Hi! first of all you're writing an essay basically about the Lincoln Memorial. Since you need an introductory paragraph, write that down first. Secondly, you need to write your thesis statement at the end of your introductory paragraph. So let's look at an example before I give you your thesis statement. This one will be about Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln was an influential president.
Sounds kinda boring doesn't it? Well, to make a strong thesis statement, change the words a little bit.
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was the most influential part of his presidency.
Now THAT sounds better doesn't it?
So... your thesis statement for the Lincoln memorial would be something like this:
The Lincoln Memorial was one of the most influential buildings in the world.
Something like that.
Hope this helps!
Explanation:
Columbus lands in South America
Explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Thinking it an island, he christened it Isla Santa and claimed it for Spain.
Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451. Little is known of his early life, but he worked as a seaman and then a sailing entrepreneur. He became obsessed with the possibility of pioneering a western sea route to Cathay (China), India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia. At the time, Europeans knew no direct sea route to southern Asia, and the route via Egypt and the Red Sea was closed to Europeans by the Ottoman Empire, as were many land routes. Contrary to popular legend, educated Europeans of Columbus’ day did believe that the world was round, as argued by St. Isidore in the seventh century. However, Columbus, and most others, underestimated the world’s size, calculating that East Asia must lie approximately where North America sits on the globe (they did not yet know that the Pacific Ocean existed).
Money emerged out of the barter economy when goldsmiths kept gold for people and gave them receipts instead. The receipts became the "money".
In the 1600s, a lot of London merchants would place their gold in locked storage rooms of the goldsmiths in the city for preservation; the goldsmiths would give receipts to the merchants. The receipts could also be cashed in for gold, which had real value.
