Although Native Americans ultimately lost every war they fought with Europeans, they still had a pivotal roll in shaping the history of their continent. When the Europeans first landed they sometimes helped us with traid but other times the two sides fought because they spoke different languages and they had different traditions so they didn't get along. This is how the Native Americans helped the history of the continent when the Europeans first landed.
Durring the time of King Philip's war the Indians played a major roll in the fighting. They were a tough enemy to fight and they helped America get an army established. The battles that we fought with the Indians were large and bloody. This is how the Native Americans helped shape the history of their continent.
Durring the time of the French and Indian war and the American Revolutionary war, The Indians played a major roll in helping the french. They helped the French not only in number but with showing them a new fighting tactic where you hid behind obsticles for cover. In the American Revolution they did not play as a major roll in the fighting but still helped. This id how the Native Americans shape the history of their continent.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Final Essay #1
George Washington was horrible as a genral in the French and Indian war. He did not understand that standing in formation while the enemy shoots at you from under cover is a bad idea. He was too used to the old formal fighting tactics of the English while the French adaptid to the fighting styles of the Indians. This was mostly because he was young and he was just doing what he was taught instaed of making decisions for himself. This is why Washington was a bad genral during the French and Indian was.
In the American Revolutionary war, George Washington began to learn about how to fight without using the tactic where people stand in a field and take turns shooting at eachother. He gained most of his knolage from fighting experience. An example that he left his former fighting tactics behind is, at the battle of brokelin hights when he lost, instead of staying and having tea with the other genrals, he snuck away in the night. This is how Washington began to grow as a genral.
Washington played a unique roll in the founding of america. He was able to inspire soldiers to fight even though they lost almost every battle. At Vally Forge, when he could have gone somewhere else with a warm bed and plenty of food, he stayed with his soldiers and went through the tough times with them. This is why the soldiers respected his. This is why Washington played a unique roll in the founding of america.
In the American Revolutionary war, George Washington began to learn about how to fight without using the tactic where people stand in a field and take turns shooting at eachother. He gained most of his knolage from fighting experience. An example that he left his former fighting tactics behind is, at the battle of brokelin hights when he lost, instead of staying and having tea with the other genrals, he snuck away in the night. This is how Washington began to grow as a genral.
Washington played a unique roll in the founding of america. He was able to inspire soldiers to fight even though they lost almost every battle. At Vally Forge, when he could have gone somewhere else with a warm bed and plenty of food, he stayed with his soldiers and went through the tough times with them. This is why the soldiers respected his. This is why Washington played a unique roll in the founding of america.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Revolution and War
1763-1789
Revolution Notes
1763—Proclamation Act(The proclamation act was a law that said that all land west of the Appalachian Mountains was the Indian's land.)
1764—Grenville Acts (direct tax)
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Sugar (molasses, wine)
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Stamp
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Quartering
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Currency
Virtual/ Direct Representation
No taxation without representation
1765—Stamp Act Congress
- Sons of Liberty A secret group of American patriots who rebeled against the British.
- Samuel Adams
- Paul Revere
- John Hancock
- Propaganda
- Boycotts
- Lobsters (Lobster-backs, Thomas Lobster)
Formed for action against the Stamp Act
1766—Declaratory Act
Britian passed an act to make laws in the colonies in all matters
1767—Townsend Acts (indirect tax)
- Charles Townsend
- Writs of Assistance (search warrants)
- Revenue used to pay Royal officials in the colonies
- Tea Act (glass, paper, paint) support British East India Company
(Second attempt to get money from the Seven year War.)
1770—Boston Massacre
- March 5, 1770
- Local reaction (primarily) was really negative.
- 5 dead colonists
- John Adams defends British soldiers/5 exonerated-2 convicted
- Convicted men discharged and thumbs branded
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1773—Boston Tea Party
- November 30, 1773--Dartmouth sails into Boston Harbor
- December 16, 1773--Tea dumped into harbor
- 340 chests of tea dumped (value of 10,000 British pounds)
(Reaction to Townsend acts.)
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1774—Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts in Britain)
- Close the port of Boston
- Shut down Provincial and Town Governments
- All offices appointed
- Named General Thomas Gage as Governor
- Gave all western lands north of the Ohio R. to Quebec, allowed Catholic Church to practice
- beginning of Revolution
1774—1st Continental Congress
- September to October (7 weeks)
- Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
- New England—John Adams, Paul Revere, Silas Deane
- Virginia—Washington, Patrick Henry, Peyton Randolph,Richard Henry Lee
- Pennsylvania—John Dickenson, Joseph Galloway (Plan for American council under Parliament, to avoid war)
- New York—John Jay, James Duane
- Maryland—Samuel Chase (future Supreme Court Justice), Charles Carroll (richest man in Maryland, Catholic)
- Declaration of Rights—rejects Parliamentary authority over internal colonial affairs, colonies manage own defense, united aid to Boston if Intolerable Acts continue, absolute boycott of British goods to be enforced rigidly
One goes to war, all go to war
1775— January
- William Pitt urges Parliament to withdraw troops from America because the idea of managing the colonies through force was “too ridiculous to take up a moment of your lordships’ time”
1775—April 19 Lexington and Concord
- Gen. Gage sends 700 men to Concord to seize the powder supplies
- Paul Revere and William Dawes raise alarm the night before
- Town of Lexington is on the way to Concord
- Minutemen are assembled on the town common
- “Shot heard round the world”
- 18 colonials killed and the rest run away
- British march on to Concord and find the munitions were moved overnight
- Minutemen ambush the British the whole way back to Boston
- 430 Redcoats make it back to Boston
- 30,000 Colonists surround Boston
- First battle between Britain and America
1775—May
- Gen. Howe, Gen. Clinton, Gen. Burgoyne
- 5,000 British troops
- Ethan Allen, “Green Mountain Boys” seize Fort Ticonderoga
- Henry Knox uses canon to lay siege on Boston
- Benedict Arnold (Connecticut) takes Fort Crown Point to impede an invasion from Canada
- 1775—May 10, 2nd Continental Congress
- Sam Adams pushes for Independence
- John Dickenson (Penn.) urges restraint
- Agree to form Colonial Army
- Delegates unanimously agree to Washington as Commander of Continental Army (John Adams suggestion)1775—June 17, “Battle of Bunker Hill”
Adopted the Declaration of Independance and Articles of Confederation
- Actually fought on Breed’s Hill
- Gen. Howe leads assault without canon support (his canon had been matched with wrong-sized cannonballs [Amherst at Ticonderoga])
- Militia waited to within 30 yards (some say 15 yards)
- Militia target British officers
- Militia ran extremely low on ammunition
- On the third assault, led by Gen. Howe, British troops overtake the colonial position
- Britain losses almost 1000 men (about half the attacking force)
- Colonials lose about 500 men
- Battle that showed congress that America can hold it's own.
1776—January, Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine
- 120,000 copies sold in three months1776—March
- A essay that was read at pubs and common men worked up engough to riot.
- Gen. William Howe evacuates Boston
- July 2, lands in Staten Island, New York (Loyalist base)
1776—Declaration of Independence
- June 7, Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) introduces legislation to declare independence from Britain
- Before voting on Lee’s proposal Congress appoints five-man committee to draft a formal Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson, 33, does most of the writing)
- June 28, Declaration presented to Congress
- July 2, Congress approves Lee’s legislation to declare the United States of America independent of Great Britain
- July 4, Congress officially adopts the Declaration of Independence
- The Declaration intended to:
- Undermine loyalty to King George III
- Outline basic principles of representative government
- Establish the “right” of rebellion
"Break Up" letter to the king.
