In 1812, another war broke out between America and Britain. This war, which continued until 1815, was fought by the Americans to defend their right to conduct trade with France. Another reason behind it was the impressment of some American sailors by the Royal Navy....
What was the outcome of the Burning of Washington? War of 1812: The War of 1812 was a major military conflict primarily between the United States and Britain between June 18, 1812, and February 17, 1815. The war was triggered by economic and trade disputes between the two countries. ...
One of the final battles of this second world war was Okinawa. This battle would take place close to Japan itself. The U.S. Navy helped to transport the marines to the island of Okinawa to fight this battle where they fought for eighty-two days (PBS). The battle of Okinawa was fought...
In 1865, the Civil War ended and the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, was passed. Much of the South's farmland had been destroyed in the war, and there were now four million newly freed people who weren't quite sure how to start their new lives. Presi...
The Library of Congress (LOC) was initially developed to provide Members of Congress with access to research material. Explore the history of the Library of Congress, including the burning of the building during the War of 1812 and the impact of the Copyright Act of 1870, and examine the rol...
I have only seen a few other games covering the War of 1812 and the other two are from GMT Games (Mr. Madison’s War) and Worthington Publishing (War on the Great Lakes). This one looks really interesting and promises to give those other two a run for their money. It is a card dr...
Joseph Fielding Smith: "Mormonism, as it is called, must stand or fall on the story of Joseph Smith. He was either a prophet of God, divinely called, properly appointed and commissioned, or he was one of the biggest frauds this world has ever seen. There is no middle ground." Doctrin...
Below you find some examples of several Sankey diagrams. Each diagram was created using our software e!Sankey. Just try out by yourself, how easy it is, to create appealing Sankey diagrams using e!Sankey. Energy Use in a Passenger Car In this diagram (in German) you can see the energy...
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 Cong...
Taken together, these two strands of the literature present insights into the theory, policy, and practice emerg- ing from social scientific analysis of the impacts of astronomy. The first step in the review was the sourcing of relevant English-written litera- tures using defined search parameters...