LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... The "Father of Modern Rocketry" was American scientist Robert H. Goddard. He ushered in the "Space Age" by creating the world's first…
Catherine the Great of Russia (1729-1796) rebuffed King George III's requests and bribes to have Russia side with Britain during the Revolutionary War. Instead, Russia continued trading with the American…
Listen (text to speech) Download as PDF ... Groups that were involved in the slavery of Africans have had statues, flags, and symbols removed. What groups were most involved in…
"Christian persecution 'at near genocide levels'" reported the BBC, (5/3/19): "A report ordered by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt ... Christians were the most persecuted religious group ... Mr Hunt…
THE FALL OF ROME was a culmination of external and internal factors. PLAGUES Rome was weakened by the devastating pandemics: The Antonine Plague (165-180 AD), which killed an estimated 5…
Washington lost the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, and was force to retreat toward Philadelphia. Near the same time, British General Burgoyne's troops marched south from Canada toward…
Listen (text to speech) Download as PDF ... Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address where 50,000 soldiers were killed or wounded in a 3 day battle, July 1-3, 1863.…
Listen (text to speech) Download as PDF ... Slavery existed in Cuba longer than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere, except Brazil. Slaves were purchased from Africa where Arab Muslim…
"I have not yet begun to fight!" shouted John Paul Jones when the captain of the 50-gun British frigate HMS Serapis taunted him to surrender. Their ships were so close…
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" were the last words of 21-year-old American patriot Nathan Hale, who was hanged by the British…
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