From spain and portugal, they fled to where they could worship, where they could work. Us 10 people left barb betos, but instead of going to new york or wanted to go they to rhode island. In 1636, a gentleman by the name of Roger Williams founded rhode island. He had come to the colonies from england seeking religious freedom, and 20 years after the founding of rhode island, those people in barbados said this is where they wanted to come. She was the most famous woman lighthouse keeper in the United States, but more importantly, she was the most famous lighthouse keeper in the United States. It is likely that she saved 35. Een 25 and she was a slip of a woman. She weighed 103 pounds and she was fearless. Welcome to newport, rhode island. Located on the south easternmost part of the state, newport is the home of the u. S. War college and the breakers, the vanderbilt summer home. We begin with the story of the slave trade in newport, which was once the most active slave port in north ame
Okay. So were going to close out world war i talking about the american contribution and close out the lesson today by talking about william sims, one of the more neglected figures in military history as per the article i sent you, kind of comes off, you know, a distant second to pershing if that and when we think about americans and the first world war. So today this is a sea power class, well talk about the significance of simms, and possibly get into arguments as to who really made the more relevant contribution. That is simms, as you guys know from looking at the article. The painting is the return of the mayflower. That shows the first group of american destroyers after we had entered the war arriving in ireland to begin operations against the german submarines. So its sort of the most important figure for us in terms of getting those ships in to place. Of course, unlike the other figures that weve discussed, simms isnt actually going to operate operational control. Hes going to h