War
1776—August, Brooklyn Heights, New York
- Largest Naval group Britain will launch until the 20th century
- British victory, city falls to England
- As winter came “sunshine patriots” left the American Army
- Initial colonial enlistments due to expire
- George Washington almost captured, snuck off in the fog
1776—December, Battle of Trenton
- Howe believes war almost won
- 1,400 Hessians stationed at Trenton
- Colonel Rall (Hessian) builds no fortifications
- Washington “Crosses the Delaware” Christmas night
- 2,500 men; 18 artillery guns
- Surprise attack at dawn
- 106 Hessians killed, 918 captured
- No colonial casualties
- Washington retreats in secret to avoid Gen. Cornwallis counter-attack
- Rall had a warning but did not read it, died with the warning in his pocket
1777—January, Princeton
- Washington ambushes British troops
- Colonial victory establishes this will not be a quick war for Britain
- One of few small victories for Washington
1777—September-October, Saratoga
- Gen. Burgoyne plans a three-prong attack on colonials at Albany
- Plan does not consider the terrain, forcing British troops to march through swamps, lakes, hills and forests full of rebels
- Two of the three “prongs” never arrive (Howe goes to Philadelphia instead, St. Leger retreats to New York afraid of Benedict Arnold)
- Sept. Burgoyne crosses Hudson River
- Oct. 17, Burgoyne surrenders
- Establishes American Army as real threat
- Helps secure open French Alliance
- Turning Point of the War
- First real victory of the war was won by Horatio Gates
777-1778—Winter at Valley Forge
- Under-funded troops
- Low morale
- 10,000+ troops
- 4,000 troops listed as “unfit for duty” due to poor supplies (boots, blankets, coats, etc.)
- 2,500 troops die of disease (typhus, typhoid fever, dysentery, pneumonia)
- George Washington mentioned a lack of shoes so severe that the men's "marches might be tracked by the blood from their feet”
- Local farmers would sell produce to Brits who could pay cash
- A horrible winter for Washington's troops
1779—February, Vincennes
1780—August, Camden
1780—October, Kings Mountain
1781—October, Yorktown
- British Gen. Cornwallis
- American Gen. Washington (also “Mad” Anthony Wayne, Baron von Steuben )
- French Gen. Rochambeau (also Marquis de Lafayette )
- Essentially a French Naval victory
- Last significant battle of the war
Big shebang!!
1783—Sept. 3, Treaty of Paris
- Britain recognizes American independence
- America gets all land from Atlantic coast to Miss. River, Great Lakes to Florida
- Fishing rights to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland
- America must pay debts to Britain
- American congress would “earnestly recommend” all Loyalist property returned (States ignore this request)
- America came out with most of the spoils
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Book Report
Many people think that war is all about the fighting and the battles, but in fact that is only a small part of war. In John Steinbeck's Once There Was a War, published in 1958, he writes about World War II and what the common soldier did when he wasn't fighting. The theme to this book is; a solider always remains a man, not a hero. This theme is important because many people think of a soldier as some supernaturally strong, invincable hero but they are the same person as they were when they joined.
John Steinbeck
In World War II, soldiers were presented as strong and high disapline men but they are just normal everyday people. My first example from the book is when Steinbeck writes about a man they call Big Train. This man is a private and his job is to transport soldiers, he dosn't climb mountians or take on the enemy by himself. Another example from the book is, in a certian wing of the air force they had a goat that they gave alcohol. The goat served at a pet/maskot and they believed that it brang good luck. Their maskot wasn't a majestic animal like an eagle or a lion, it was a goat, an average, everyday animal. My last example from the book is, the soldiers were in rough shape. They were not fed well, they were sick, not clean shaven, they did not look 
anything like the strong, healthy soldiers that were portraied. This theme is significant for this book because, it shows that soldiers are not always strong, healthy people that most people think of them to be.
A WWII Soldier
anything like the strong, healthy soldiers that were portraied. This theme is significant for this book because, it shows that soldiers are not always strong, healthy people that most people think of them to be. A WWII Soldier
Throughout history, soldiers have been presented as strong and high disapline men but they are just normal everyday people. In moveis about ancient roman wariors, all the soldiers appear to be muscular and well fed, but they lived through hard times such as, hunger, desease, and other problems thet occur in armies. My second detail that throughout history soldiers have been presented as strong and high disapline men but they are just normal everyday people is, during mideval times, all the knights are allways ahown as very chivlrous, and noble, but they were no different if not more rude then any other person. Last, today in the army comersials the soldiers are shown saving someone, or climbing up a cliff, and even though some soldiers do save people, most of the time they are waiting around their camps. This theme is important in history because, it shows that soldiers are not always strong, healthy people that most mo
vies and books, show them to be.
vies and books, show them to be.Brad Pitt Playing a soldier in the Movie Troy
A solider always remains a man, not a hero. This theme is significant for this book because, it shows that soldiers are not always strong, healthy people that most people think of them to be. The theme is important in history because, it shows that soldiers are not always strong, healthy people that most movies and books, show them to be. It is important to understand the theme because even though the TV and movies show soldiers as strong and exciting people, it is often just properganda.
Monday, May 19, 2008
letter from valley forge
Ben Taylor
Name: Bernard Harpentomleson
From: St Albans Massachusetts
Why: I joined because I have been on the farm my entire life and I wanted to see the rest of the country.
Writing to: Son, Thomas Harpentomleson
Dear Thomas,
I am writing to you from Valley Forge, Virginia. It is now nearing the end of the winter but the winter was a hard one. It was cold and all we have for shelter are small log huts. Many people have died of various diseases. I my self thought I was going to die of typhus early this January but after two weeks in the hospital, I got better. The food here is nothing but fire cakes, a tasteless flower and water mixture, cooked. And we have to drink out of the same river water where we relieve ourselves. People fight with each other and there is hardly any discipline. I miss you and your mother both and I look forward to seeing you when I return.
Son, I am pleased with the leadership of General Washington, he is constantly encouraging us and telling us that we will come back after the winter and start winning the battles. So far, we have lost nearly all of the battles that we have fought and we spend most of the time running from the British. This is his tactic though, to out run the British. I respect Washington and I am glad to be fighting with him.
I support the revolution; the British are taking advantage if our country and we must put a stop to it. However, like I said before we are loosing almost every battle and the rest of the troops are becoming less and less supportive of it. I am still very much supportive of the revolution and I intend to enlist again in the spring. I am also going to have you enlist with me, for you will be old enough, come time to enlist. I look forward to seeing you soon.
Sincerely,
Bernard
Name: Bernard Harpentomleson
From: St Albans Massachusetts
Why: I joined because I have been on the farm my entire life and I wanted to see the rest of the country.
Writing to: Son, Thomas Harpentomleson
Dear Thomas,
I am writing to you from Valley Forge, Virginia. It is now nearing the end of the winter but the winter was a hard one. It was cold and all we have for shelter are small log huts. Many people have died of various diseases. I my self thought I was going to die of typhus early this January but after two weeks in the hospital, I got better. The food here is nothing but fire cakes, a tasteless flower and water mixture, cooked. And we have to drink out of the same river water where we relieve ourselves. People fight with each other and there is hardly any discipline. I miss you and your mother both and I look forward to seeing you when I return.
Son, I am pleased with the leadership of General Washington, he is constantly encouraging us and telling us that we will come back after the winter and start winning the battles. So far, we have lost nearly all of the battles that we have fought and we spend most of the time running from the British. This is his tactic though, to out run the British. I respect Washington and I am glad to be fighting with him.
I support the revolution; the British are taking advantage if our country and we must put a stop to it. However, like I said before we are loosing almost every battle and the rest of the troops are becoming less and less supportive of it. I am still very much supportive of the revolution and I intend to enlist again in the spring. I am also going to have you enlist with me, for you will be old enough, come time to enlist. I look forward to seeing you soon.
Sincerely,
Bernard
Friday, May 9, 2008
propaganda essay
I believe that we have the right to rebel and go to war with Britain. The king and his people have been nothing but bad to us, treating us with none of the respect that we deserve. He thinks nothing more of us then a young boy would of an old, out grown toy. He just uses us to get the things he wants like money and trade. This is why we have the right to rebel, because we deserve to rule ourselves.
The king thinks that he can tax us so he can pay off the money he owes from the war. Why are we the ones who is paying his debt? They don't treat us with any of the respect we deserve, remember the Boston massacre when the British soldiers killed a number of people who were throwing only snowballs. If we don't do something then it will only get worse. They will continue to tax us at outrageous prices and kill our Innocent people. This is why we must rebel.
I see a future in America, I believe that we can come together and make this country great. We can form a government where everyone has a say and no one has absolute power. We have too much at stake to not rebel from Britain. If we do not then all the progress we have made has gone to waste.
The king thinks that he can tax us so he can pay off the money he owes from the war. Why are we the ones who is paying his debt? They don't treat us with any of the respect we deserve, remember the Boston massacre when the British soldiers killed a number of people who were throwing only snowballs. If we don't do something then it will only get worse. They will continue to tax us at outrageous prices and kill our Innocent people. This is why we must rebel.
I see a future in America, I believe that we can come together and make this country great. We can form a government where everyone has a say and no one has absolute power. We have too much at stake to not rebel from Britain. If we do not then all the progress we have made has gone to waste.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
William Few
William Few was born June 8, 1748, in Maryland and died at the age of 80 on July 16, 1828, in New York. He represented the state of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention from 1780-1782 and then from 1786-1788. Few was born into a family fighting against poverty as were many small farmers at this time. In 1771 Few, his father, and a brother joined a group called the "Regulators," a group of men (mostly small farmers) who opposed the royal governor. As a result, his brother was hanged, the family farm was destroyed, and his father was forced to move to Georgia where Few later joined him. William later married Catherine Nicholson and had three daughters.
Few joined the Richmond county regiment led by his older brother Benjamin. For two years, he attended military assemblies where he instructed people of the skills that he learned in the Regulators. It wasn't until 1778 that he was called to active duty when Georgia faced a threat by a force of loyalist militia and British regulars based in Florida. In the late 1770s Few won the election to the House of Representatives and represented Georgia in negotiations with the Indians that succeeded in minimizing the danger of frontier attacks. After serving for less then a year, Congress sent Few home to help reassemble Georgia's government after General Nathanael Greene's successful effort to drive the British out of most of Georgia. After he did this, Few returned to Congress in 1782, where he remained to serve for most of the decade. Some people that he served beside in Congress are James Madison, Rufus King and William Blount. In the 1700's Georgia selected Few to be one of its original senators along side James Gunn. Even though he was planing to retire, he served another year in the state legislature.
Few participated in the revolution because he firmly supported the effort to create a strong national union. He did not believe in a government where a person has complete power like a monarchy. Many other people agreed with Few, Samuel Adams (who lead the Sons of Liberty) and Thomas Pain (who wrote the book common sense) both actively supported the revolution. Because he did not believe in a monarchy, he worked hard to get the Continental Congress' approval of the new form of government.
William Few deserves more historical recognition than he receives. Even though he did not play as much of an active roll in the fighting as George Washington or Horatio Gates or play as large of a political roll as John Adams or Samuel Chase, he still did help defend and represent his country. He served in the military in Georgia and helped defend his state and country. He also represented the state of Georgia in the House of Representatives and in The Senate to help vote on decisions. This is why William Few Deserves more Historical recognition than he receives.
Few joined the Richmond county regiment led by his older brother Benjamin. For two years, he attended military assemblies where he instructed people of the skills that he learned in the Regulators. It wasn't until 1778 that he was called to active duty when Georgia faced a threat by a force of loyalist militia and British regulars based in Florida. In the late 1770s Few won the election to the House of Representatives and represented Georgia in negotiations with the Indians that succeeded in minimizing the danger of frontier attacks. After serving for less then a year, Congress sent Few home to help reassemble Georgia's government after General Nathanael Greene's successful effort to drive the British out of most of Georgia. After he did this, Few returned to Congress in 1782, where he remained to serve for most of the decade. Some people that he served beside in Congress are James Madison, Rufus King and William Blount. In the 1700's Georgia selected Few to be one of its original senators along side James Gunn. Even though he was planing to retire, he served another year in the state legislature.
Few participated in the revolution because he firmly supported the effort to create a strong national union. He did not believe in a government where a person has complete power like a monarchy. Many other people agreed with Few, Samuel Adams (who lead the Sons of Liberty) and Thomas Pain (who wrote the book common sense) both actively supported the revolution. Because he did not believe in a monarchy, he worked hard to get the Continental Congress' approval of the new form of government.
William Few deserves more historical recognition than he receives. Even though he did not play as much of an active roll in the fighting as George Washington or Horatio Gates or play as large of a political roll as John Adams or Samuel Chase, he still did help defend and represent his country. He served in the military in Georgia and helped defend his state and country. He also represented the state of Georgia in the House of Representatives and in The Senate to help vote on decisions. This is why William Few Deserves more Historical recognition than he receives.
Court Room Essay
People of the Jury, on the night of March 5th 1970, Officer Preston did not order the soldiers to fire at the crowd. That night, many children were taunting, name calling and assaulting soldiers. When they called for help, a soldier had hit a child with the butt of his gun in self defense. By the time
People of the Jury, the crowd is to blame for the deaths if the five colonists. They are the ones who provoked the soldiers, daring them to fire. The first soldier who did fire, fired on accident because of a blow to the head from someone in the crowd. This is why the crowd is to blame for the deaths.
It is hard to punish a mob with such great number. Therefore there should only be a few who get punished. They should be picked at random and the selected few should be tared and feathered to show everyone that it is wrong to do such things. If we punish the crowd, then the crowd will obviously be unhappy but the king will be pleased to see the people brought to justice.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Book Report
I. Introduction
A. Black Elk Speaks, John G. Neihardt, published in 1932
B. A holy Lakota Indian named Black Elk who lived during the time when the English were taking over the Indians' land and when he was young, he had a great vision.
