He created an observatory, sponsored expeditions, and founded a school of navigation that taught better methods of sailing
The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and fictionalized retelling of the Salem witch trials.
These events occur during Act One. Reverend Parris has discovered that his daughter Betty engaged in a pagan ritual with other girls the previous night. Now, there are rumours of witchcraft and a crowd has gathered outside his house.
Parris questions Abigail, who appears to have been the ringleader, and Abigail admits that she and the other girls were dancing in the forest. But she denies the accusation of witchcraft. She is, however, willing to accept the punishment.
Parris is interested in Abigail's name because he is worried that her bad reputation could affect his position as a reverend. Unsure of what to believe, Parris invites Reverend John Hale, an expert in witchcraft, to investigate.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first occasion for United States citizens to travel so far by river and land into the West, but it certainly wasn’t the last. Upon their return they provided detailed maps, reports about natural resources, and details about the indigenous populations they encountered. That information made it easier for others to follow and lay their claims to the abundance of resources. In fact, just four years after the expedition returned, traders were already moving deep into the Louisiana Territory to exchange goods with Plains tribes. By 1822 one man alone - William H. Ashley - employed at least 100 trappers in the Rocky Mountains. To some, Lewis and Clark’s expedition ushered in a new and exciting time characterized by economic growth and new possibilities. To others, it would come to signify loss - the loss of land, the loss of cultural ways, and so much more
When men were killed in battle, women, children, and the elderly became especially vulnerable. So that communities could make ends meet during times of famine, families sometimes sold their children into slavery. Many children also found themselves as pawns or bargaining chips, sold into slavery to repay debts or crimes committed by their parents or relatives. Some parents sold children who were in poor health, required special needs, or perceived as evil spirits.
