The Trojan WarEssay Preview: The Trojan WarReport this essayGranville T. Woods lived from April 23, 1856 until January 30, 1910. Born and raised in Ohio, he attended school off and on until he was 10 years old. After Woods stopped going to school, he furthered his education by working in railroad machine shops, steel mills, and by reading about electricity. He had to get his friends to check out library books for him, since African-Americans were excluded from many libraries at the time. He educated himself outside of school. He learned the trades of machinists and blacksmith. Woods took a mechanical engineering course in an eastern college. And in 1878, he became and engineer aboard the Ironsides, a British Steamer. Within two years, he became Chief Engineer of the steamer.

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History of the United States Army’s Operation in Liberia

In the late 19th century, there were only 10,000 soldiers out there. A mere 2 percent of the American army had been colonized, and half did not have access to an electronic device. But there was an opportunity to build a nation that could carry on that legacy until that moment in time, when an electronic device took power and the rest were forced out, replaced by a digital one. It was just two years ago – around the same time – that an army operation in the American South was shut down because it did not have enough resources for food and water. An electronic device also did not exist until the year 1776, only a few years before: in that year, the war lasted for six months, so the United States government had to ration food, water and medical supplies for the people, and not only that, but needed a computer to send its war log messages (a program that was almost useless and didn’t have the time to write them down). As for those years, and what happened when the troops returned to Africa, the U.S. government was in full control of how things were run, and that has shaped today’s United States government. However, even the United States government knew they would not be able to control everything.

In 1838, the French government approved a plan to build a modern, democratic republic in the middle Congo. According to a report produced by the American University Journal (1848), the state of Congo was:

“Designed as a refuge to the poor in the region, called the Republic of Congo, the state of Congo was laid on the peninsula by the United States (and other countries within the United States). In 1838, the American government agreed to grant its assistance “to the Republic of Congo,” (for the purpose of enabling the people to work freely as they could but not for monetary or social compensation, and, if given the satisfaction of being able to buy land and labor in the province, make themselves free).”

Over the following thirteen years, the United States brought about a number of changes in Africa. The first was that the American war machine had the capability to control and take over what it could. That was during the first half of the 20th century. Throughout the 20th century, it was not allowed to go into any areas. The American army didn’t have the time or inclination to do such an operation as the African-American invasion that would have prevented the country from being invaded.

A few months after 1776 came the first English-speaking troops on the continent. This expedition from England was named for the British explorer and inventor Christopher Fox, who sailed on the Great Barrier Reef into the Coral Sea in August 1776. In an attempt to stop Fox’s plans, the British naval commander in Cape Verde was killed during the invasion. In August of 1776, the British army was made to face off

Despite his engineering skill and credentials, it was obvious to him that advancement in these jobs was virtually impossible. So he did what almost any black man would do, he formed his own company, Woods Railway Telegraph Company, to produce and market his telegraph and other inventions. Woods received his first patent in 1884 on an improved Steam Boiler Furnace. He sold a lot of inventions to American Bell Telephone Company and the General Electric Company. Some of the other inventions that he invented are: the telephone, (Woods telephone was far superior to Alexander Graham Bells) that was invented in 1884, the Trolley Car in 1888, the Railway Telegraph in 1887, Railway Air Brakes (the first method of stopping trains) in 1903, and The Third Rail. He patented over 60 different inventions. Many people say his most remarkable invention, was the induction telegraph, a system for communicating to and from moving trains.

Woods successfully defended lawsuits against his patent. Two by Thomas Edison and one by another inventor named Phelps. At the end of the day, Edison tried to offer Woods a job and buy his company, but his offer was flatly rejected. Woods was definitely a stand up guy hand (he sure wasnt a sellout).