DAVY CROCKETT
A DESPERATE BATTLE
Jim Bowie was a great fighter. He was a strong man and he was never afraid. He fought with his famous Bowie knife. He killed many Mexican soldiers. At the end of the day, three […]
HISTORY MYSTERIES
DAVY CROCKETT
TEXAS BECOMES A US STATE
On April 21, 1836, General Sam Houston and his army attacked General Santa Anna. General Houston made General Santa Anna prisoner. Santa Anna then signed a treaty. This treaty said that Texas was independent! Everyone […]
DAVY CROCKETT
MEXICO LOSES MORE THAN HALF OF ITS TERRITORY
Santa Anna signed the treaty with the Americans when he was their prisoner. The government of Mexico did not recognize the treaty. But in 1845 the U.S. annexed Texas which Mexico said was Mexican territory. […]
DAVY CROCKETT
СВОДНЫЙ СЛОВАРЬ
able [`eɪbl] to be able to do sth. обладающий способностью, умеющий, имеющий возможность: He was not able to help Indians. Он не смог / не мог помочь индейцам. about [ə’baut] примерно: He has about 4,000 […]
HISTORY MYSTERIES
VOCABULARY LIST for the DAVY CROCKETT theme
able [`eɪbl] to be able to do sth. обладающий способностью, умеющий, имеющий возможность: He was not able to help Indians. Он не смог / не мог помочь индейцам. about [ə’baut] примерно: He has about 4,000 […]
HISTORY MYSTERIES
DAVY CROCKETT: THE CREEK WARS (CHAPTER TWO, part 1)
Everyone liked Davy Crockett. He was always happy, with a big smile. He was honest and always helped others. Davy was a tall man. He wore a coonskin cap, buckskin trousers, and a buckskin […]
HISTORY MYSTERIES
DAVY CROCKETT: YOUNG YEARS (CHAPTER ONE)
Davy Crockett was born on August 17th, 1787, in Greene County, Tennessee. In 1787 America was a new nation. Most of the territory was a wilderness. Davy Crockett was born in the wilderness. His […]
HISTORY MYSTERIES
SAMUEL PEPYS AND HIS DIARY
Samuel Pepys (1633 – 1703) “Blessed be God, at the end of the last year I was in very good health, without any sense of my old pain…” Source of the extract from the diary […]
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IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (1993)
It is Saturday evening in England. Young people get together and go to a pub. A short time later, five of them die, and 65 get injured. It happened on October 5th, 1974, when the […]