Louis, upon the appointment of the Prince to the office of stadtholder, was liberal in offers of honor and advantages to his person and family, and
Coup in The Netherlands
Jan de Witt visited his brother in his agony, and a mob, bursting into the jail, seized upon both brothers as traitors and murdered them with horrid
The Netherlands Propose Surrender
Leyden, Haarlem, and most of the other towns followed the example of the nobles in receiving these pusillanimous counsels with
How to Stop the French Advance?
As the position of the Prince of Orange on the Yssel, which in consequence of the drought was fordable throughout nearly the whole of its course, was
The Dutch Crisis 1672
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The French Attack The Netherlands.IntroductionWhen The Netherlands was
About That Other National Bank
Today's second installment concludes Hamilton Establishes the United States Bank,the name of our selection from A History of the Bank of North
Hamilton Establishes the United States Bank
This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Why Did America Need a Central Bank?.IntroductionThrough the founding of
Franklin Describes His Experiments
Today's installment concludes Benjamin Franklin Experiments With Electricity,the name of our selection from The Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin;
What Is Electricity?
We had for some time been of opinion that the electrical fire was not created by friction, but collected, being really an