Who was baron friedrich von steuben? the hessian commander of british troops in the south who lost the battle at yorktown the frenchman who became a general on washington's staff and his lifelong friend a former prussian captain who turned a disorderly group of american recruits into skilled soldiers a young german officer on washington's staff who captured a british fort during the battle at yorktown

Under peter stuyvesant’s rule as governor, the colonists of new netherland

He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?

What kind of relationship did the soviet union have with the united states in 1945