Mr.Doheny bribed Albert a total of $100,000 for the land in Elk Hills, California. Mr.Sinclair bribed Secretary Falls for a total of $300,000 for the Teapot Dome, Wyoming oil reserve. Mr.Falls resigned from his position, but was later found guilty of the
1. Nathaniel Bacon was a wealthy Cambridge educated English aristocrat who arrived in Virginia in 1674 after a scandal in England. His family sent him to Virginia where he received a substantial land grant and a seat on the council by his cousin by marriage Governor Sir William Berkeley. Bacon became angry when Berkeley refused him a commission to lead a campaign against the Indians.
The American colonists held the Boston Tea Party on December, 1773. It was not a party though. It was a protest against taxs from England. The British Parliament had already taxed sugar, coffee, wine, and newspapers. The tea tax was too much.
During the Progressive Era in America there was a group of journalist called muckrakers that expose the corrupt industries such as Standard Oil. One muckraker, named Ida Tarbell, targeted Rockefeller and his company. She was the author of the book“The History of Standard Oil”, which brought to light the corrupt ways of business. The president that was appointed to office after the death of Mckinley was Theodore Roosevelt, who found the book written by Ida Tarbell quite interesting. Theodor put Standard Oil under heavy investigations and took Rockefeller to trail.
Alexa Baker-Phillips CHC 2D Mr. Fischer 17 May 2023 The Allied Bombing of Dresden The Allied firebombing of the German city of Dresden has been a topic of heated debate for decades. On one hand, supporters of the Allied strategy argue that it was necessary to weaken the German war effort and hasten the end of the Second World War. On the other hand, critics point out the massive destruction and loss of life that resulted from the bombing.
What Caused the Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? Nineteen people hung and one was pressed to death but what for? Boredom and hatred filled people’s empty lives in 1692, especially in Salem. The biblical quote, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” was taken seriously, and a feud between the east and west side of the town caused controversy.
End of The Witch Trials The witch trials and accusations started fast but ended rather quickly. During the trials, no execution caused more discomfort in Salem than that of the village 's minister, George Burroughs. George Burroughs was the only Puritan minister indicted and executed in Salem in 1692. He served as minister of Salem Village from 1680 until he left in 1683.
King George was upset about what took place at the Boston tea party. King George and his minister passed the coercive acts, aimed specifically at punishing Boston for the intransigence of its citizens and at making an example of the city. The acts was known as the "Intolerable Acts" among American Whigs were uncompromising. The port of Boston was closed until the city compensated the British East India for its losses; the Massachusetts Government Act revoked the colony's charter and placed it under martial law; and the Administration of Justice Act allowed British official charged with breaking the law to be tried in British courts rather than in the colonies. The Boston Tea Party was the last straw for the British, and the Intolerable Acts
In the early 1900s, food safety was an incredibly unfamiliar and overlooked part of America’s food industry. Written by muckraker Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, was a controversial novel that depicted the harsh living and working conditions of immigrants working in the food industry. After the release of The Jungle, thousands of meat-eating Americans were horrified at what had been happening in factories. Disgusting yet accurate details presented in The Jungle were the basis for the creation of laws to stop food production from becoming so unsanitary.
Throughout History, women have long struggled and fought for the same equality, justice, and rights as males in society. Historians have two opposing views of what life was like in Puritan society. One side argues that Puritan society was a golden age for women as they worked alongside their husbands, had an important role in the household. However, opposing historians argue that Puritan women were inferior to men in the society for five main reasons. Women were inferior because they were supposed to be silent company, they only received half the inheritance of their brothers, they were meant to have and take care of the children, they received harsher punishment for their wrongs, and they had to follow strict rules.
Christian Martin November 2, 2015 Upton Sinclair’s Effect on the Progressive Movement Upton Sinclair Jr. was born on September 20, 1878, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the only child of Upton Sinclair Sr. and Priscilla Sinclair. Throughout his life he was a devout Christian. His home life was hard since his family was in poverty and his father was an alcoholic. He moved to New York with his family at age ten and began attending New York City College at age fourteen.
On may 17th a brawl broke out at a twin pecks restraint between two rival biker gangs according to CNN.com 480 weapons were recovered and 177 bikers were arrested the brawl broke out between The Banditos who was formed in Houston back in 1966 and The Cossacks. The start to this brawl is unknown but many say the the Cossacks were invited for a sort of peace treaty but then things took a violent turn when some words where exchanged turns out some of the Cossack bikers were all ready at the restraint and when the Banditos arrived one of their members hit a Cossack member and that is what started the brawl. The scene was described as streaks of blood and pools of blood everywhere. Now you could be asking what was all this for well with gangs it’s
The Haymarket affair is one most important events in Chicago’s labor protest is questionably still unknown to many of high school kids and down. At this mark in Chicago history several horrifying, and great events happened. Industrial workers were getting fed up with the intense hours and wanted change from their shady bosses. People associated with all the industrial works started to arrange private meeting to talk about what’s wrong within the industries. Soon several of the bosses found out about these meeting and paid the police to eliminate these meetings.
Throughout the middle of the 17th century, the relationship between Great Britain and her American colonies was plagued by stresses. Both the Stamp Act, passed in 1765, and the Tea Act, enacted in 1773, caused colonists great ire towards the British due to feelings of unfair taxation. As a response to the Tea Act, colonists in Boston ruined thousands of pounds of tea by pouring it into the Boston harbor (History.com). Earlier, Benjamin Franklin had attempted to get all of the colonies to meet together, but they had abstained (U-s-history.com). After the Tea Party, however, the Coercive Acts were put into place by Parliament, urging the colonists to greater action, causing them to assemble the 1st Continental Congress (History.com).
The Boston Tea Party was a symbolic event of the Revolution, but one can speculate with a good degree of certainty that it would not have occurred if not for the series of historic events in Boston and other colonies that preceded it. The Boston tea party was a result of The Stamp Act, The Currency Act, and The Tea Act. Since Great Passed these three laws it angered many of the colonist and resulted in The Boston Tea Party. The Currency Act was the first of many new laws that Great Britain had created that the many of the colonist angry. The Currency Act was a law the prohibited American colonist from using there own American money to buy goods from England.
