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...
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...
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 ...
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...
‘The war, goose! The war's going to start any day, and you don't suppose any of us would stay in college with a war going on, do you? ’ ‘You know there isn't going to be any war, ’ said Scarlett, bored. ‘It's all just talk. Why, Ashley Wilkes and his father told ...
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...
The war of 1812 was also known as for America got economically independent after it. (Second War of Independence) 4. Washington D. C. is situated on River which is the traditional dividing line between the South and the North. (the Potomac) 5. The United States is the most populous ...
Thestoryhasbeenreadbymillionssinceitwasfirstpublishedandinthelasthundredyearsithasbeenmadeintodozensofmovies.Manypeoplearesurprisedtolearnitswriterwasa19—year-oldwoman,calledMaryShelley。MarywasbornintoarichLondonfamilyinAugust1797.In1812,shemetthefamouswriterPercyShelleyandtheysoongotmarried.SadlyforMary,their...
Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner in 1814 after witnessing a British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an executive order designating it as the national anthem. An act formally making it so was passed by ...