C. Religion plays a major roll in a persons' life.
D. Anyone who believes in a religion devotes their life to it.
II. Theme of Book
A. Religion plays a major roll in a Lakota Indians' life.
B. They thank the six grandfathers for what they have and they offer it to the four quarters of the earth
C. Before and after battles they have religious dances
D. Everything they wear for cloths has something to do with their religion
E. Lakota Indians are very spiritual people and religion is a large part of everyday life for them.
III. Theme in History
A. Religion has played a major roll in history
B. The Crucifixion of Jesus
C. The Holocaust
D. The Pilgrims and other settlers to came to America
E. Many wars and other major turning points in history were religion related.
IV. Conclusion
A. Religion is import to many people and makes a difference in their life
B. Lakota Indians are very spiritual people
C. Many wars and other major turning points in history were religion related.
D. The book did a very good job showing how religion plays a major roll in a persons life
E. The book did a very good job showing the theme
I read a book by John G. Neihardt called Black Elk Speaks published in 1932. This book is about a holy Lakota Indian named Black Elk (1863-1950)who lived during the time when the English were taking over the Indians' land, and when he was just a child, he had a great vision that helped him in battle and later on in life heal
people. He had other smaller visions throughout his life that showed him how life used to be before the Englishmen came. The theme of this book is, religion plays a major roll in a persons' life. This theme is important because anyone who believes in a religion devotes their life to it.
John G. Neihardt
Black Elk
A. Black Elk Speaks, John G. Neihardt, published in 1932
B. A holy Lakota Indian named Black Elk who lived during the time when the English were taking over the Indians' land and when he was young, he had a great vision.
C. Religion plays a major roll in a persons' life.
D. Anyone who believes in a religion devotes their life to it.
II. Theme of Book
A. Religion plays a major roll in a Lakota Indians' life.
B. They thank the six grandfathers for what they have and they offer it to the four quarters of the earth
C. Before and after battles they have religious dances
D. Everything they wear for cloths has something to do with their religion
E. Lakota Indians are very spiritual people and religion is a large part of everyday life for them.
III. Theme in History
A. Religion has played a major roll in history
B. The Crucifixion of Jesus
C. The Holocaust
D. The Pilgrims and other settlers to came to America
E. Many wars and other major turning points in history were religion related.
IV. Conclusion
A. Religion is import to many people and makes a difference in their life
B. Lakota Indians are very spiritual people
C. Many wars and other major turning points in history were religion related.
D. The book did a very good job showing how religion plays a major roll in a persons life
E. The book did a very good job showing the theme
I read a book by John G. Neihardt called Black Elk Speaks published in 1932. This book is about a holy Lakota Indian named Black Elk (1863-1950)who lived during the time when the English were taking over the Indians' land, and when he was just a child, he had a great vision that helped him in battle and later on in life heal
people. He had other smaller visions throughout his life that showed him how life used to be before the Englishmen came. The theme of this book is, religion plays a major roll in a persons' life. This theme is important because anyone who believes in a religion devotes their life to it. John G. Neihardt
Religion plays a major roll in a Lakota Indians' life. Before the Lakota Indians do anything they thank the six grandfathers for what they have and they offer it to the four quarters of the earth. Another example from the book that religion plays a major roll in Indians' lives is, before and after battles, 
healing, and many other reasons, they will have dances that can last from one night to multiple days. Last, everything they wear for cloths has something to do with their religion weather it be a shirt, pants, paint or feathers, they have a purpose for everything they wear. The theme is important for this book because the Lakota Indians are very spiritual people and religion is a large part of everyday life for them.
healing, and many other reasons, they will have dances that can last from one night to multiple days. Last, everything they wear for cloths has something to do with their religion weather it be a shirt, pants, paint or feathers, they have a purpose for everything they wear. The theme is important for this book because the Lakota Indians are very spiritual people and religion is a large part of everyday life for them.Black Elk
Religion has played a major roll in history. The Crucifixion of Jesus was an important part in history due to religion because Christianity was started. Another way religion has played an important roll in history is, the Holocaust and Hitler because over eleven million people were killed, over half of them being Jews and most of the others being of other religions. He did this because he was atheist and wanted to create a super race without any religion. Last, Religion is what forced the Pilgrims and other settlers to come to America because the Pilgrims were Protestant and wanted religious freedom from the English who were Catholic. The theme is important in history because many wars and other major turning points in history were religion related.
Religion is import to many people and makes a difference in their life. The theme is important for this book because the Lakota Indians are very spiritual people and religion is a large part of everyday life for them. The theme is important in history because many wars and other major turning points in history were religion related. The book did a very good job showing how religion plays a major roll in a persons life by showing what the Lakota Indians do in everyday life and how they incorporate religion into it. The book did a very good job showing the theme because without knowing a religious background of a person, you could offend them by saying or doing something without intending to.
Monday, March 10, 2008
I. Introduction
A. Thesis statement: The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
B. Preview first major point: Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
C. Preview second major point: Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
D. Preview third major point: Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
E. Significance of Thesis: It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.
II. First Major Point
A. Statement of position: Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
B. Detail of support: Standish killed Witawumat with his own knife after being insulted by him
C. Detail of Support: Standish invades an Indian wigwam to kill Corbin
D. Detail of Support: Standish threatens Thomas Morton
E. Significance of position: Standish played a vital role in the formation of the colony using violence.
III. Second Major Point
A. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
B. Detail of support : Church took over an Indian wigwam with just three people.
C. Detail of Support: Church held off 300 Indians with just 20 men.
D. Detail of Support: Church thought of a plan to kill King Phillup
E. Significance of position: This is important because, without Church's violent leadership the colony wouldn't have flourished like it did.
IV. Third Major Point
A. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
B. Detail of support: They believed that England was not free enough religously so they came to the "New World".
C. Detail of Support: The Pilgrams only wanted religous freedom for themselves, no other relogons except Protestant.
D. Detail of Support: They established a public education system and stressed the importance of education.
E. Significance of position: The idealism lead to many of their violent acts.
V. Conclusion
A. The early English colonies combined idealism and violence in the formation of the country.
B. Miles Standish used violence to help protect the early colonies.
C. Benjamin Church helped lead and protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
D. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
E. This essay is important to anyone who wants to learn about the early American heros before George Washington's time and how they used idealism and violence to establish the colonies.
The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.
Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. When Witawumat came up to to Standish sharpening his knife saying how small and powerless he was, Standish used violence by inviting him to dinner and then killing him with his own knife because he felt that he was trying to taking the pilgrams. Another thing standish did was invade an Indian wigwam to kill Corbin because he thought that he was trying to take over the pilgrams. One last thing that Sandish did was threaten Thomas Morton because he partied with the Indians alot and the Pilgrams did not like that. Standish played a vital role in the formation of the colony using violence.
Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. One thing Benjamin Church did was sneek into an Indian wigwam behind two other people then once he was in, he jumped to the weapons so the Indians couldn't get to tham, held Annawon's son hostage and took over the wigwam. Another thing that Church did that showed leadership was hold off 300 Indiand with 20 men. He did this by hiding behind a rock wall and sending two men at a time down a river to excape and he was the last one to go. The last thing that Church did as a leader was, think up a plan to capture king phillup. He did this by, knowing that Phillup always ran, so he sourounded him so he couldn't then killed him. This is important because, without Church's violent leadership the colony wouldn't have flourished like it did.
Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. The pilgrams believed that England was not free enough religously so they came to the "New World" to believe what they wanted to believe. The Pilgrams however, only wanted religous freedom for themselves and wanted no other religons except Protestant. They established a public education system and stressed the importance of education. The idealism lead to many of their violent acts.
The early English colonies combined idealism and violence in the formation of the country. Miles Standish used violence to help protect the early colonies. Benjamin Church helped lead and protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. This essay is important to anyone who wants to learn about the early American heros before George Washington's time and how they used idealism and violence to establish the colonies. The idealism could have lead to many of the violence because they wanted it so bad.
A. Thesis statement: The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
B. Preview first major point: Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
C. Preview second major point: Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
D. Preview third major point: Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
E. Significance of Thesis: It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.
II. First Major Point
A. Statement of position: Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
B. Detail of support: Standish killed Witawumat with his own knife after being insulted by him
C. Detail of Support: Standish invades an Indian wigwam to kill Corbin
D. Detail of Support: Standish threatens Thomas Morton
E. Significance of position: Standish played a vital role in the formation of the colony using violence.
III. Second Major Point
A. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
B. Detail of support : Church took over an Indian wigwam with just three people.
C. Detail of Support: Church held off 300 Indians with just 20 men.
D. Detail of Support: Church thought of a plan to kill King Phillup
E. Significance of position: This is important because, without Church's violent leadership the colony wouldn't have flourished like it did.
IV. Third Major Point
A. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
B. Detail of support: They believed that England was not free enough religously so they came to the "New World".
C. Detail of Support: The Pilgrams only wanted religous freedom for themselves, no other relogons except Protestant.
D. Detail of Support: They established a public education system and stressed the importance of education.
E. Significance of position: The idealism lead to many of their violent acts.
V. Conclusion
A. The early English colonies combined idealism and violence in the formation of the country.
B. Miles Standish used violence to help protect the early colonies.
C. Benjamin Church helped lead and protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
D. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
E. This essay is important to anyone who wants to learn about the early American heros before George Washington's time and how they used idealism and violence to establish the colonies.
The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.
Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. When Witawumat came up to to Standish sharpening his knife saying how small and powerless he was, Standish used violence by inviting him to dinner and then killing him with his own knife because he felt that he was trying to taking the pilgrams. Another thing standish did was invade an Indian wigwam to kill Corbin because he thought that he was trying to take over the pilgrams. One last thing that Sandish did was threaten Thomas Morton because he partied with the Indians alot and the Pilgrams did not like that. Standish played a vital role in the formation of the colony using violence.
Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. One thing Benjamin Church did was sneek into an Indian wigwam behind two other people then once he was in, he jumped to the weapons so the Indians couldn't get to tham, held Annawon's son hostage and took over the wigwam. Another thing that Church did that showed leadership was hold off 300 Indiand with 20 men. He did this by hiding behind a rock wall and sending two men at a time down a river to excape and he was the last one to go. The last thing that Church did as a leader was, think up a plan to capture king phillup. He did this by, knowing that Phillup always ran, so he sourounded him so he couldn't then killed him. This is important because, without Church's violent leadership the colony wouldn't have flourished like it did.
Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. The pilgrams believed that England was not free enough religously so they came to the "New World" to believe what they wanted to believe. The Pilgrams however, only wanted religous freedom for themselves and wanted no other religons except Protestant. They established a public education system and stressed the importance of education. The idealism lead to many of their violent acts.
The early English colonies combined idealism and violence in the formation of the country. Miles Standish used violence to help protect the early colonies. Benjamin Church helped lead and protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. This essay is important to anyone who wants to learn about the early American heros before George Washington's time and how they used idealism and violence to establish the colonies. The idealism could have lead to many of the violence because they wanted it so bad.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
John Smith Quotes
They are gentle, loving, faithful, lacking in all guile and trickery. The words denoting lying, deceit, greed, envy, slander, and forgiveness have never been heard. They have no jealousy, no sense of possession.--John Smith (character)
We shall make a new start. A fresh beginning. Here the blessings of the earth are bestowed upon all. None need grow poor. Here there is good ground for all, and no cost but one's labor. We shall build a true common wealth, hard work and self reliance our virtues. We shall have no landlords to rack us with high rents or extort the fruit of our labor. --John Smith (character)
Friday, February 1, 2008
wounded knee essay
I. Introduction
A. Wounded knee illustrates one of the final events in a long seres of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding.
B. Trip to monument from, youtube.com
C. Documentary from, youtube.com
D. Wounded knee paragraph from the Internet
E. Proves the thesis
II. Body of Essay
The battle at wounded knee was one of the last of a long string of bloody events lead by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding.
Detail 1 Native Americans are still being discriminated against (youtube.com)
Detail 2 The white men made sure that the Indians had no weapons (youtube.com)
Detail 3 The white men treated the Indians like animals (Essay)
Sugnificance They show how the sources prove the thesis.
III. Conclusion
Restate Thesis (not rewrite)
lesson learned- Native Americans are still living in tough conditions and deserve to be respected more.
lesson learned- The fight was unfair because the white men made sure that they had no way to defend themselves
lesson learned- the white men were very unfair in the way they fought the Native Americans.
Significance of thesis- It tells how unfair the Native Americans were treated at the battle of wounded knee and how they still today deserve to be treated better.
Wounded knee illustrates one of the final events in a long seres of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. My first source is a trip to the wounded knee monument video from youtube.com. My second source is a documentary on the wounded knee battle from youtube.com. My final source is an essay on the battle of wounded knee. These sources are significant because they all prove the thesis to be true.
The battle at wounded knee was one of the last of a long string of bloody events lead by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. The trip video proves the thesis because it shows that the Native Americans are still being discriminated against because of the poor looking and run down houses they live in and the pile of feces near the monument. The documentary proves the thesis because, from the Indians' perspective, the white men made sure that the Indians had no weapons, not even cooking utensils and then they slaughtered them at the battle. They also wouldn't let them practise their rituals. The essay proves the thesis because the white men treated the Indians like animals and fought them in an unfair battle. These details are significant because they show how the sources prove the thesis.
The battle at wounded knee was one of the last of a long string of bloody events lead by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. The trip video showed me how the Native Americans are still living in tough conditions and deserve to be respected more. The documentary shows how unfair the fight was because the white men made sure that they had no way to defend themselves and then attacked then. The essay also showed that the white men were very unfair in the way they fought the Native Americans. The thesis is important because it tells how unfair the Native Americans were treated at the battle of wounded knee and how they still today deserve to be treated better.
A. Wounded knee illustrates one of the final events in a long seres of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding.
B. Trip to monument from, youtube.com
C. Documentary from, youtube.com
D. Wounded knee paragraph from the Internet
E. Proves the thesis
II. Body of Essay
The battle at wounded knee was one of the last of a long string of bloody events lead by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding.
Detail 1 Native Americans are still being discriminated against (youtube.com)
Detail 2 The white men made sure that the Indians had no weapons (youtube.com)
Detail 3 The white men treated the Indians like animals (Essay)
Sugnificance They show how the sources prove the thesis.
III. Conclusion
Restate Thesis (not rewrite)
lesson learned- Native Americans are still living in tough conditions and deserve to be respected more.
lesson learned- The fight was unfair because the white men made sure that they had no way to defend themselves
lesson learned- the white men were very unfair in the way they fought the Native Americans.
Significance of thesis- It tells how unfair the Native Americans were treated at the battle of wounded knee and how they still today deserve to be treated better.
Wounded knee illustrates one of the final events in a long seres of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. My first source is a trip to the wounded knee monument video from youtube.com. My second source is a documentary on the wounded knee battle from youtube.com. My final source is an essay on the battle of wounded knee. These sources are significant because they all prove the thesis to be true.
