.... but they were a start. The first permanent English settlement was a trading post founded in 1607 at Jamestown in the Old Dominion of Virginia. Virginian colonists had the right, granted to them by The Virginia Company, to elect a colonial legislature, called the House of Burgesses. Since Virginia was the first royal colony, it was only fitting that they should lead the way with the first representative government in the New World. Other lawmaking bodies, not that dissimilar to the House of Burgesses, would soon pop up in other colonies. The Pilgrims also pioneered the w .....

.... flat floors, architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed the museum as a six-story, circular, glass-domed structure with a spiral ramp surrounding a hollow core. This means art viewers can take the elevator to the top of the building and walk down the ramp to the bottom. There are no stairs to climb, no masses of rooms to get lost in, and no chance of missing a single piece of art. The Guggenheim -- designed in 1943, but not completed until 1960 -- was one of the last major projects in Wright's remarkable architectural career. Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, and st .....

.... Hamlet will have probably have an arranged marriage and that Ophelia will be wasting time with Hamlet. Hamlet's strong love for Ophelia fades after she rejects his closeness. Hamlet's broad love for Ophelia caused Hamlet serious suffering after the affection toward Ophelia was rejected. Hamlet's appearance changes accordingly with this rejection of love from Ophelia, "Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, and with a look so piteous in purport, As if he had been loused out of hell.” (II, i, 82-84). When Laertes learns of the death of Ophelia, shock and sadness ov .....

.... the drastic changes which passed over the whole of European society in Beethoven's lifetime. Twice during the most productive part of Beethoven's life, Vienna was occupied by Napoleon's armies but his work went steadily forward. Nevertheless, the ideas that brought those armies into existence was sweeping across Europe. The spirit of independent thought and action was stirring and it was this that eventually gave birth to the inventive genius of the 19th century. It animated the poetic thought of Goethe and Schiller and infused itself into the music of Beethoven from th .....

.... compose and edit music using computers. Conductors are musicians who lead orchestras and bands. Choral directors conduct choirs and singing groups. Both workers audition and select musicians. They also choose the music to be performed and direct the rehearsals. There are no educational requirements for becoming a musician or composer. However, many years of training and practice are needed to develop instrumental skills and knowledge of music. Study usually begins at an early age so an individual can develop an ear for music. Starting young also helps develop the m .....

.... was the South's economy to be rebuilt? What was to be done with the freed slaves?"(Tindall 451) "Reconstruction was intended as a device by which the defeated states of the Southern Confederacy would be joined again to the Union, the more than four million black freedmen living within them absorbed politically and economically in a nation reunited by the force of arms, and safeguards provided against any possible renewal of rebellion."(Carter 11) Reconstruction officially began with Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction in 1863.(Tindall 452) Lincoln's "10 Perce .....

.... the forms of our popular music for the next thirty years. Louie Armstrong closed the book on the dynastic tradition in New Orleans jazz. The first true virtuoso soloist of jazz, Louie Armstrong was a dazzling improviser, technically, emotionally, and intellectually. Armstrong, often called the "father of jazz," always spoke with deference, bordering on awe, of his musical roots, and with especial devotion of his mentor Joe Oliver. He changed the format of jazz by bringing the soloist to the forefront, and in his recording groups, the Hot Five and the Hot seven, demo .....

.... culture. The art form developed rapidly once reaching the U.S. New York City, often viewed as the epicenter of American popular culture, fostered the growth of many of the most highly regarded pop artists, including Warhol, Rosenquist, Segal and Lichtenstein. California, namely San Fransisco was recognized as the Pop Art capital of the west coast (Bourdon, 1989, 12) Subject The subject of Warhol's work revolved around various American social issues of the mid-century. As America exited from World War II and entered the Baby Boom era, the culture had bec .....