… diplomat, philosopher, and scientist, whose many contributions to the cause of the American Revolution (1775-1783), and the newly formed federal government that followed, rank him among the country's greatest statesmen.Franklin was born on January…

… seemed as a perfect place to live in. It was a "free country", but that wasn't the case. From the outside, people of all different races were living together, on the inside though, segregation is what set people apart from each other. After the Plessy…

… -Frederick Douglass Whenever people come together to discuss freedom, justice, and the rights of mankind, they usually mention the previous quote. But what is slavery? Is it the right of man to own property? Should men even be considered as "property"?…

… The American Revolution, had a great impact on the Europeans. The citizens of Europe could daily read about the happenings of the American Revolution in newspapers, books, and magazines. The revolution embedded a hope for change into the minds of…

… things about the use of the atom's power and atomic fission. Fission is the process by which the nucleus of a heavy element absorbs a neutron, which forces it to split into two nearly equal halves. Scientists discovered that when an atom split, the…

… July 16,1945 on Hiroshima, Japan . That was one of the reasons why I picked this topic. Another reason was that there is lots of information on the atomic bomb out there and the last reason is I wanted to know why the atomic bomb has great explosive…

… history of American slavery. Visualize that the entire Southern slave populace decided that they were sick of being dominated, and defied all of the slave holders and white men. What could the slave owners have done? Their slaves were their prosperity…

… America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. Though the U.S. economy had gone into…

… The History of Rock and Roll Music By: Jilly Smith This year's theme is Explore, Encounter, and Exchange. I am not presenting a story of a particular person or event, but rather an explanation of how and why Rock music has gained an important place…

… you ever take time out to appreciate our freedom, or do you just take it for granted, and expect it to be there forever? It hasn't always been so free. Hundreds of thousand of patriots fought and died for our freedom, allowing us to live a free life.…