Delaware, one of the thirteen British Colonies, became a sovereign state in 1776 and gained its independence from Great Britain on June 15th, 1776. On February 22, 1779 Delaware signed the Articles of Confederation, then later became the first state to ratify the Constitution, sometime around December 1787. For its ratification, Delaware is known as the “First State.” This state got its “Delaware” name from the Delaware River as you can see the resemblance. The motto that Delaware goes by is “Liberty
La Princesse de Cléves. Dalia Judovitz’s article mentions the sign of passion in the novel. According to the article, she says: “‘La magnificence et la galanterie n’ont jamais paru en France avec tant d’éclat que dans les dernières annèes du règne de Henri second.’ (p. 35)... However, this image of classical perfection is quickly fractured by the mention of the event that guides the life of the court-the passion of Henry II for the Duchesse de Valentinois Later in the narrative, the heroine
Fort Sumter was first built in the wake of the War of 1812 (1812-1815), which had highlighted the United States’ lack of strong coastal defenses. Named for Revolutionary War general and South Carolina native Thomas Sumter, Fort Sumter was one of nearly 50 forts built as part of the so-called Third System, a coastal defense program implemented by Congress in 1817. The three-tiered, five-sided fort’s coastal placement was designed to allow it to control access to the vital Charleston Harbor. While
Robert Smalls was born on April 5, 1839. It was never clear who his father was; the plantation owner, Patrick Smalls could've been his father, but also, John McKee could've been his father, and McKee was Smalls’s owner. The McKee family favored Smalls more than they did any of the other slave children. Lydia, Smalls’ mother, was worried he would reach “manhood” without realizing the horrors of slavery. To help him realize the horrors of slavery, she had him sent to work at the fields, and to watch