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The French Connection in Revolutionary War

In 1778, the French had formally recognized the independence of the U.S.and signed a treaty that created a military and commercial alliance with the new country.
  • Subjects: American Revolution Period
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 667

Ceremonies in London: Medieval Culture

This study examines the historical developments in medieval London, the ceremonies practiced then and the roles these ceremonies played in overall the social setting.
  • Subjects: Medieval History
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1439

The Mexican War 1846-1848

Thus by forcing the country into a war it showed that America was ready to take on the world and that the power of the nation was undeviating.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1290

Industrial Revolution Impact on European Society

The later part of the eighteenth century saw the ushering in of the Industrial Revolution which commenced in England and rapidly spread throughout Western Europe and North America.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

Asia of in the Age of Empire

The second is the development of the mass media, which promoted the rapid spread of the news, thus the masses could control and follow the events in the country, and over the world.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 807

The Issues of Orientalism and Post Colonialism

Originally, Orientalism is the division of philosophical, historical, cultural and political studies, that relate the place and the role of the Eastern countries in the world politics, and the lives of the other countries all [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1906

The Nature of Modern Chinese Nationalism

The Chinese people have different opinions on what would form a stronger China as well as the state's structure, the goal of the Chinese State and the forms of foreign relations that would best fit [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 857

American Civil War Causes Analysis

The first position was formulated by David Wilmot who opined that the Congress had the power to abolish slavery leading to the declaration of the Ordinance of 1787, also known as the Wilmot Proviso stating [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1099

Americans, Here Me Now: G. Washington’s Farewell

He explained the different advantages to each region of the United States and understood that the only way to align a complete nation was for these regions to recognize each others' contribution to the whole.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 772

The Pax Romana and the Pax Mongolia

They further had improved the system to bring water from the mountains to the cities of roman.most of Northwest Europe and almost all lands around the Mediterranean Sea were under the jurisdiction of the vast [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 748

Samuel Robert Cassius: Restoration Period Leader

Robinson portrays that it was very difficult for a black man to participate in the Restorationist Movement and proved his ability to lead and manage followers.the Restorationist Movement was a Christian movement aimed to renew [...]
  • Subjects: Civil Rights Activists
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1630

An American Life: Ronald Reagan

Reagan believed that being the president was the greatest role that he played while he was often underestimated because of his history, however, he was one of the greatest presidents America has had.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2715

The Death of George Washington

He is considered to be one of the most prominent politicians in the history of the United States. The twentieth century was marked with increased attention to the death of George Washington.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1503

Western Civilization: The Opium Wars

The affinity of millions of Chinese for opium directly affected the security of foreign interests in China. At the end of the second opium war, China was forced to ratify the Treaty of Tientsin in [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 616

The Progressive Era in the United States History

The Progressive Era in US history occurred in the early 20th century, between 1900 and 1918, and comprised of a number of attempts to implement social and economic reforms in the country, to tackle the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2159

World History to 1500: Civilizations and Monuments

By the instant of the early era of the dynastic history of Egypt, individuals with adequate resources were hidden in mastabas which were in the form of bench structures.
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 854

Globalization Through the Ages

The purpose of this research is to analyze and discuss the true meaning of the word and trace it back in history to see when globalization actually started.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1897

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Great Depression

The Austrian school of thought is regarded to be the most truthful in the matters of the Great Depression, as The economics profession during the 1930s was at a loss to clarify the Depression.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1604

Cold War History: McCarthyism and Nuclear Weapons Race

The foreign and the domestic policy by the US was featured by the increased fear of communism, and all the efforts were aimed to struggle with the leftist views, regardless of the fact, that the [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1083

Analysis of the Travels of Marco Polo and Cabeza de Vac

The field of traveling contributed a lot to the development of the major sciences of humanity. The analysis of the achievements and trips peculiarities of two well-known travelers Macro Polo and Cabeza de Vaca underlines [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1040

Life of Gordon Park

This inspiration motivated Gordon in the sense that from that point he began his ambition, hardworking and the spirit of never giving up in life that so he earns the kind of respect he commanded [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2175

The Colonial Period of the USA

The colonial period of the USA refers to the history of the land that was going to become the US in the future, and lasts from the beginning of European settlement to the very independence [...]
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 544

The Impact of the Renaissance on West Europe

The Renaissance, as it is discussed today, was not a simultaneous event that occurred throughout Europe all at once, but it is characterized by specific characteristics of thought."The term 'Renaissance' might now be defined as [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1864

