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Spanish Inquisition
The Catholic Monarchs began the famous Inquisition to purify Catholicism in all their territories. The Inquisition was established to act as a tribunal to identify heretics and bring them to justice. -
The Founders of Plymouth Massachusetts
The settlers were a group of about 100 Puritan Separatist Pilgrims, who sailed on the Mayflower and settled on what is now Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. They named the first town after their port of departure. -
American Revolution
This was a war between the then 13 colonies and Great Britain. This war took place during 1775 and 1783, the cause of this war was because the 13 colonies wanted to claim their independence from Britain. This could've been prevented if the king of Britain at the time wasn't a tyrant and treated the people equally. Another key thing that could've prevented this was not taxing the people of Britain so heavily. -
Common Sense by Thomas Pain
This story is about advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. -
The Pit and the Pendulum
This book was written during the Spanish Inquisition. It takes place in a prison type room with a man laying on a board with a pendulum swinging above him and it slowly gets closer and closer over time. As the pendulum gets closer the walls start to cave in as well and the point of this is for the man to commit suicide. -
Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
the story of a man named Montresor who decides to seek revenge against a man named Fortunato, who has insulted him. He meets Fortunato at a carnival, lures him into the catacombs of his home, and buries him alive. -
Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
In June of 1642, in the Puritan town of Boston, a crowd gathers to witness an official punishment. A young woman, Hester Prynne, has been found guilty of adultery and must wear a scarlet A on her dress as a sign of shame -
O Captain My Captain by Walt Whitman
This three-stanza poem employs a layered conceit which represents Abraham Lincoln as the eponymous “Captain” of a ship returning to port. -
Victorian Era
The Victorian era was a period of dramatic change that brought England to its highest point of development as a world power. This was a time of prosperity, stability, and optimism -
A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin
In a Pair of Silk Stockings, she portrays the quiet struggle of a woman searching for a balance between family life and personal satisfaction. The story's main character is Mrs. Sommers, a wife, and mother. Her family is very poor, and she is trying to pick up a few items of clothing for her children. -
World War 1
World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire which were called the central powers fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan, and the United States, they were called the allied powers -
Not to keep by Robert Frost
This poem by Robert Frost looks at the emotions caused by a wounded soldier’s homecoming and his return to war once his wounds have healed. -
The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald
Nick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota, moves to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn about the bond business. Nick's next-door neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby who lives in a gigantic Gothic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. -
The Great Depression
in 1929 the stock market crashed and left everyone without money, this happened because of irrational exuberance of investors, buying shares on the margin, and over-confidence in the sustainability of economic growth. -
Of Mice and Men
Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation during the Great Depression George Milton, an intelligent but uneducated man, and Lennie Small, a bulky, strong man but mentally disabled are in Soledad on their way to another part of California. -
World War 2
World War II started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany. The war in Europe ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. The war in the Pacific ended when Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese airplanes made a surprise attack on the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. They destroyed many ships and killed many soldiers. It was this attack that forced the United States to enter World War II. -
Vietnam War
During the 1950s and 1960s, the United States fought wars to stop communism. Vietnam had been a French colony since the 1880s. The Vietnamese fought for independence and won in 1954. The country was split into communist North Vietnam and non-communist South Vietnam. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The astronauts also returned to Earth the first samples from another planetary body. -
Cold War
The Allies were concerned with the brutal leadership of Joseph Stalin as well as the spread of communism. The Cold War came to an end with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Cold War was often fought between the superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union in something called a proxy war. -
9/11
This was a well-organized terrorist attack against the United States by al-Qaeda. 2 planes were hijacked, one crashing into the twin towers and the other crashing into the Pentagon
