John Hancock supposedly wrote his name so big that the King could see it.
Category: US History
John Hancock supposedly wrote his name so big that the King could see it.
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Category: English History
The English Bill of Rights protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights. Opprobrious
beatify:
Category: US History
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. It was founded in 1607. Saurian:
resembling a lizard. belonging or pertaining to the Sauria, a group of reptiles originally including the lizards, crocodiles, and several extinct forms but now technically restricted to the lizards. a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard. Category: US History
There are many different treaties of Paris. Below are just two of them:
Olio:
a mixture of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge. a dish of many ingredients. Category: US History
In his farewell address president George Washington, that was printed in newspapers, warned against three things:
Category: Entertainment
In 1928, the first Mickey Mouse films are produced. Accouterment:
personal clothing, accessories, etc. the equipment, excluding weapons and clothing, of a soldier. Category: European History
Remember M.A.N.I.A. It stands for Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Assassination (of Arch Duke Ferdinand). These were the cause of World War I. Persiflage:
light, bantering talk or writing. a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject. Category: US History
The House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in the new world. This was a new concept of the colonies representing them selves. The house was formed in Virginia. Hierogram:
a sacred symbol, as an emblem, pictograph, or the like. Category: US History
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point in the American Revolution. The Patriots won the battle. This proved to the French that the Americans could win and the French then supported the Americans. Risibility:
Often, risibilities. the ability or disposition to laugh; humorous awareness of the ridiculous and absurd. laughter Category: United States History
There are two interpretations of the Constitution, Loose and Strict. Loose interpretation means that what the Constitution does not forbid it allows. Strict interpretation means that what the Constitution does not state it forbids. |