… Vineyard. I go inside the house and turn on the television. Flipping through the channels, I notice an emergency message posted, "Two convicts sentenced to life for multiple murders in Chicago escaped from New Alcatraz. Possibly swam to Martha's…

… "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." The Thirteenth Amendment was passed on…

… was the battle to limit the power that the government could induce upon its people. A nation tired of corruption and deceit was ready to begin something new. The Revolution that started as a movement to end the presidential power of the corrupt Porfirio…

… were people fleeing Europe to join the Crusades? People were fleeing Europe to join the Crusades in search of fortune or salvation. Europe was in a state of disease, poverty and famine; the people suffered greatly. During the Middle Ages, illness…

… and memorably, to the reading experience. For instance everyone can remember the childhood story about the "Little Engine That Could." From that simplistic writing and simplistic short children forever remember the theme of that story, never give up.…

… continues to exist throughout the world today. Although everyone has their right to freedom of speech according to the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, it should not be expressed in the dislike of someone or a group of people…

… are in his novel "The Alchemist". Through a physical journey, the shepherd boy Santiago learns about mental and spiritual journeys by gaining a deeper understanding and acceptance of himself and his relationship with the world he lives in. What began…

… widely recognised and their issues raised. The Australian Women's Movement came in response to the American movement made by 'feminists' who aimed to "revolutionise the way women were viewed and treated in society." This they did, marching and protesting…

… part of what Europeans used to call the "New World". When the Europeans arrived in Argentina in 1502, the only inhabitants all over the continent were indigenous people, and although the European colonizers only started showing up in South America around…

… drastic changes his government had implimented shortly after his election. Though the immediate withdrawal of troops from Vietnam was greatly supported, Whitlam's great benefits for women, the elderly, single mothers and Aborigines was seen as a threat…