By Tim Lambert His Early Life Benjamin Franklin was a writer and diplomat. He was also an inventor. Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 17 January 1706. His father Josiah Franklin was a soap maker. Benjamin went to school for only a very short time. When he was 10 he started work in his… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Benjamin Franklin
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A Brief Biography of Abraham Lincoln
By Tim Lambert His Early Life Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February 1809 on a farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky. His parents were Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. They had 3 children, Sarah, Abraham, and Thomas. However, Thomas died in infancy. When Abraham was 7 his father moved to southwestern Indiana. However, his mother died in… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Abraham Lincoln
A Brief History of Canada
By Tim Lambert The first people in Canada crossed the Bering Straits from Asia. In the north, the Inuit lived by hunting seals, walruses, and whales. They also hunted caribou. On the West Coast, people hunted deer, bears, and beavers. They also fished. On the plains, people lived by hunting buffalo. In the east, people… Continue reading A Brief History of Canada
A Brief Biography of Woodrow Wilson
By Tim Lambert Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the USA. He was born in Staunton, Virginia on 28 December 1856. His father, Joseph Wilson was a Presbyterian minister. His mother Janet Woodrow Wilson was born in Carlisle, England. When Woodrow was a child he lived in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Wilson… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Woodrow Wilson
A Brief Biography of George Washington
By Tim Lambert George Washington is famous for the part he played in the American War of Independence as well as for being the first president of the USA. George was born on 22 February 1732 in Virginia. His father Augustine was a plantation owner. His mother was called Mary. George’s father died in 1743… Continue reading A Brief Biography of George Washington
A Brief History of Australia
By Tim Lambert Dedicated to Frederick Wilde During the 17th century and 18th century, European explorers reached Australia. In 1770 Captain Cook claimed eastern Australia for Britain. He called it New South Wales. Life was hard for ordinary people in the 18th century and punishments for even minor crimes were severe. In England, you could… Continue reading A Brief History of Australia
A History of Darwin Australia
By Tim Lambert 19th Century Darwin In 1839 a ship called The Beagle sailed to Darwin Harbour. The captain named the harbour after who had sailed with him on an earlier voyage. The city of Darwin in Australia was founded in 1869. However, at first, the settlement was named Palmerston after the British prime minister.… Continue reading A History of Darwin Australia
A Short History of Tasmania
By Tim Lambert Early Tasmania About 35,000 years ago the Earth was in the grip of an ice age. The sea level was lower than it is today and Tasmania was joined to mainland Australia. Indigenous Tasmanians were able to cross on foot. However, about 12,000 years ago the ice age ended and the sea… Continue reading A Short History of Tasmania
A Brief History of Austria
By Tim Lambert From the 4th century, BC Celtic people lived in what is now Austria. At the end of the 1st century BC, the Romans conquered the region as far north as the River Danube, and in 45 AD they created the province of Noricum. The Romans built towns such as Vindobona (Vienna) in… Continue reading A Brief History of Austria
A Brief History of Finland
By Tim Lambert Ancient Finland The first humans arrived in Finland about 7,000 BC after the end of the last ice age. The earliest Finns were Stone Age hunters and gatherers. Over thousands of years, successive waves of people entered Finland. After 2,500 BC, people in Finland lived by farming. About 1,500 BC, they learned… Continue reading A Brief History of Finland