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About the Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre was a mix of civilian tension against the royal troops that were in Massachusetts.  The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770 when a mob of civilians retaliated against the royal troops.  Five civilian men ended up killed by the civilian troops.  But what led up the death of 5 men? [...]

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About Battle of Little Bighorn

The battle of Little Bighorn took place in the summer of 1876.  What was the Battle of Little Bighorn and why did it take place?  In the later part of 1875, upset about the intrusion of the white people, the Sioux and Cheyenne Native Americans left the reservations they were given by the American government [...]

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About the Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg did not win the war, but the battle included the largest amount of American soldiers.  On June 24, 1863 the Confederate Army was led across the Potomac River and moved towards Pennsylvania by General Robert E. Lee.  The Union Army was being moved north from Washington by General George Mead who [...]

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About Bastille Day

Bastille Day was created on July 14, 1880 to remember The Storming of the Bastille which started the French Revolutionary War.  The Bastille is a medieval fortress that was designed and built around the city of Paris for protection.  The Bastille was originally a wall around the city, but later became a political prison and [...]

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About the Mayflower Compact

When the Mayflower landed and anchored at New Plymouth in November of 1620, they settlers aboard the ship created a written agreement to create fair and equal laws that would support the settlement that was going to be established.  The settlers created this agreement because the previous settlers have failed due to the lack of [...]

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About Claude Monet

Oscar Claude Monet was born in 1840 and is well known as the founder of the 19th century art movement called Impressionism. He was a French impressionist and many say that his painting Impression: Series was actually the inspiration to coin the term Impressionism. Monet was a painter that believed in expression of your own [...]

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About Rudyard Kipling

The author of The Jungle Book and creator of icon characters like Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Rudyard Kipling is one of the most praised and honored British writers of all time. Born in 1865 in Bombay, (now Mombai) and sent to be educated in England, Kipling learned at a young age to work and to learn. Rudyard Kipling [...]

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Eight Commonly Misused Words

Cool infographic illustrating eight commonly misused words.

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If by Rudyard Kipling

by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in [...]

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Monet Posters

A selection of Claude Monet’s most famous paintings, for perusing or purchasing, in cooperation with AllPosters.com.

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