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The Battle of Louisburg The fall of Louisburg, a Frecnch fort on the coast Nova Scotia, to the English Navy was a turning piont in the Seven Years War in North America.
... 1756 who had become British Secretary of State in the beginning of 1758, and had full control of war and foreign affairs, saw ... of the buildings were made of wood, and were burning down due to British missiles. A section out of a Frenchman's diary stated ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Book review of Noble E. Cunningham Jr. In Pursuit Of Reason.
... he found his way back to the United States and took office as the Secretary of State under George Washington. In 1797 he was ... of Jefferson's lifelong love of books" states the author. In the spring of 1760 at the age of seventeen, he entered the College of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Contradictions of an American President Write an essay linking Thomas Jefferson and slavery
... then successor as minister of Benjamin Franklin. Jefferson served as Secretary of State from 1790 to ... of emancipation of the slaves but never showed good examples of it. The writer of Slavery and Thomas Jefferson states, "Jefferson recognized the evils of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Thirteen Days Book Report
... Secretary of State George Ball; Deputy Under Secretary of State U. Alexis Johnson; General Maxwell Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Edward Martin, Assistant Secretary of State ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Abraham Lincoln and His Battle With His Cabinet
... of rule 'dictatorial' and 'unconstitutional,' it was the only effective way to get anything done (Simmons 142). In the beginning, Lincoln's secretary of state ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Ulysses S. Grant: A Presidency Plagued with Scandals
... of the administration fully understood what happened in their departments. The only 'blessing' in appointing his friends was Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
The Influence of Media on War
... of media personnel from the initial and most crucial stage of the operation. As a result of this situation, Assistant Secretary of ... or privacy of U.S. Government personnel or their families, violate the privacy of the citizens of the United States , or ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
Abraham Lincoln
... States of America. When Lincoln was president he appointed his opponents to combine. He appointed Seward as secretary of state. Chase as secretary of treasury, Cameron as secretary of war and Bates as secretary of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Top Ten Most Influential People in US History
... "third branch of government". President Adams appointed him Secretary of State and then, in ... Secretary of State and then, in his last weeks as a president, named Marshall Chief Justice. Though an autocrat by nature, Marshall possessed a grace and openness of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
John Quincy Adams: Life and Presidency.
... secretary of state. In this position Adams gained a great deal of respect and was considered one of America's greatest secretaries of state ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents