I believe American history began in Philadelphia on July 4th 1776. It was here that colonists led by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison signed the Declaration of Independence. Up to this time it could be argued that what had taken place was part of British colonial history and not...

Percy Shelly was born on August 4th 1792 near Sussex, England. He was educated at Oxford until he was kicked out for writing offensive material: First he wrote a pamphlet called The Post Human Fragments of Margaret Nicholson. Then Next he wrote pamplet called The Necessity of Atheism, it was sho...

William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, West Cumberland, located in the northern part of England's Lake District. This area of England is famous for its splendid array of natural landscape. After losing his mother when he was just eight years old, Wordsworth was sent to li...