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What are key events on the timeline of the life of St. Francis of Assisi?

Francis was born circa 1181 in Assisi, duchy of Spoleto, Italy, and he grew up in a wealthy family. He routinely spent his time partying and drinking and broke the city curfew. He quit school at age 14 and pined to become a great soldier while learning archery, wrestling and horsemanship.\nFollowing his capture in battle, he claimed to have received visions from God. He was released in 1203 and began praying and spending time helping lepers, preaching and living in poverty. Following his epiphany at the church of San Damiano, he left Assisi and devoted himself to live according to the Gospels...

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What tools did pioneers use?

In addition to traveling long distances, pioneers typically lived in remote areas, so running out to the store for supplies such as nails was not an option. Pioneers often improvised, but many of them did have sturdy tools they brought with them from more developed environs. Mallets or hammers could be used for a variety of applications including building furniture and buildings. Similarly, axes were also important for building homes, barns and furniture. Not only could they be used to cut down trees and branches to be used as building material and firewood but axes were also important splitti..

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How did sectionalism lead to the American Civil War?

The cultural, social and economic institutions of the North and South were highly differentiated. Hotly contested and widely divergent moral positions were taken with regard to slavery and western expansion. An absence of the mass-communication methods which are now prevalent also contributed to the North and South becoming more isolated in their disparate views and traditions. Local news and opinion traveled much faster than nationwide communications and by the time the Southern States seceded from the Union, the U.S. had virtually become two separate nations.Because the Southern states felt ..

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What nationality was Nicolaus Copernicus?

Copernicus's uncle was a bishop who assumed responsibility for him after his father died. The same uncle helped Copernicus obtain a position as a canon when he finished studying painting and mathematics at university. In 1496, he moved to Italy where he studied law and medicine. He did not introduce his idea of a sun-based solar system until 1508. Contrary to popular belief, he was not the first person to do so.

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What started the Civil War?

Lincoln had pledged to limit the legal institution of slavery to the existing states that allowed it. By the time of the Civil War, most of the Northern states had already outlawed slavery while most of the Southern states protected it. The major debate was whether the practice would be allowed to expand into the new western territories, which were beginning to become states. Lincoln planned to forbid that, but the Southern states that would become the Confederacy thought it should be up to each individual territory. Many Northerners also supported complete abolition, believing that the federa..

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What were some results of the War of 1812?

In the early nineteenth century, Great Britain and Napoleon's France were at war, and commercial traffic of the United States was caught in the middle. Great Britain's Royal Navy infuriated the U.S. by capturing American ships and forcing their seamen to serve on British ships. As a result of this and Britain's inciting of Native Americans in the northwest to be hostile toward settlers, President Madison declared war on Britain. Various states and political parties were starkly divided on the issue of the war. However, the U.S. almost immediately attacked Canada. Battles followe..

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Who led the Confederate Army during the Civil War?

While Bragg led the Army of Tennessee in 1862, Jackson fought at the First Battle of Bull Run. General Lee was a pivotal commander during the Civil War. At the end of the war, he surrendered the last of the Confederate forces at Appomattox to General Ulysses S. Grant in April of 1865.The Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865. In terms of manpower, the southern forces were outnumbered two to one. It was a costly war in which nearly 620,000 soldiers died.

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What was the significance of Shays' Rebellion?

The seeds for rebellion were sown in post-war Massachusetts, which saw unrest and discontent throughout its newly settled state boundaries in the late 1780s. The movement began with rural farmers, who were charged with high taxes and received relatively low wages; this combination led many into debt traps and prevented them from establishing new farms. Massachusetts, unlike other states, did not implement economic and political measures to aid its farmers, such as passing pro-debtor laws and printing more paper money. As a result, Shays, joined by fellow outraged farmers, led the first major r..

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What was Charlemagne's lasting legacy?

Charlemagne lived from 747 to 814. He has been called a promoter of civilization during a time of anarchy. He established a central government to rule much of Western Europe, a legacy that ended soon after he died. His sons and heirs divided the Holy Roman Empire he founded through conquest and war into three parts, squandering the cohesion Charlemagne brought to Western Europe.\nCharlemagne's efforts to restore intellectualism and learning, however, may be his greatest achievement and are a lasting legacy. He established schools and monasteries where knowledge was copied and preserved. H..

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What is Hillary Clinton's connection to Watergate?

Recently Jerry Zeifman, a lawyer who at the time was Chief Counsel of the House Judiciary Committee's permanent staff, claimed that he fired Clinton (then Rodham) from the investigation for dishonesty and lack of ethics. Zeifman, however, had no authority over members of the Impeachment Inquiry staff, and Clinton remained a member of that staff until it dissolved in 1974.

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