The battle at wounded knee was one of the last of a long string of bloody events lead by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. The trip video proves the thesis because it shows that the Native Americans are still being discriminated against because of the poor looking and run down houses they live in and the pile of feces near the monument. The documentary proves the thesis because, from the Indians' perspective, the white men made sure that the Indians had no weapons, not even cooking utensils and then they slaughtered them at the battle. They also wouldn't let them practise their rituals. The essay proves the thesis because the white men treated the Indians like animals and fought them in an unfair battle. These details are significant because they show how the sources prove the thesis.
The battle at wounded knee was one of the last of a long string of bloody events lead by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. The trip video showed me how the Native Americans are still living in tough conditions and deserve to be respected more. The documentary shows how unfair the fight was because the white men made sure that they had no way to defend themselves and then attacked then. The essay also showed that the white men were very unfair in the way they fought the Native Americans. The thesis is important because it tells how unfair the Native Americans were treated at the battle of wounded knee and how they still today deserve to be treated better.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Book Project
Animal Farm RTL
Ben Taylor
Throughout history, many governments have tried to have a government where all people are equal but almost all have failed. In the book Animal Farm, George Orwell writes how you can’t have a government in which all are equal in this historical fiction book. In this book the farm is supposed to represent Russia during the Russian revolution. The animals run all the humans off the farm and rule it themselves. It works for a time but after a while, one pig runs out the other pig and he and all the other pigs keep convincing the other animals that they are better and that they need more things. After some time they start acting like the humans, something they said they would never do. The theme to this book is there is no such thing as total equality. I think that this is important because countrie
s continue to try to have a government like this but it is a bad idea because it will fall apart.
The author uses the characters to develop the theme because in the beginning of the farm’s revolution, all the animals share the work and all the animals share the wealth. As the book goes on, one pig named Napoleon [who represents Joseph Stalin (left)] runs out the other named snowball [who represents Trotsky(botom)], they were together leading the farm. After he runs him out there is only one leader. He and all the other pigs start living in the farmhouse, stop doing work and getting all the profit from the work that the other animals do. Before too long, it turns into a dictatorship. This story directly reflects the theme because it starts out with equality but ends with dictatorship. This book also directly reflects Russian revolution because Russia went through the same exact thing in the early 1900’s. If you just change the names and setting then you have the Russian revolution.
The theme to this book relates to my thinking on life because the Russian revolution was not that long ago and it will probably happen again. Throughout history people overthrow the government and make a communism (a government where all are equal) but it almost always falls apart or leads to a dictatorship. I agree with the author and his theme because I think that there has to be a leader in every government or else it will fall apart.
I think that the characters and theme are both very believable because if you change the setting and the characters’ names then you have the Russian revolution. In the Russian revolution the people overthrow their government leader and make a communist government. Joseph Stalin (Napoleon) kills Trotsky (Snowball) and becomes a dictator and takes everything for himself that the people earned.
s continue to try to have a government like this but it is a bad idea because it will fall apart.The author uses the characters to develop the theme because in the beginning of the farm’s revolution, all the animals share the work and all the animals share the wealth. As the book goes on, one pig named Napoleon [who represents Joseph Stalin (left)] runs out the other named snowball [who represents Trotsky(botom)], they were together leading the farm. After he runs him out there is only one leader. He and all the other pigs start living in the farmhouse, stop doing work and getting all the profit from the work that the other animals do. Before too long, it turns into a dictatorship. This story directly reflects the theme because it starts out with equality but ends with dictatorship. This book also directly reflects Russian revolution because Russia went through the same exact thing in the early 1900’s. If you just change the names and setting then you have the Russian revolution.
The theme to this book relates to my thinking on life because the Russian revolution was not that long ago and it will probably happen again. Throughout history people overthrow the government and make a communism (a government where all are equal) but it almost always falls apart or leads to a dictatorship. I agree with the author and his theme because I think that there has to be a leader in every government or else it will fall apart.I think that the characters and theme are both very believable because if you change the setting and the characters’ names then you have the Russian revolution. In the Russian revolution the people overthrow their government leader and make a communist government. Joseph Stalin (Napoleon) kills Trotsky (Snowball) and becomes a dictator and takes everything for himself that the people earned.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Final Essay
Prompt 2
Hitler and the Nazis came to power by burning the reichstag, they did it and then blamed it on a Jewish man, he then stated a state of emergency and was elected into absolute power. The conditions were also good for them because Germany was in the middle of a depression from the 1st world war and many familys were in poverty. Hitler brought the country and the familys out of the depression so the people liked him and voted for him. The people woulld listen to him and what he had to say because they respected him for bringing them out of the depression.
The depression was a chance for the Nazi party go get the population on their side because the people were getting tired of the depression and were willing to try anything. Hitler gave unimployed people jobs, he got rid of the chaos and many other things that made the people love him. When he made decisions, the people always supported him because of what he did for the country.
The people of Germany did not rise agenst Hitler because he continued to protect them form unimployment and poverty. The people had better living conditions, health care and there was less crime. They were woried that if he left they might go back into a depression. Also, the people liked the soldiers walking around sharply dressed and knowing that they were defending their land.
Hitler and the Nazis came to power by burning the reichstag, they did it and then blamed it on a Jewish man, he then stated a state of emergency and was elected into absolute power. The conditions were also good for them because Germany was in the middle of a depression from the 1st world war and many familys were in poverty. Hitler brought the country and the familys out of the depression so the people liked him and voted for him. The people woulld listen to him and what he had to say because they respected him for bringing them out of the depression.
The depression was a chance for the Nazi party go get the population on their side because the people were getting tired of the depression and were willing to try anything. Hitler gave unimployed people jobs, he got rid of the chaos and many other things that made the people love him. When he made decisions, the people always supported him because of what he did for the country.
The people of Germany did not rise agenst Hitler because he continued to protect them form unimployment and poverty. The people had better living conditions, health care and there was less crime. They were woried that if he left they might go back into a depression. Also, the people liked the soldiers walking around sharply dressed and knowing that they were defending their land.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Local History Final Draft
Yodelin’ Slim Clark
Ben Taylor
Ms. Lind and Mr. Viles
English/History
12/18/07
Outline
I. Introduction
A. Report subject
II. Biography of Slim Clark
A. Birth place
B. Starting music career
C. Family life
III. History of Yodeling
A. Relation to Slim Clark
B. Yodeling technique
C. Yodeling origin
IV. Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)
A. Influence of Slim Clark
B. Accomplishments
Ben Taylor
Ms. Lind/ Mr. Viles
English/History
12/18/07
This report is on a former resident of St. Albans, Maine. His name was Raymond Clark. This report will show about his lifestyle and how he became famous.
Slim Clark
Raymond L. Clark, more commonly known as “Slim Clark”, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1917. Ever since he could understand what they were singing about, Slim Clark had an interest in cowboy music. At the age of seven or eight, he decided that he wanted to be a cowboy singer. “I’d sit in the rocking chair and rock for hours listening to the old songs by Charlie Blake, John White, Jimmie Rodgers, and Bradley Kincaid.” (www.yodelingslimclark.com)
One day someone came along and taught him a few chords on the guitar. Those few chords were the only ones that he ever played. “I never became much of a guitar player, but for the type of song that I do and the style that I have and the crudeness of my delivery, the way that I play is very much in line with everything else, so I’ve never bothered to become much of a guitar player”, said Clark. (www.yodelingslimclark.com)
He completed two years of high school before he became a professional singer for the public in 1932 when he was only fifteen years old. Clark considered himself to be a cowboy
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singer. “A cowboy is anyone who lives that type of life, no matter where he is”, he said. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) He started out singing with some of the local bands. “I use to get two dollars a night, pretty good money. Of course I had to walk four or five miles carrying a guitar case to get there”, said Clark. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) A few times a year some music groups went through the town and they had “cowboy shows”. Sometimes he would sing on stage and the music groups would ask him to travel with them and he did. Around that same time there was a singer by the name of Montana Slim (aka Wilf Carter), and every day at 9:00 a.m., Clark would listen to him on the radio because that is what his idea of a cowboy singer was.
