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What are some characteristics of Renaissance-era men and women?

Feminists argue that women generally did not experience the Renaissance in the same way. For example, their only source of authority was to direct the households of their husbands. Gender-differentiated rights and responsibilities varied according to social class and geographic location, but generally, Renaissance societies were organized under strongly patriarchal, male-dominated forms of authority and governance.

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What brand of cigarettes does Obama smoke?

Obama started smoking in 1980 while a college student. Obama told "Men's Health" magazine that he smoked about three cigarettes daily. Obama is not the only cigarette-smoking president. Dwight Eisenhower smoked four packs a day, quitting cold turkey when his physician told him he needed to reduce the number of cigarettes he smoked. Gerald Ford smoked a pipe regularly. Bill Clinton occasionally smoked cigars while in the White House.

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What are some important aspects of Turkish history?

The earliest residents of the land that eventually became Turkey arrived in 2000 B.C., with the population waxing and waning depending on which empire controlled it and other land in both Asia and Europe. The Great Hun Empire began in the 3rd century B.C. and controlled Turkey as well as vast tracts of land throughout the Eurasian continent. Around 552 A.D., the Gokturk Empire rose, followed by the Uygur Empire in 741. The Avar Empire and Hazar Empire both ruled at roughly the same time between 600 and 1100 A.D.\nThe Turks first settled the country in the early 1200s and commenced warring agai..

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What was John Hanson the first president of?

Hanson was born to farmers in Charles County, Maryland, and was self-educated. His political career began when he was elected to the Maryland Colonial Assembly in 1757. He was part of the Annapolis Convention, later renamed the Assembly of Freemen, that gained control over the colony in 1774. Hanson then served on the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782, which included a term as president of Congress. Thus, Hanson was president of the Continental Congress but was never president of the United States.

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What are some facts about the Tequesta tribe?

Historians consider the Tequesta a generally peaceful--though powerful--Native American tribe. The Tequesta welcomed early European explorers after being offered gifts of cloth, tools and alcohol. Unfortunately, slavery and disease, along with settlement struggles with other native tribes, gradually reduced the Tequesta to a few survivors by the 1800s.\nThough the Tequesta did build many villages, early European observers found that, for much of the year, the Tequesta lived in the open. They followed the best harvests of natural food sources, such as the manatees and the now-extinct sea cow, p..

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What caused the Black Death?

The first round of the Black Plague in Europe began in 1346 and lasted until about 1353. At its height, from 1348 through 1350, the disease killed an estimated 1.5 million Europeans, out of a total European population of about 4 million. In some areas, particularly where people were crowded together or where malnutrition and poor hygiene made them susceptible to disease, the death toll was much higher. In London, the disease had killed about 60 percent of the entire population by the spring of 1349.\nAlthough precisely why the Black Death ended is unknown, it was likely a combination of quaran..

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Where can you read a biography for Giovanni de Verazzano?

Born near Florence, Italy, in 1485, Verrazzano moved to France sometime around 1506 and began a maritime career. Eventually he met King Francis I of France. Concerned that his country was lagging behind Spain and Portugal in western exploration after the voyages of Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan and Amerigo Vespucci, Francis I sent Verrazzano to explore the North American coast in search of a route to the Pacific Ocean.\nIn 1524, Verrazzano set sail with four ships: the Dauphine, the Normanda, the Santa Maria and the Vittoria. In the end, only the Dauphine completed the journey, arri..

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What are the names of the United States presidents in chronological order?

The United States has had 44 presidents, as of 2015. After John Tyler, the next five presidents in chronological order are James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan. The first fifteen pre-Civil War presidents belonged to the Federalist Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Whig Party or Democratic Party. The 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, ran as a Republican candidate. It was during his administration that the Civil War took place.\nAfter Lincoln, presidents were all either Democratic or Republican. Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant made u..

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Who were some of the first Jamestown settlers?

Jamestown was settled on May 14, 1607. A few weeks later, 200 Native Americans attacked the settlement. Despite the two dead and a dozen wounded men, the settlers remained, building James Fort to protect from harassment. Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, the leader of the settlement, died three months after the settlers landed in North America, followed by about 50 more people.\nThe settlers entered a period of little food, partially due to a lack of farmers among the settlers and conflict with the native Algonquian population. During one of John Smith's expeditions to find food, he's cap..

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What year was 911?

Hijackers flew two of the planes into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed in a field in the state of Pennsylvania.\nThe death toll of these attacks was over 3,000, including over 400 fire fighters and police officers.\nThe 9/11 attacks started a military response from the United States government to end terrorism.

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