Download as PDF ... In 220 AD, the Later Eastern Han Dynasty extended sections of the Great Wall of China along the Mongolian border. This made it harder for the…
Download as PDF ... On October 29, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange crashed. International currency manipulation and devaluation contributed to a worldwide collapse of trade. Panic ensued as Wall…
He was the only person to sign all four of these America's founding documents: Articles of Association, 1774; Declaration of Independence, 1776; Articles of Confederation, 1777; U.S. Constitution, 1787. Who…
Money supply has a mixed history. Originally, wealth was measured in precious metals of gold, silver, or copper. Exodus 25:3 "And this is the offering which ye shall take of…
England used coal to heat homes, and coal mining was an important industry, but mines would fill up with water. In 1712, Thomas Newcomen designed a device to pump water…
What was the government in the United States before the U.S. Constitution was written? It was the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union. The Articles of Confederation were introduced in…
Dr. Joseph Warren was born June 11, 1741. He enrolled in Harvard at age 14, and by 22, he was the youngest doctor in Boston. His reputation spread, with some…
William Knox had emigrated from Scotland to Ireland; then to the West Indies; then to Boston in 1728.He helped establish the Church of the Presbyterian Strangers. William Knox died in…
Britain was almost bankrupt after the Seven Years War, 1756-1763, which was called in America the French and Indian War. This led Parliament to tax the colonies. Resistance to taxes…
In the decades prior to the Revolutionary War, tensions arose between the two largest global powers: BRITAIN, led by King George II, and FRANCE, led by King Louis XV. Because…
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