Because he would be making the first maps of the land, Lewis had to learn to navigate by using the stars. ... When spring came and the ice melted, on April 7, 1805, Lewis and Clark sent maps, plants, and animals back to Jefferson. ...
Alcatraz, better known as "The Rock" was the first ever high security federal penitentiary among the United States of America. Alcatraz held most of the high dangerous criminals ever in history. Laura Sullivan tells a story how a group of three men escaped The Rock successfully without ever being fo...
The Plight of The North American Indians The history and culture of the American Indian is sadly misrepresented because of culture biases and inaccurate reports. In order to give a more accurate report of the American Indian one must look at period before the Europeans, the invasion of the Europeans and finally present time. Before we can set out on the road to success, we have to know where we are going, and before we can know that we must determine where we are have been in the past. It seems a basic requirement to s...
The Native Americans and Africans Slaves are two prominent groups seen in the Colonial Era with great influence, difficult challenges, and cultures that shaped the colonies into how we see them today. Both, the African Americans and Native Americans were challenged by the hardships of the whites thr...
