Today, the United States of America includes 50 states. However, they were only thirteen in the beginning—- the 13 original colonies. The 13 original colonies of colonial America can be grouped geographically into three distinct regions. They include: The Southern Colonies The southern Colonies included the provinces of Maryland, Carolina (later divided into South and […]
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Clipperton island’s place in history is bizarre. Located 670 miles southwest off the coast of Mexico in the eastern Pacific and covering only a mere 6 square kilometers of land, Clipperton isn’t exactly a fantasy tropical island. This remote and barren island is filled with poisonous crabs, relentlessly battered by rains and storms from May
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On April 26, 1986, a devastating nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl Power Plant in Ukraine. The accident was so powerful that it caused an explosion that shattered reactor number four and released more radioactive material than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. This radioactive material spread across Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of
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The Tennis Court Oath was an event that foreshadowed the coming revolution in France in 1789. While this was not seen so clearly when the Oath was taken, the fact that the Tennis Court Oath had to be agreed upon by the Third Estate outside of their normal meeting location in Versailles was an indicator
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Deep in the ocean’s depths, there is a point on the map where no land exists for thousands of kilometers in every direction. This point is called Point Nemo, one of the most remote places on the planet. Yet, despite its extreme remoteness, Point Nemo has become a graveyard for spacecraft, a laboratory for scientists,
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Daily life in Mesopotamia is not so different from daily life for us today. Well, if we can set aside the fact that this civilization existed thousands of years ago, with vastly different social structures, economic systems, and cultural practices. Nevertheless, ancient humans were still humans. They had jobs, they fell in love, they played
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Easily one of the most interesting people that have walked the earth, the life of Peter Freuchen has gained so many public talks. The life he lived suggests that of fulfillment and great exploits. Peter Freuchen was an extraordinary explorer, writer, and anthropologist best known for his expeditions to Greenland and his work among the
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Hanna-Barbera company, formed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, was an American animation studio founded and formed in 1957 by the most successful directing team in animation history. The company produced some of the most iconic and beloved animated television shows of all time, including The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and Scooby-Doo. However, for almost two
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Otto von Bismarck is one of the key figures who is discussed concerning the formation of a modern Germany. Few people are so central to the story of a nation’s formation as this man, and his contributions as a statesman and diplomat are hard to overstate when looking at the formation of Germany as we
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Leading up to the first World War, many major world powers increased their colonial holdings worldwide. Then, in the late 1800s, many major world powers began to move into areas they had not colonized during the Age of Expansion. This was partly fueled by the rise of the factory and the possibility of selling products
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