All over the world the modern era is being born that leads to the industrial revolution. In upstate New York, a man made river is cutting through the wilderness. The Erie Canal is born, which is the biggest construction project in the western world in the last 4,000 years. It is over 300 miles long, dug entirely by hand, without a single qualified engineer. But, the people of United States of America is not about to let nature stand in the way. Consequently, the land doesn't always cooperate.
A wall of solid limestone 60 feet high, just 30 miles from the finish line is, Lake Erie. This canal would link the Atlantic Ocean to the middle of America. As a result, this canal turned the North into a global economic power house. The man who built this canal was, a New York's gung ho governor DeWitt Clinton. Born into wealth he won't take no for an answer. Clinton wanted to be president, but instead he runs New York for 20 years. Clinton had a vision to make New York rich. But, politically the canal is a huge gamble. It was savaged in the press as dangerous and too expensive. On the other hand, it was called Clinton's big ditch, but it will change New York forever.
It takes 50,000 men, 11 million cubic yards of rock to make this ditch. The Crews to help with the ditch were filled with Irish immigrants. These men were making five times more then what they can make at home. But, it was a hazardous job. They were literally moving mountains. As a result, eight years of digging, over 1,000 lives lost, the cost over one hundred million dollars, the Erie Canal opens in 1825.
Hundreds of miles to the south there were something else brewing, a small plant creating another economic boom called cotton. Cotton will soon become a million dollar business that will tear the nation apart. Cotton is native to tropical regions, making the southern states of the U.S a perfect breeding ground. By 1830 America was producing half the world's cotton.
In 7th century BC, Celts started inhabiting British Isles. Those Celtic tribes of the La Tene culture were Gaels, Britones and Belgae. Britones inhabited the biggest part of Great Britain and that's one of the reasons why the island got that name. Around 55 BC, Romans came to the Britain for the fir...
You turn to the daily advice column, "A Bintel Brief," in the Yiddish Daily Forward. Welcome to America: Memories of "A Bintel Brief," by Barbara Lesser, opened the Steisand Festival of New Jewish Plays on June 3 at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. By basing its content on letters from "A Bintel Brief," it imaginatively transports us back to the issues and history of Jewish immigrant life in America. ... Abraham Cahan, editor of the Forward and frequent editor of "A Bintel Brief," explained that new immigrants needed "to pour out their heavy-laden hearts" bec...
A Brief History of Time is a fascinating book which describes the theories presented by the greatest scientists of the past hundred years concerning space and our existence. Stephen Hawking also poses timeless questions such as how did the universe begin and how big is our universe? Stephen Hawki...
A Brief History of Karate Karate is an art and sport that has been in existence for centuries. ... But history shows that the teachings of Bodhidharma spread to other parts of China and Asia before arriving in Japan. ... There were also many historical events in the history of Okinawa that helped the development of karate. ... This secrecy makes it difficult to trace the history of karate for many, many years because no one wanted to risk being harshly punished for practicing karate. ... Source Karate History and Traditions, revised edition 1995. ...
The music industry today is growing bigger every minute here in America. However, how did we arrive to the music status that we have today? In this paper, I will provide a brief history of music, and how they link together to form what we have today. The very beginning of music started not with...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HMONG The Hmong are a very ancient people who have their origins in China. When the Han Chinese invaded their territory a few thousand years ago, the Hmong began historic travels down the Yangtze and Yellow rivers. About two hundred years ago, Hmong entered Indochina wher...
What is History? So, what is History? When I told someone I was giving a talk on History and what it is, they said, "and you only have an hour?" No doubt everyone in this room has some idea of what History is, or isn't. So let's get started and see how far we can get with my highly selective ...
The History of Cosmetics The word "cosmetics" comes from the Greek word kosmetikos meaning "skilled in adornment" (Sage 33). ... Malachite was one of the first preserved cosmetics in history, as well as being an exceptional antibacterial dye (Hinden www). ... Like the Egyptians, the Greeks also used vibrant greens and black to enhance their eyes (A Brief www). ... The mixture of the oils, steam room, and pools provide excellent skin purification (History www). ... Other countries thought this to be unattractive and repulsive (Brief www). ...
This course is offered as part of the History Department program. ... It will be geared to students with an adequate background in economics and an appreciation of American history, and is designed to further their skills and knowledge in integrating historical analysis into their portfolio of analytical and presentation skills. ... Class "brief" presentations, question cards and class participation will count the remaining 50% of the final grade. ... The brief is divided into five sections; a Summary of the Reading or Case laying out the relevant facts situation, the Issues (production, l...
In this paper I will cover the discovery of DNA and how research has evolved since Gregor Mendel's experiments on plants in 1857. This topic is very relevant in Biological Anthropology because DNA was found to be one of the biggest factors in the evolution of human's over time, as it is the key of g...
