James I - Was King James VI of Scotland, inherited throne from Elizabeth I, united England and Scotland Charles I - Overthrown by Parliament and executed. Replaced by a republic Charles II - son of above, put on throne after republic turned out to be a really bad idea. Last monarch to have an independent income. After him, Parliament held tight control on monarch's money. William III and Mary II - Only husband and wife to rule equally. Signers for the Bill of Rights. George I - first King to have Prime Minister run things George III - King during American revolution. Blamed for everything, actually all Parliaments fault. King during French Revolution and Napoleonic wars. Victoria - longest reigning monarch. Reigned over height of British Empire Elizabeth II - lost British Empire
The bell was originally cast in 1752 in London. It was commissioned for the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) The bell first cracked during a test ringing. Then it was recast twice. Then the restored bell rang to announce important events in early American history, including Presidential elections and deaths. And the bell cracked again in 1835 while being rung at the funeral of John Marshall, the 4th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. * Mt. Rushmore Mt. Rushmore National Memorial is a huge mountain sculpture of four US Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln located near Keystone, South Dakota. There four presidents were chosen to represent the founding, growth and preservation of the USA. The work was designed by John Gutzon Borglum from 1871-1941. Construction began in 1927 with 400 stone workers. Funding was provided by donations and
What the Freedman and Fraser findings tell us, then, is to be very careful about agreeing to trivial requests, because that agreement can influence our self-concepts Sl~\treht.' ~~. {o(~ 1hCt(l~ Just Sign on the Plotted Line Have you ever wondered what the groups that ask you to sign their petitions do with all the signatures they obtain? Often they don't do anything with them , as the principal purpose of the petition may simply be to get the signers committed to the group's position and, consequently, more willing to take future steps that are consistent with it. _ Chapter 3 COMMITMENT AND CONSISTENCY (Burger 8{ Caldwell, 2003). Such an agreement can not only increase our compli- ance with very similar, much larger requests, it can also make us more willing to perform a variety of larger favors that are only remotely connected to the little one we did earlier