Clark first sang on a radio station in Massachusetts, and in 1938 he started more than a decade of performances on the radio station WKNE in New Hampshire. He went on the air as “Wyoming Buck”, but a few months later a radio station manager re-named him “Yodeling Slim Clark”, which he stuck with for the rest of his career. (www.wikipedia.org) In the early ‘50’s he moved to Maine for the hunting and fishing he loved. He starred in the 1960’s on the station “RFD Dinnerbell” out of Bangor. (www.geocities.com) At one point, Slim Clark was in the group “The Red River Rangers”. Later he had his own band “The Trail Riders” with Dick Curless, who played rhythm guitar and he was in another band called the “Tralesmen”. (www.geocities.com) They played throughout New England, New York and New Jersey. He made his first record in 1946 after signing with Continental Records in New York City. (www. wikipedia.org) He gained popularity in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe
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with only a few performances outside of New England. Shortly after his death, Clark’s first CD was released. Clark wrote more than 100 songs in his lifetime. (Kathleen Clark) “I had all kinds of chances to be up there on the top shelf, but it required staying and living in the big city, playing clubs, meeting with people all the time, and I was too much of a country boy to stand for that,” said Clark. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) The way he saw it was, hunting and fishing came first because if he couldn’t do those things than he would be unhappy and than he couldn’t do his job. During the hunting and fishing seasons he would go out in the woods and the people he worked with couldn’t get a hold of him so they would just wait until he came back.
Some of the biggest influences on Slim Clark’s singing were Jimmie Rodgers and Wilf Carter. They were the ones who helped him decide to be a cowboy singer. His style of singing was very close to their styles of singing.
Slim Clark is in the Yodeler’s Hall of Fame, The Western Music Association’s Hall of Fame and The Country Music Hall of Fame and the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Clark was also a big sports fan and he once tried out as a pitcher for the Boston braves. That team, after moving to Milwaukee is now currently known as the Atlanta Braves.
In 1943 Clark was married to Celia Jo Roberson Clark and they had two children, a son named Wilf Carter Clark and a daughter named Jewel LaVerne Clark. They also both enjoy singing and playing country music. He went through a divorce in 1968 and then married Kathleen M. Pigeon Clark in 1981. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) Kathleen Clark now lives in St. Albans and has a chiropractic office in Hartland.
Some jobs that Clark had other than singing include being a Maine guide to hunters and
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fishers, and he worked in a factory. He also sang at a dude ranch and use to lead trail rides and entertained tourists on the rides. He didn’t like with the way country music started changing from country to pop and country rock, “it got out of hand for me”. Said Clark. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) He wrote that he loved to go to the festivals and shows and meet the people but he didn’t like to travel too far to get there. He didn’t like to wait to sing either when he could be doing something else.
Late in life, Clark still performed at fairs and festivals up and down the eastern seaboard.
He also loved to paint. He liked to paint the outdoors, wildlife, hunting and fishing, old country
homes and farms, country roads and old logging scenes. He liked to paint “the old days, the horse and drag days, things like that, and the log-hauling days. I like to paint those particular types of pictures. Especially deer and landscapes.” He Said. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) Some other hobbies that he liked were hunting, fishing and golf. He once played fifty-six holes of golf in one day. (Kathleen Clark)
Slim Clark was a man of faith and a lot of his songs had a Christian meaning to them. He wrote in his autobiography, “If I had to do it all over again, I would do the same thing…perhaps a little differently, but basically the same.” (www.yodelingslimclark.com) Clark’s life ended on July 5, 2000.
The History of Yodeling
Yodeling is the style of singing that Slim Clark sang. He grew up listening to it and knew that was the style of music he would one day like to play and entertain with.
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Yodeling is a style of singing that involves an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch making a high, low, high, low sound. (www.wikipedia.org)
The style of yodeling originated in the Swiss Alps. The Swiss Alps are in central Switzerland and continue to grow a little bit every year. There are a number of individual mountains that make up the Swiss Alps. Today the Swiss Alps are a popular tourist attraction because of the hiking, climbing and a train ride that takes you through the mountains.
Yodeling started when the people in Switzerland use to yodel to communicate between mountaintops. They would use short yells that would mean something such as, “It’s time for dinner”. They were never really saying anything. A certain group of yells would mean a
certain thing. Eventually they decided that they liked the sound of it and they turned it into a form of singing. Even now, most of the time they are not saying anything in traditional style yodeling like in Switzerland and Austria.Yodeling is used in European folk music and many other cultures throughout the world, including American bluegrass and country music.
Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)
Wilf Carter was one of Slim Clark’s biggest influences on his singing. Wilf Carter, or Montana Slim, was a Canadian country singer, yodeler and a songwriter like Slim Clark. Carter was Canada’s first country music star. He recorded over forty records and in 1983, he re-recorded his top hits onto one album, Fifty Golden Years. (www.wikipedia.org) In 1971 he was inducted into the Nashvill Songwriters Hall of Fame and in 1984 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. (www.wikipedia.org)
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Works Cited
Interview
1) Clark, Kathleen. Personal Interview. 12/8/07.
Internet
1) Clark, Raymond L. "Yodeling Slim Clark." 20 Nov. 2007 http://www.yodelingslimclark.com/.
2) Cleary, Don. "Yodeling Slim Clark." New England Music Scrapbook. 19 Nov. 2007
http://www.geocities.com/nemsbook/c/slimclark.htm.
3) "Wilf Carter." Wikipedia. 6 Dec. 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodelin'_Slim_Clark.
5) "Yodeling." Wikipedia. 20 Nov. 2007
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Works Consulted
Internet
1) Keller, Florian. "Yodeling: an Art Form of the Alps." Vienna Online. June 1999. 29 Nov.
2007 http://www.geocities.com/viennaonline/ai/ai0699.html.
2) "The Swiss Alps." Articles Directory. 1 Dec. 2007
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Book
1) Biglow, M. Gladys. Knowles, M, Ruth. History of St. Albans Maine, Heritage Books, INC.,
Bowie, Maryland, 2003
Ben Taylor
Ms. Lind and Mr. Viles
English/History
12/18/07
Outline
I. Introduction
A. Report subject
II. Biography of Slim Clark
A. Birth place
B. Starting music career
C. Family life
III. History of Yodeling
A. Relation to Slim Clark
B. Yodeling technique
C. Yodeling origin
IV. Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)
A. Influence of Slim Clark
B. Accomplishments
Ben Taylor
Ms. Lind/ Mr. Viles
English/History
12/18/07
This report is on a former resident of St. Albans, Maine. His name was Raymond Clark. This report will show about his lifestyle and how he became famous.
