A Brief History This article presents a video timeline for students of American History through the Civil War (History 212) at Ashland University. You can click on any of the dates below to be taken to a video covering that date’s event to learn more. Please feel welcome to post a comment using YouTube’s commenting system on any video you click on to let us know your thoughts about that historic event. To my students, commenting on these videos is entirely optional and doing so is not worth any points toward your course grade. Digging Deeper I. Course Introduction On…
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A Brief History This article presents a timeline of American history through the Civil War for History 212 at Ashland University. You can click on any of the dates below to be taken to an article covering that date’s event to learn more. Please feel welcome to post a comment using the Disqus commenting system on any article you click on to let us know your thoughts about that historic event. To my students, commenting on these articles is entirely optional and doing so is not worth any points toward your course grade. Digging Deeper I. Course Introduction II. The…
A Brief History On August 14, 1480, during the protracted Battle of Otranto in Southern Italy, a siege of the city between the Ottoman Turks and the Italian defenders of their homeland, the Ottomans, who of course were of the Islamic faith, took 800 Christian Italians hostage and gave them a choice, convert to Islam or be executed. The Italian Christians chose not to renounce their faith, and in turn beheaded by the Ottomans. Sadly, this terrible incident is but one of many in which one side or the other has attempted to use force upon other people to cause…
A Brief History On August 12, 1676, John Alderman, known as a “Praying Indian” because he was a Native American converted to Christianity, shot and killed Chief Metacomet of the Wampanoag people, thus ending the conflict known as King Phillip’s War. Digging Deeper King Phillip’s War, known also by a bewildering array of other names, including Metacom’s War, The First Indian War, Metacomet’s War, Pometacomet’s Rebellion, and Metacom’s Rebellion, was a conflict that lasted from June 20, 1675 until the death of Metacomet in 1676, although some fighting continued in the Northern areas of British colonies until April of 1678. …
A Brief History On August 10, 2020, the people of the United States, notably those involved in the news media and those prospective Democratic or Independent voters that may or may not choose to give former Vice President Joe Biden the nod for President based on his judgement in choosing an appropriate Vice Presidential running mate, eagerly await Biden’s announcement about his choice for Vice President. Having already promised to choose a woman as his running mate, Biden has already demonstrated a disregard for choosing the “best available candidate” by eliminating all men from consideration. With many suitable women available…