It was called <span>Great Zimbabwe.</span>
Born in 1863, Henry Ford was the first surviving son of William and Mary Ford, who owned a prosperous farm in Dearborn, Michigan. At 16, he left home for the nearby city of Detroit, where he found apprentice work as a machinist. He returned to Dearborn and work on the family farm after three years, but continued to operate and service steam engines and work occasional stints in Detroit factories. In 1888, he married Clara Bryant, who had grown up on a nearby farm.In the first several years of their marriage, Ford supported himself and his new wife by running a sawmill. In 1891, he returned with Clara to Detroit, where he was hired as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company. Rising quickly through the ranks, he was promoted to chief engineer two years later. Around the same time, Clara gave birth to the couple’s only son, Edsel Bryant Ford. On call 24 hours a day for his job at Edison, Ford spent his irregular hours on his efforts to build a gasoline-powered horseless carriage, or automobile. In 1896, he completed what he called the “Quadricycle,” which consisted of a light metal frame fitted with four bicycle wheels and powered by a two-cylinder, four-horsepower gasoline engine.
Answer: The National Convention became divided into two main factions: the moderate Girondins, who favored political but not social democracy; and the more radical Montagnards, the far left who were led by Robespierre. During the trial of King Louis XVI, Robespierre spoke 11 times and called for death of the monarch. On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was executed
Explanation:
Though initially opposed to imperialism, the U.S.’s economy
was overproducing due to industrialization where there surpluses to their
products. Apart from that, they were searching
for other sources of raw materials that they needed for production. Another reason for the change was that some
thought that by entering into imperialism, they were continuing America’s
vision of Manifest Destiny. The Spanish-American
War gave them that opportunity where they acquired Guam, the Philippines and
Puerto Rico from the Spaniards.
