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Hessians

History; American history

Six German principalities provided 30,000 soldiers to Great Britain to fight against the American rebels during the War for Independence. More than half of these troops for hire came from ...

Henry Kissinger

History; American history

The national security advisor to President Nixon, the Harvard educated German Jewish immigrant was a staunch anti Communist. He was Nixon's closest associate on matters of foreign policy.

Henry Kaiser

History; American history

J. Industrialist who epitomized the close relationship between government and industry in the West. His shipyards, financed by government loans and bolstered by cost plus government contracts, ...

Henry David Thoreau

History; American history

A pencil maker, poet, and author of the influential essay "Civil Disobedience," Thoreau sought to realize transcendentalist ideals in his personal life.

Following two reported attacks on the U. S. S. Maddox in 1964, American president Lyndon B. Johnson asked for and received this authorization from Congress to "take all necessary measures" to repel ...

Grimke, Angelina, and Sarah

History; American history

Born to a wealthy South Carolina slaveholding family, these sisters became leaders in the abolitionist and women's rights movements.

Headright

History; American history

As an economic incentive to encourage English to settle in Virginia and other English colonies during the seventeenth century, sponsoring parties would offer 50 acres of land per person to those who ...