Biographies Chapters

Within two months of the Treaty of Paris,Washington resigns fromhis job as Commander-in-Chief.

With George Washington as the Commander of their army, the colonists use rebel tactics and ambushes to hold their ground.

Upset with the taxes and conditions of the time, Wat Tyler leads peasants, into London where they kill many.

Jefferson believes the colonies should become free states.

Beulahs looks, a good story, publicity for her and Belva, and a young, male jury all play parts in her acquittal.

Prince Albert marries Elizabeth during an elaborate ceremony in 1923 at Westminster Abbey.

"Freedom Summer" results in terrible violence yet the civil-rights workers keep at their task of registering black voters.

The Tommy Gun (for General Thompson who invents it) becomes famous during the Prohibition-era for its use by gangsters in Chicago.

King John continues to fight with the nobles until his death. Eight hundred years later the Magna Carta is still an important document.

Joan becomes a hero in history and her accusers become villains; many of those had most-unfortunate endings.

King Bruce wants to atone for his mistakes and orders that upon his death, his heart be cut out and taken on a Crusade.

The Magna Carta grants certain liberties to noblemen and, years later, becomes a basis for American rights and liberties.