Essay Bank from my homeschool experience
I’m going to talk about several of the inventions that were invented during the 1800’s, including but not limited to the locomotive, Morse code and the telegraph, the telephone, and the light bulb. I’ve already take a course that focused specifically on inventions specifically, so I will probably go into more detail than Mr. Fish …
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The Texas Revolution was a war that ultimately led to the territory of Texas being transferred from Mexico to the United States, and it also led to the Mexican-American War, which caused a lot of other territories to change hands as well, such as California and Arizona. The war wasn’t very long, but its implications …
We studied the American Civil War this week. I’m going to talk about my favorite parts and the parts I found most interesting. I’m going to talk about parts of the war such as military tactics that I found interesting (and a few that I found laughable), the causes for the war, the origin story …
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There were several technological and non-technological advancements made during the years of 1865 and 1881. The Transcontinental Railroad and the Transatlantic Cable were some of the most prominent of these developments. I’m also going to talk about the Homestead Acts and how the government enticed settlers into new states. I’m going to discuss Steward’s folly …
Andrew Jackson was the 7th United States President. He was the only president ever to pay off the national debt. During his early life he actually didn’t go to school very much. He served in the Revolutionary War as a courier to his older brother Robert Jackson. Before he became president, he served many different …
Today I’m going to talk about Abraham Lincoln. I’m going to summarize his life as best I can, but focus mostly on his childhood and early years because I think most people don’t talk about Lincoln’s childhood and it was one of the more interesting compared to some other historical figures. I will begin by …
For us humans, there is no star more important to our daily lives than the sun. The sun provides two important things required to support life: heat and light. Without heat, nothing would be able to survive, much less thrive, and without light, plants wouldn’t be able to grow, and without plants, all CO2 would …
Pluto is an oddball among planets. It has been kicked out of and invited back into the “Planetary Club†several times. I don’t even know if Pluto is even considered a planet right now. I do know that whether Pluto is a planet or not has been a debate among scientists and astronomers ever since …
Credit card debt is one of the largest forms of debt in America today. Almost everyone has a credit card today, with some people even having multiple credit cards that have debt piled up on them. This can snowball, and, combined with other debts, can cause quite a lot of problems. The way a credit …
I made no money this week, so I will only be talking about my income for the past year (granted, this is not exact by any means). I don’t have a regular source of income, so I will talk about all the small sources of money I have had since September of last year. Since …