Taylor Headley Mrs. King English 8th Hour 20 December 2016 Molly Pitcher An outstanding woman once said, “ Live day by day and enjoy your family.”
When the colonies were being established in the United States, there were struggles between white colonists and the Native Americans already living there. Mary Musgrove helped this improve this situation when Georgia was being founded in the seventeenth century. Her blended background gave her skills that helped her bridge both groups. Born in 1700 in South Carolina, Mary Musgrove 's original name was Cousaponakeesa. Her father was white and worked as a trader.
Mary Bryant a mother, wife and a convict on the first fleet to Australia. Mary Bryant was a well-known convict of Australia during the 17-1800’s. Mary Bryant had many failures, successes and important events that happened during her life. She has no specific birth date, but was baptized on the 1st of May, 1765 Fowey, Cornwall and was a daughter of a mariner named Broad who’s family was ‘eminent for sheep stealing’. As you can see by the last sentence she was born into a family of criminals from robbery to assault.
Mary was no ordinary child mind you. She got delivered into slavery at a very, very young age. She got sold to a caring and kind slave owner named Mrs. Eliza Van Lew. When Mary was still at a young age, Mrs. Van Lew found out that Mary had intelligence that was above-average. That isn't the amazing part about her though.
She would have been a serious threat to the queen as Mary had a claim to the English throne which was based on the fact that she was the grand-daughter of Margaret Tudor (Henry VIII’s sister). In the eyes of the Catholics, Mary's claim appeared stronger than Elizabeth's because they believed that Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn was illegal. This would have seriously threatened Elizabeth’s security as there was a possibility that Elizabeth could lose her place on the English throne, therefore endangering her safety, royal supremacy, religious settlement. However, this threat didn’t remain as on the 19th May 1568, Elizabeth imprisoned her cousin. This shows that Mary, who was a prestigious Catholic, didn’t remain a threat to Elizabeth’s security as she was imprisoned for 19 years and was consequently unable to do anything about Elizabeth being queen.
Mary of Guise gave birth to one of the most compelling and controversial monarchs of the Renaissance in the Linlithgow Palace on December 8th, 1542. Her child was Mary, Queen of Scots, who became ruler of Scotland at only six days old. Due to Mary’s father’s sudden death six days after she was born, it led her to the Scottish throne.
Mary Bryant was given birth in 1765 Fowey, Cornwall England. Towards the age of 19 Marry had been appearing for work when she found herself a task as a highway woman. At the age of 21 (1786), Mary was then founded guilty of assaulting a single woman and stealing a silk Bonnet off her. Because of this crime Mary was then sentenced to death. Soon after her sentenced changed too, 7 years transportation.
Nayeli Mota Ms. Frankenburg AP U.S. History 17 August 2014 The History of Mary Prince (1) Mary Prince was born on a farm belonging to Mr. Myners, alongside her Mother and Father who were his slaves. As an infant Mr. Myners died and she was sold along with her mother to a new household away from her father, where he was sold elsewhere.
Mary Jemison was one of many white captives who lived a full and happy life with her indian captors. The day Mary Jemison was taken by the indians started out like any other day. A friend of her father’s needed to borrow a horse in order to carry a bag of grain to the Jemison’s house. The friend had also taken a gun with him in case he saw any game fit for killing. The Jemison’s heard gunshots coming from nearby outside and quickly became alarmed.
Is Mary Warren Really a Witch? Flashback to Salem, Massachusetts, the year of 1692, say Rebecca B. Brooks on her website. Witchcraft has begun to be a problem. Several younger girls are having some strange symptoms.
Since she was two she was tossed around in the political power game of marriage and she never eventually married. Her father disliked her and tried to smear her name and image, and once her father died, her nine-year-old step brother, Edward, came into power. He was a protestant, Mary was a Catholic. They had arguments and Edward had threatened her many times, so Mary stayed quiet and obeyed. Edward, guided by another protestant leader, blocked
Mary Tudor was the sister of Queen Elizabeth I of England, the two daughters of Henry VIII. Mary father was “King Henry VIII” he had six marriages and the role he had put through was seperated by the Church of England from the Roman Catholic
Mary I Mary Tudor was the only surviving child of Henry VII and his wife, Catherine of Aragon. Therefor she was lucky that she was born. Even though they preferred a son as a successor of the throne. Mary was born in the palace of Greenwich in Kent on February 8th of 1516. She had half-sisters and -brothers.
Leaving his previous wife and family alone without much or any support. Not only does he have a betraying attitude he also is very arrogant about himself because even though he is above all in position he does not have any character to support all of the wives and their families and thinks once the wife is not able to any thing for him the wife is no value anymore. Which is because of King Henry, Mary Tudor faces neglection. Hence even though King Henry does show Mary neglection Mary endures the cruelty of her father and keeps her patience silently. Passage 2: "It was only when Anne miscarried two sons that he began to question the validity of his second marriage" (Hanson).
The Tudors were a family of Welsh origin that ruled England during the late fifteenth to the early seventeenth centuries. During their reign of one hundred and eighteen years, England underwent religious reforms, upsurge of wealth, and prominent progress in the arts. Six monarchs represented the Tudors, each with a unique story. The first Tudor king was Henry VII Tudor, who became king after the Battle of Bosworth Field which ended of the War of the Roses in 1485.
