History Of Ordnance Corps The Ordnance Corp is one of the oldest branches of the Army‚ established May 14‚ 1812. The U.S. Army Ordnance Department established from The Revolutionary War. General George Washington‚ the commander of the Continental Army‚ appointed Ezekiel Cheever to provide ordnance support to army in July 1775. Until 1779‚ all the armies had Ordnance personnel moving with them. They were civilians and Soldiers‚ served as conductors for maintenance - ammunition wagon and arms
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Grossmont College American History 108 Section FALL 2012 Select any four of the ten questions of your choice. Make ensure that you answer all parts of the question. Each answer should be at a minimum two to three pages in length and doubled spaced. You can use any sources to develop your answers to include the internet. You do not have to cite the sources. 1. What fundamental factors drew the Europeans to the exploration‚ conquest‚ and colonization of the New World? What was the impact
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Henry Clay Sr. was born on April 12‚ 1777‚ in Hanover County‚ Virginia‚ into a modest family with adequate wealth to support the education for him and his four surviving siblings. Clay was born in the midst of the Revolutionary War and witnessed the horrors first hand‚ as British soldiers ransacked his family residence at the age of three (biography.com). Through family connections‚ Clay was able to land a clerkship under Virginia jurist George Wythe and he quickly proved himself to be valuable and
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that “terrorism is irredeemably evil.” Implicit in this claim is the belief that acts of terrorism are never justified. I agree with William Mcgurn because terrorizing humans is unjustified act‚ my definition of terrorism is an act of violence that scare people in everywhere outdoors or inside doors with unjustified legally reason‚ torturing people for selfish and unreasonable reasons with untrue claims is not justified at all in anywhere on this plant one example of many terrorism acts that represent
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Although the post War of 1812 surge in nationalism pulled the nation together as patriotic celebrations of Independence Day and Andrew Jackson’s victory in the Battle of New Orleans spread across the country and reduced the focus on sectional or regional topics ‚ labeling the period of time‚ 1815-1825‚ as an “Era of Good Feelings” is only slightly accurate due to the ugly reality that sectionalism actually continued and increased‚ political debate continued to splinter the nation despite there
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The Congo was completely unjustified because they were solely interested in their own benefits‚ as they wanted to reign over the entire region and they wanted to explore an area that had so much unmapped wealth not even caring about the situation about human
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Bibliography: Description book‚ 3rd Battalion‚ 1st Foot‚ 1812-16. WO 25/314. Description book‚ 27th Foot‚ 1816-29 Description book‚ 32nd Foot‚ 1815-26. WO 25/366. Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers’ Service Documents (various individual service documents) Sinclair (Captain John Sinclair‚ 79th Foot‚ letters
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Prior to the war of 1812‚ the United States was riddled with domestic political conflicts between the Federalist and Republican parties and diplomatic conflicts with Britain and France. The Federalist and Republicans’ opinions differed in every subject and diplomatic policies against Britain and France divided the nation. At one point‚ disunion was so apparent that during the Hartford Convention in 1814‚ New England almost seceded from the Union. After the war of 1812‚ from 1815 to 1825‚ some Historians
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out (Moore‚ Online). Through the Russian Campaign the seemingly indomitable man of Napoleon began to crumble at the base‚ and after numerous fatal errors‚ the foundation fell. Napoleon ’s Russian Campaign of 1812 resulted in failure. Napoleon unleashed his armies to Russia in June of 1812. The initial reason for the start of the Russian Campaign was that of desertion (Bloy‚ Online). This became evident when Czar Alexander I of Russia left the Continental System. While hurting Britain ’s economy
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Napoléon Bonaparte. It brought order to France after the French Revolution. His reign ushered Europe the Napoleonic Wars. French power rose quickly‚ conquering most of Europe‚ but collapsed rapidly after France’s disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. As a direct
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