Slim Clark
Raymond L. Clark, more commonly known as “Slim Clark”, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1917. Ever since he could understand what they were singing about, Slim Clark had an interest in cowboy music. At the age of seven or eight, he decided that he wanted to be a cowboy singer. “I’d sit in the rocking chair and rock for hours listening to the old songs by Charlie Blake, John White, Jimmie Rodgers, and Bradley Kincaid.” (www.yodelingslimclark.com)
One day someone came along and taught him a few chords on the guitar. Those few chords were the only ones that he ever played. “I never became much of a guitar player, but for the type of song that I do and the style that I have and the crudeness of my delivery, the way that I play is very much in line with everything else, so I’ve never bothered to become much of a guitar player”, said Clark. (www.yodelingslimclark.com)
He completed two years of high school before he became a professional singer for the public in 1932 when he was only fifteen years old. Clark considered himself to be a cowboy
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singer. “A cowboy is anyone who lives that type of life, no matter where he is”, he said. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) He started out singing with some of the local bands. “I use to get two dollars a night, pretty good money. Of course I had to walk four or five miles carrying a guitar case to get there”, said Clark. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) A few times a year some music groups went through the town and they had “cowboy shows”. Sometimes he would sing on stage and the music groups would ask him to travel with them and he did. Around that same time there was a singer by the name of Montana Slim (aka Wilf Carter), and every day at 9:00 a.m., Clark would listen to him on the radio because that is what his idea of a cowboy singer was.
Clark first sang on a radio station in Massachusetts, and in 1938 he started more than a decade of performances on the radio station WKNE in New Hampshire. He went on the air as “Wyoming Buck”, but a few months later a radio station manager re-named him “Yodeling Slim Clark”, which he stuck with for the rest of his career. (www.wikipedia.org) In the early ‘50’s he moved to Maine for the hunting and fishing he loved. He starred in the 1960’s on the station “RFD Dinnerbell” out of Bangor. (www.geocities.com) At one point, Slim Clark was in the group “The Red River Rangers”. Later he had his own band “The Trail Riders” with Dick Curless, who played rhythm guitar and he was in another band called the “Tralesmen”. (www.geocities.com) They played throughout New England, New York and New Jersey. He made his first record in 1946 after signing with Continental Records in New York City. (www. wikipedia.org) He gained popularity in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe
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with only a few performances outside of New England. Shortly after his death, Clark’s first CD was released. Clark wrote more than 100 songs in his lifetime. (Kathleen Clark) “I had all kinds of chances to be up there on the top shelf, but it required staying and living in the big city, playing clubs, meeting with people all the time, and I was too much of a country boy to stand for that,” said Clark. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) The way he saw it was, hunting and fishing came first because if he couldn’t do those things than he would be unhappy and than he couldn’t do his job. During the hunting and fishing seasons he would go out in the woods and the people he worked with couldn’t get a hold of him so they would just wait until he came back.
Some of the biggest influences on Slim Clark’s singing were Jimmie Rodgers and Wilf Carter. They were the ones who helped him decide to be a cowboy singer. His style of singing was very close to their styles of singing.
Slim Clark is in the Yodeler’s Hall of Fame, The Western Music Association’s Hall of Fame and The Country Music Hall of Fame and the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Clark was also a big sports fan and he once tried out as a pitcher for the Boston braves. That team, after moving to Milwaukee is now currently known as the Atlanta Braves.
In 1943 Clark was married to Celia Jo Roberson Clark and they had two children, a son named Wilf Carter Clark and a daughter named Jewel LaVerne Clark. They also both enjoy singing and playing country music. He went through a divorce in 1968 and then married Kathleen M. Pigeon Clark in 1981. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) Kathleen Clark now lives in St. Albans and has a chiropractic office in Hartland.
Some jobs that Clark had other than singing include being a Maine guide to hunters and
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fishers, and he worked in a factory. He also sang at a dude ranch and use to lead trail rides and entertained tourists on the rides. He didn’t like with the way country music started changing from country to pop and country rock, “it got out of hand for me”. Said Clark. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) He wrote that he loved to go to the festivals and shows and meet the people but he didn’t like to travel too far to get there. He didn’t like to wait to sing either when he could be doing something else.
Late in life, Clark still performed at fairs and festivals up and down the eastern seaboard.
He also loved to paint. He liked to paint the outdoors, wildlife, hunting and fishing, old country
homes and farms, country roads and old logging scenes. He liked to paint “the old days, the horse and drag days, things like that, and the log-hauling days. I like to paint those particular types of pictures. Especially deer and landscapes.” He Said. (www.yodelingslimclark.com) Some other hobbies that he liked were hunting, fishing and golf. He once played fifty-six holes of golf in one day. (Kathleen Clark)
Slim Clark was a man of faith and a lot of his songs had a Christian meaning to them. He wrote in his autobiography, “If I had to do it all over again, I would do the same thing…perhaps a little differently, but basically the same.” (www.yodelingslimclark.com) Clark’s life ended on July 5, 2000.
The History of Yodeling
Yodeling is the style of singing that Slim Clark sang. He grew up listening to it and knew that was the style of music he would one day like to play and entertain with.
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Yodeling is a style of singing that involves an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch making a high, low, high, low sound. (www.wikipedia.org)
The style of yodeling originated in the Swiss Alps. The Swiss Alps are in central Switzerland and continue to grow a little bit every year. There are a number of individual mountains that make up the Swiss Alps. Today the Swiss Alps are a popular tourist attraction because of the hiking, climbing and a train ride that takes you through the mountains.
Yodeling started when the people in Switzerland use to yodel to communicate between mountaintops. They would use short yells that would mean something such as, “It’s time for dinner”. They were never really saying anything. A certain group of yells would mean a
certain thing. Eventually they decided that they liked the sound of it and they turned it into a form of singing. Even now, most of the time they are not saying anything in traditional style yodeling like in Switzerland and Austria.Yodeling is used in European folk music and many other cultures throughout the world, including American bluegrass and country music.
Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)
Wilf Carter was one of Slim Clark’s biggest influences on his singing. Wilf Carter, or Montana Slim, was a Canadian country singer, yodeler and a songwriter like Slim Clark. Carter was Canada’s first country music star. He recorded over forty records and in 1983, he re-recorded his top hits onto one album, Fifty Golden Years. (www.wikipedia.org) In 1971 he was inducted into the Nashvill Songwriters Hall of Fame and in 1984 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. (www.wikipedia.org)
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Works Cited
Interview
1) Clark, Kathleen. Personal Interview. 12/8/07.
Internet
1) Clark, Raymond L. "Yodeling Slim Clark." 20 Nov. 2007 http://www.yodelingslimclark.com/.
2) Cleary, Don. "Yodeling Slim Clark." New England Music Scrapbook. 19 Nov. 2007
http://www.geocities.com/nemsbook/c/slimclark.htm.
3) "Wilf Carter." Wikipedia. 6 Dec. 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodelin'_Slim_Clark.
5) "Yodeling." Wikipedia. 20 Nov. 2007
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Works Consulted
Internet
1) Keller, Florian. "Yodeling: an Art Form of the Alps." Vienna Online. June 1999. 29 Nov.
2007 http://www.geocities.com/viennaonline/ai/ai0699.html.
2) "The Swiss Alps." Articles Directory. 1 Dec. 2007
Book
1) Biglow, M. Gladys. Knowles, M, Ruth. History of St. Albans Maine, Heritage Books, INC.,
Bowie, Maryland, 2003
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