10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America by Steven M. Gillon brings to attention the ten days that the History Channel believes to be some of the most influential days in America. Gillon purposefully avoided obvious days, such as the bombing and Pearl Harbor or the signing of the Constitution in order to provoke discussion. The introduction points out that it is almost never planned events that change the course of history, but random, unexpected ones. Gillon also points out that it is not always large groups of people that make a difference, but in many instances it is just a single person. These days were just as ordinary as yesterday, today or tomorrow, and not a single person, even the people who were involved, expected it to have made the impact that it did.
Battle at Mystic .
When the Pilgrims arrived in 1620, they originally met a group of natives who helped them adjust to the new land, and despite the kindness of the natives, the English still considered them savages. By the time Puritans arrived with John Winthrop in 1630, things between the natives and the English were. The Puritans believed it was their job to "fix" them and transform them into civilized people. The Puritans believed they were God's "chosen people," and thought they were entitled to the land, and used scripture to justify their actions when seizing land from the natives. The Puritans sought after the Pequots, one of the largest and most dominant tribes. Unlike the other tribes, the Pequots had built two villages- one at Weinshauks and the other at Mystic. They were the most dominant tribe in the region, and the Puritans thought it was time to move into their territory. Just as the Puritans are about to expand, the Pequot tribe gets hit with disease, killing nearly ten thousand in their three thousand person tribe. The Puritans saw this as a sign from God. " ' If God were not pleased with our inheriting these parts,' Puritan John Winthrop wondered, 'why did he drive out the natives before us'" (Gillon, 13).
My life has changed for the better since I moved to America. I implemented into my life that created amazing, compounding change, and completely shifted the direction and energy of my life. That has totally changed my life, we left everything behind us. ... That trip was unexpectedly and fast. ... Your uncle applied for more than ten people, but only your father got that chance. ...
In 1930, she struck a deal with an encyclopedia saleswoman who challenged her to sell ten sets to receive one free for herself. Because of her innate ability to sell products, she sold ten sets in one and a half days; this was usually a 3 month quota for the company's best salesperson. ... However, in 1985 Mary Kay Inc. returned to private family ownership in a leveraged buyout when the stock price took an unexpected hit (www.marykay.com/en-US/About-Mary-Kay/CompanyFounder). ... May Kay believed that "people are a company's greatest asset" and it is obvious that she was correct. ...
The events that transpired on September 11, 2001 changed our world. ... We know now that his flight only took about ten seconds. ... The pictures haunted us for days, months, even now. ... What's more, American life and security changed forever. ... The attacks affected the world because the unexpected loss of civilian lives. ...
While his father usually had to work seven days a week, Grisham's mother always had Grisham and his four siblings in church every Sunday. ... His friends and he started out majoring in forestry at MSU, but Grisham quickly changed to economics. ... Soon after enrolling, however, he changed his major to criminal law. ... (About the Author) Motivated by the unexpected success and bored with the legal profession, he chose to retire from the law and write full time. ... He usually spends only a couple of house a day on his novels, writing about ten pages per day. ...
In June 1822, unexpectedly, he was transferred back to London. ... Yet, under these odd circumstances Charles changed the original idea of "The Pickwick Papers", which became a novel. ... Dickens" extra literary activities also included managing a theatrical company that played before Queen Victoria in 1851; and giving public readings of his own works in England and America. ... Ten minutes past six, a tear "trickled down his cheek (Ackroyd 1079)." He died from a fatal stroke on June 9, 1870, and was buried five days later in Westminster Abbey (Dickens, Charles John Huffam). ...
As Americans we browse the supermarket shelves, how can we be sure that the food is healthy and isn't contaminated? ... In the past ten years there has been a significant rise in food poisoning, this has convinced us that something, somewhere has gone seriously wrong. ... But because of changing eating habits and more choices of foods, Americans may be more likely to get sick from what they eat today than they were half a century ago. ... Within a day, he had to be rushed back to the hospital, where it took him four more days to recover. ... You can find salmonella in one of ten packa...
The same passion that built the United States of America ended up ripping it apart. ... The battle lasted three days, July 1st through 3rd of 1863 and resulted in more than 50,000 casualties. ... These three days would end up changing the United States of America forever. ... This choice would prove very costly to the Confederate army in the next couple of days. ... The Confederate plan was to take ten Confederate brigades and attack the Union army with two brigades at a time creating a non-stop wave of attack. ...
South America still had three spots, Europe would get thirteen. ... World Cup of 82 brought some unexpected results, too. ... Italian midfield leader Antognoni was injured in the semi-final against Poland and wasn't available for the final, however, it didn't change the fact that Italy was the Favourite. ... Records that were set at the tournament: Hungary scored ten goals against El Salvador, Bryan Robson(England) scored just 27 seconds into the game, Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland was 17 years and 42 days old when he played his first World cup game (about 200 days...
