Ellis asserts in "Founding Brothers" that 1789-1799 was "the most crucial and consequential [decade] in American History [T]he subsequent political history of the United States then became an oscillation between new versions of the old tension . ... (Ninety percent of the population of slaves in the United States was found in the South.) ... By remaining silent, our founding brothers passed on the most difficult dispute to the next generation. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Adams talks about the experience that he and one of young Abigail's brothers is having in Paris and discusses the importance of the formal education that all his sons will have but he only encourages his daughter to increase her knowledge through reading the history books of the time. ... John Adams shares with his daughter, "There can be nothing in life more honorable for a woman, than to contribute by her virtues, her advice, her example or her address to the formation of an husband, a brother, or a son, to be useful to the world" (Shi 154). Through this statement it is clear ...

• Word Count: 1671
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Each of these three men were founding fathers of the United States of America and instrumental in its creation. ... This continued for 2 years till Franklin was sent to apprentice in his brother James's print shop. Franklin enjoyed this work and wanted to write for the paper his brother produced called The New England Courant. ... Once James found out who the real Mrs. ...

• Word Count: 1651
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

During the revolution in January 1793, Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and on January 21 1793, the King was executed then Marie Antoinette, the Queen, was executed on October 16 (Doyle, 2002). ... Napoleon showed his intention to dominate all Europe by creating puppet states, making his brothers kings in neighboring countries with himself King of Italy. In 1807 he invaded Portugal (ally of Britain) and used his troops in Spain to force its king to resign so he could replace him with his brother Joseph. ...

• Word Count: 1746
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When someone mentions the "Founding Fathers- of the United States, one easily remembers George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. ... Unlike Adams and Jefferson, Washington lacked a formal education, for he received most of his schooling from his father and, after his father's death in 1743, from his elder half-brother Lawrence. ... After reading Ferling's book, one learns more of our founding fathers than from reading five textbooks. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This showed that really anyone could turn, and even a brother could hold opposing positions on the side of the war. ... Washington himself believed regarding Greene and Knox that he "had found the best men possible, men of ability and energy who would never lose sight of what the war was about, no matter what was to come" (111). ...

• Word Count: 1720
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate