War of 1812. Although a pirate, he aided American Andrew Jackson in defending the city of New Orleans during the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Answer and Explanation: Prior to his efforts at the Battle of New Orleans, Jean Lafi...
“Who can tell us what caused the War of 1812?” Mai Lin sat at her desk, staring ahead. She hoped the teacher wouldn’t call her name. They hadn’t studied the War of 1812 at her old school and she didn’t...
There has been a tendency all along to treat the black man as if he were invisible. Little has beenwritten about the 5,000 American Negroes who fought in the Revolution against the British, but they were in everyimportant battle. In the Anglo-American War of 1812, at least one out of ...
For what it may be worth The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy seems to put that date (at some point between 1865 and 1898 - after listing some astonishing figures in terms of production it states: "This was not a growth that stopped with...
Despite the name,Fort Worth was never an actual fort.Founded in 1849 by Major Ripley A.Amold,the site was turned into an army post to protect the settlers in the area.The military base was called Camp Worth after Major General William J.Worth,a hero of the War of ...
Cornwall was changing, tourism was growing and the Second World War was just around the corner. For a while although others took on Jenner's work, it seemed that perhaps the language might after all be forgotten. Yth esa Kernow ow chanjya, yth esa tornyaseth ow tevi hag yth esa Nessa...
We walked out to the beach, and I told her of my mom's undying love and about the “To read when you're alone” letters. Several weeks later, I got a card that said she had written her first letter and left it for her son. That night as I went to bed, I put my hands under...
In 1816 another thread was woven into the tapestry of Trinidad society when de-mobilized Africans who had served in the British army during the War of 1812 between the British and the Americans were settled in the Company villages in Moruga, Hardbargain and New Grant. These “Merikin”soldiers...
Buttheexperimentgoeswrongandthemonster(怪兽)killsthedoctorandmanyothers。Thestoryhasbeenreadbymillionssinceitwasfirstpublishedandinthelasthundredyearsithasbeenmadeintodozensofmovies.Manypeoplearesurprisedtolearnitswriterwasa19—year-oldwoman,calledMaryShelley。MarywasbornintoarichLondonfamilyinAugust1797.In1812,...
The second epic poem of Homer isThe Odyssey, it tells how the Greek hero Agamemnon, king of Ithaca, going home after the Trojan War. ( ) AI参考:答案是A,对。根据题干中的描述,第二个史诗是《奥德赛》,讲述了希腊英雄阿伽门农在特洛伊战争结束后回家途中的故事。因此,该描述是正确的,选项A为正确答...