Can you name a significant figure in American History and tell why? This question is meant to help the masses of uneducated people here on yahoo answers learn a bit about the country they live in. Name someone who has not already been named and maybe the kids on here can read and learn a bit from it. Thanks
2007-02-17 13:28:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
You guys are great so far Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine! exelent. Oh and BTW Im 25 and been out of college for 3yrs this is not for an assignment.
2007-02-17 13:40:46 · update #1
Well - first off, this place isn't somewhere to answer you papers for school :) But anyways, Ben Franklin - if it weren't for him, there would be no Farmer's Almanac and Daylight Savings Time and the Leap Year wouldn't have been invented to make sure every year was roughly the same length every year and the seasons would have matched up - sucks he couldn't predict El Nino.
2007-02-17 13:31:41 · answer #1 · answered by NsB 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John Hanson - false.
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/hanson.htm
It is important to note here that John Hanson was NOT the 1st President of the United states of America under the Articles of Confederation. This claim is a MYTH created by Seymour Wemyss Smith writing a book called John Hanson - Our First President in 1932. Samuel Huntington was installed as the 1st President of the United States on March 2, 1781 an official ceremony in Philadelphia. This 1st U.S. Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, was unanimously ratified by all 13 States on March 1, 1781 creating "The Perpetual Union of the United States of America." At that moment the Continental Congress ceased to exist and the United States of America in Congress Assembled assumed all federal power under the new U.S. Constitution.
There is an awful lot of fascinating history out there that is NOT taught in school!
2007-02-17 16:57:23 · answer #2 · answered by MissWong 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thomas Paine. He's signicant because he wrote Common Sense. It was about why the Colonists to America should have separated themselves from Great Britain and stuff like that. I read some of it. It's really interesting.
2007-02-17 13:35:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
John Hanson - First president - did much to hold the Union together even though many people wanted to abandon the idea as soon as independence was gained form th british.
Negotiated peace treaty with Britain
established the US Mint
establish thanksgiving as first national holiday.
Oh ... and he was black (according to the one drop rule of course)
2007-02-17 14:08:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
abe lincoln - freed slaves & joined Union & conferdercy after battle over economics
MLK- peace activist who believed in equaliy
2007-02-20 13:59:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Corny.
2007-02-17 13:42:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Can YOU answer them? Just curious.
2016-05-24 00:17:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont want to play.
2007-02-17 13:32:04 · answer #8 · answered by stimulating conversations 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