in 1745. When he was almost 2 years of age‚ his family emigrated to America‚ disembarking at New Castle‚ DE. While the father traveled about the country‚ apparently selling tinware‚ the family lived in New London‚ other places in Connecticut‚ and in Trenton‚ NJ. In 1750 he settled in Princeton‚ NJ. There‚ he became a merchant and manufacturer of tin goods. His prosperity enabled William to attend local private schools and the College of New Jersey (later Princeton). He took a B.A. in 1763 and an
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The life of Henry Knox Early Life Henry Knox was born on July 25‚ 1750 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He was the seventh of ten children to William Knox and Mary Knox. In 1759 William Knox a migrant captain died at the age of fifty after suffering financial difficulties. Three years after the death of his father and at the age of twelve‚ Henry Knox was forced to leave the “Boston Latin Grammar school” and went to work to support his family. He was hired as a apprentice to a bookseller were
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Becoming a civil engineer may not be the toughest feat someone will overcome‚ but becoming one of the most known civil engineers would be a bit more harder. One of the most famous American civil engineer is Benjamin Wright. He was born in Wethersfield‚ Connecticut on October 10‚ 1770. His past though is not what you would think it would be for someone to have such a job. His father was a farmer. His mother stayed at home with him and his siblings. The only reason he got into the field of engineering
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DBQ -- To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution? A single colony cannot depart from its mother country and lead a revolution; only a whole united nation‚ such as that of the American colonies‚ could successfully detach themselves from Mother England. One must take into consideration that up until the eve of revolution‚ much had happened in the time era of 1607-1776‚ where the British were still very involved in the
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The American fashion designer Betsey Johnson was born August 10th‚ 1942 in Wethersfield‚ Connecticut. Ever since birth Betsey has been a fashion designer in the making. As a child Betsey was enrolled in many dance classes‚ which is were she has gotten her inspiration and love for costumes. “I am basically about a ballerina torso and a full skirt‚” she told a reporter for the Soho News in 1982‚ “a dancing school dress-up craziness.” Betsey’s successful because she is truly one of a kind. A few
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about Kit Tyler going to colonial Connecticut on the ship called the Dolphin. During the voyage Kit meets Nat Eaton. He jumped out of the boat to save her thinking she couldn’t swim but she could which was awfully strange especially to Good Wife Cruff. This is not good for kit because they believe that if you can swim you’re a witch. She also meets John Holbrook. He was the only one who didn’t think that it was strange that she could swim. Kit reaches Wethersfield after 9 days from Saybrook. Kit
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▪ Sir Walter Raleigh‚ John Smith‚ John Rolfe‚ Pocahontas‚ Virginia Dare SIMILARITIES AMONG THE 13 COLONIES: Primarily English‚ Self-Governing (not necessarily Democratic)‚ Educational opportunities for males‚ Advantages for economic & social self-development DIFFERENCES AMONG THE 13 COLONIES: New England: (Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ New Hampshire) Puritan-dominated in many areas‚ less religiously tolerant‚ more restrictions on civic participation‚ more industry‚ less available
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frequently (if at all) in the document. The document was mainly about democracy‚ and how they came there‚ and whose name they gathered in (God‚ Britain‚ France‚ Ireland). Document 3: The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut A. January 1639‚ signed by residents of Windsor‚ Hartford‚ Wethersfield. “We have gathered together the word of God that requires us to maintain the peace and union” “To remain and preserve the liberty and purity of the gospel of our Lord‚ Jesus‚ which we now profess
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distinctive economy‚ religion‚ and social order between the sectional differences of the American colonies before 1750. Each region had its own type of houses‚ crops‚ churches‚ and values but the things keeping them together was their political ties to mother England and the English origins of the majority of the people. The area that contained the colonies Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ and New Hampshire‚ New England‚ had created its own sort of social distinctiveness. The English Puritans
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Betsey Johnson was born on August 10‚ 1942‚ in Wethersfield‚ Connecticut. She grew up loving dance and drawing‚ which eventually led her to the fashion industry. The dresses and costumes for dance as a child spurred her creative side‚ and she often spent hours drawing dresses for dance. It was then that she realized that she could make the drawings a reality‚ into the dresses of her dreams. After graduating High School‚ Betsey attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and then transferred for the rest
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