Examples of William Clark in the following topics:
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- After the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to lead an expedition called the "Corps of Discovery."
- Thus, in 1804, he commissioned his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to join frontiersman and soldier Captain William Clark in recruiting a "Corps of Discovery."
- Lewis and Clark were thus instructed to map the territory through which they would pass and to explore all tributaries of the Missouri River.
- Having gathered woodsmen from across the country for the expedition, Lewis and Clark set out from St.
- The expedition collected hundreds of plant and animal specimens, several of which were named for Lewis and Clark in recognition of their efforts.
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- In 1803, President Jefferson authorized a "Corps of Discovery," headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, to explore a passage to the Pacific Ocean.
- The Louisiana Purchase and the journey of Lewis and Clark captured the imagination of many who dedicated themselves to the economic exploitation of the western lands and the expansion of American influence and power.
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- In May 1782, Colonel William Crawford led a campaign to destroy enemy Native American settlements along the Sandusky River in the Ohio Country with the hope of ending Native American attacks on American settlers.
- Peace negotiations between the United States and Great Britain created a temporary respite from the escalation, but in November 1782, Continental George Rogers Clark delivered the final blow of the Year of Blood, destroying several Shawnee towns in the Ohio Country.
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- Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st President of the United (1929–1933).
- An open feud developed between Hoover and his boss Ernest Williams, with Hoover persuading four other mine managers to conspire against Williams.
- In August–September 1905, Hoover founded the Zinc Corporation (eventually part of the Rio Tinto Group) with William Baillieu and others.
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- In a subsequent
campaign led by Colonel William Crawford against American Indian communities
along the Sandusky River in May 1782, Crawford was captured and tortured in
retaliation for the Gnadenhütten massacre.
- Peace negotiations
between the U.S. and Great Britain created a temporary respite in hostilities during
The Year of Blood; but in November 1782, Brigadier General George Rogers Clark delivered
the final blow in The Year of Blood, destroying several Shawnee towns in the
Ohio Country.
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- The famed expedition of Lewis and Clarke from 1803-1806 embodied the dream of a continental empire.
- Sent by Jefferson to survey, map, and gather specimens and natural artifacts for further study, Lewis and Clark undertook one of the first major explorations of western territory that initiated further contact with Native American tribes west of the Mississippi as well as the Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico.
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- Charlie Chaplin, The
Marx Brothers, Walt Disney, Joan Crawford, Mae West, Jimmy Stewart, Errol
Flynn, and Clark Gable were only a few of the film legends of the time, while some
of the films of the period became instant classics, from Escapist works such as
King Kong (1933) and The Wizard of Oz (1939) to romances and
drams including Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935) and Gone With the Wind
(1939).
- Celebrated
modernists also included Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and William Faulkner.
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- While giving a speech during the Sixth Pan-American Conference in Havana, he said, "We have a desire to maintain not only the cordial relations of governments with each other, but also the relations of good neighbors. " The Clark memorandum of 1930, formulated by Undersecretary of State J.
- Reuben Clark, rescinded the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
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- While giving a speech during the Sixth Pan-American Conference in Havana, he said, "We have a desire to maintain not only the cordial relations of governments with each other, but also the relations of good neighbors. " The Clark memorandum of 1930, formulated by Undersecretary of State J.
- Reuben Clark, rescinded the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
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- The Glorious Revolution was the peaceful overthrow and replacement of King James II with William III and Mary II of England.
- In February 1689, William and his wife became joint monarchs as William III and Mary II of England .
- King James was deposed in the Revolution of 1688 by William III.
- Prince of Orange Landing at Torbay, engraving by William Miller after J M W Turner, 1852
- William of Orange successfully invaded England with a Dutch fleet in the Glorious Revolution of 1688