Sunday,
October 14, 2012.
Name
of the book: The U.S. COAST GUARD
Author:
DENNIS L. NOBLE
Number
of pages read: 6
The U.S. COAST GUARD
Alexander Hamilton
who was the first secretary of the treasury of the US in 1789 realized that the
smugglers were evading taxes and he looked for establish a maritime police
force to uphold customs laws and also Alexander looked for money to build 10
boats for the police force. Therefore, on august 4, 1790 the congress
authorized the request of Hamilton for the creation of the U.S. Revenue Cutter
Service. The early missions of the U.S. Revenue Service was battling pirates,
the Revenue Cutters received the order to prevent new slaves from being
transported by ships. Moreover, to the final civil war the Revenue Cutter
service had captured many slavers and freed about 500 slaves.
The quasi-war with
France (1798-1801) had encouraged to the U.S create a civil war. The Quasi- war
was an undeclared naval war between the United States and France. On October 11,
1814 the captain Frederick Lee who commanded the Cutters Eagle at New Haven had
rescued an American ship captured by the British. Therefore, the war of
1812-1815 had been caused for the British practice of impressment of American
seamen for the service in the British navy.
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I
like this new book about " The U.S. COAST GUARD" because this
book relates a part of the history of the U.S. when I finished to read this
chapter I can comprehend better some part of the history of US.
I like what you post because it talks about very important character in U.S history. When I researched, Isaw paper currency which had a pictuer of Alexander Hamilton
ReplyDeleteOh, I expected story about fis for freedom. However, your new book is also very interesting for me.
ReplyDeleteI like history event and reason or origin. I think your sentences are more fluently. So, I can understand much easier.