American History in 50 Events Quotes

“There were four central provisions in the Coercive Acts, and each had its own intent.”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events

“Other explorations had set up colonies (most infamously, the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke), but all had failed for various reasons.”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events

“A tremendously popular war hero and statesman, George Washington, won the first American election with one hundred percent of the electoral votes, and he remains the only president ever”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events

“throughout the American midwest and west that was so terrible it became known as the “Dust Bowl.” During this time, as many as 25 percent of the American workforce was laid-off since businesses no longer had enough customers to maintain their employees”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events

“seceded”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events

“The United States of America remains the only country in the world to have used atomic bombs in war against another nation.”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events

“advanced technology and highly trained soldiers always won a war.”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events

“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” —Henry Ford”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events

“The Civil War was not only a turning point in American history because it ended the practice of slavery, but because it gave a final answer to the question of state versus national supremacy, with the national government asserting control over the states.”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events

“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely,”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events

“George Washington, won the first American election with one hundred percent of the electoral votes, and he remains the only president ever to do so.”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” —Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence”
― Henry Freeman, American History in 50 Events