William Wallace, a Scottish knight, became a central early figure in the wars to secure Scottish freedom from the English, becoming one…
THE US CONSTITUTION: SEPARATION OF POWERS
The Separation of Powers devised by the framers of the Constitution was designed to do one primary thing: to prevent…
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
The Second Continental Congress was the representative government that brought the American colonies together as they prepared for their revolution.…
THE VIRGINIA COMPANY: THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES
House of Burgesses, representative assembly in colonial Virginia, which was the first elective governing body in a British overseas possession. The assembly was…
THE VIRGINIA COMPANY: INDENTURED SERVANTS
Indentured servants were men and women who signed a contract (also known as an indenture or a covenant) by which…
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), the United Kingdom’s first female prime minister, served from 1979 until 1990. During her time in office,…
Queen Elizabeth II
The first child of the Duke and Duchess Of York, Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926, and christened Elizabeth…
Women’s suffrage
In Great Britain woman suffrage was first advocated by Mary Wollstonecraft in her book A Vindication of the Rights of…
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was one of the best-known, and some say one of the greatest, statesmen of the 20th century. Though…
Henry V – The Battle of Agincourt
Henry V was born in August of 1386 (or 1387) at Monmouth Castle on the Welsh border. His father, Henry…
Dollar Diplomacy
President Taft and his Secretary of State Philander C. Knox came up with the idea of dollar diplomacy as a…
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