Uprising at Oka: Kahnawake Crisis

According to the perspective of the Mohawks, this construction was simply immoral on a lot of grounds while the Canadian government simply viewed it as a mere expansion project.
  • Subjects: Canada
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 664

The Columbus Museum Visit Experience

In the list of the world famous museums, the largest art and history museum in Georgia and one of the largest museums in the Southeast, is the Columbus Museum.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 931

The Legacy and Impact of Abraham Lincoln

He spoke against the war and stated that God had forgotten to defend the weak and the innocent and permitted the strong band of murderers and demons from hell to kill men, women and children [...]
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1657

Relation of Benjamin Franklin With Religion

He was a firm believer in God and his thoughts on religion were against the traditional thoughts prevailing in his time. In his religious thoughts, Benjamin Franklin adopted the outline of non-traditional and independent thoughts [...]
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 860

Asian History. Buddha’s Writings in Today’s World

In order to understand the spirit of Buddha's writings and teachings it would be necessary to go through some of the translations of the original which was written in Pali, a language/script that is well [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1024

Impacts of Colonialism on Africa

In this, it suffered the fate of "imperialism," which after 1900 was adopted by critics of European expansion to serve ideological purposes and used imprecisely to suggest both the annexation of territories and their subsequent [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3054

The Fall of Saigon and Its Impact on Citizens

In the case of the study of the fall of Saigon, it is necessary to mention, that the research of the historical background would add to the significance of the study, as the objective of [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 520

American City Life in the 19th Century

The history of the American people in the 19th century is portrayed as life in any normal setting but the people who lived in this era led a rather different lifestyle from the present day [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2560

Key Events During Thomas Jefferson’s Presidency

As the silent member of the Congress he drafted the Declaration of Independence and in the years following, he labored to make its words a reality in Virginia.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1153

Native Americans in Canada

Thus, the current paper will compare and analyze the arguments from the book by Bumstead and from the article by Trigger so that to see the actual facts from the history.
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 633

Algeria’s Civil Unrest and Its Current State

The legislature is bicameral; a 144-member Council of the Nation forms the upper house and the members of the 389 National People's Assembly form the lower house.
  • Subjects: Contemporary History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 969

US History: ”Common Sense” by Thomas Pain

This paper will throw light upon the benefits of freedom from the British and the thoughts of Thomas Paine on the independence of US from the British rule.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 981

Growth of Railroads Nowadays Analysis

Regardless of whether they traveled on it, the railroad halted the life of the cowboy, decreased the living spaces for those living the life of the American Indian, and increased the availability of a 'normal' [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2500

The Period of the Ronald Reagan Government

The Communist ideals had begun diffusing to even more states, and it was with declaration and willpower that Reagan proved the power of the United States. The fact is that, during the late 1970s and [...]
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1036

The Life and Work of Wilfred Owen

He was the eldest of four children and was schooled at the Birkenhead Institute and Shrewsbury Technical School, he worked at Wyle Cop School while preparing for the exam for the University of London.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1547

Christian, Jews, Muslim Relations in Spain Before 1492

Despite the institutional disabilities, the Jews were the minority in a land that was first Roman, then Christian, followed by the Muslim and finally again the Christian, they prospered in wealth, becoming so much part [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1355

Edward the Third and Hundred Years War

The seeds of the war were sown in 1066 when William, Duke of Normandy who was a vassal of the French king invaded England and defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold II at the Battle of [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2397

Industrialization: Boom or Bust?

This paper will examine the effects of industrialization on different segments of European society and the types of inventions that made the industrial revolution possible.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1021

Humanities: Gaius Caligula Emperor and Roman Culture

I will try to define the good features of his personality and to define the contributions he had made into Roman culture and history. He suggested the new system of taxes and it was completely [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 715

Venerable Bede as a Historian

From the study, Bede is focused as a great historian evidenced by the theological writing about saints lives, narrated about the history of the British people, and he was considered to be an English historian [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3216

Weimar Democracy History Analysis: Why the Organization Failed

Within the Party Democratic, the drawn out campaign and the bickering and recriminations seemed to have widened the gap between the left and right wings of the party, separating the emotional anti-Catholics and strong nationalists [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2484

Jefferson and Writing the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson was a prominent political leader of the 18th century who made his name in the history of United States of America by drafting the famous Declaration of Independence.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1304

Western Civilization to 1648: Historical Analysis

The Marxists claimed that only material production made a human out of a monkey and connected all the stages of the historical development with the levels of the development of economy.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 667

Enlightenment Influence on Citizens’ Rights

The progress started with the study and wonder of the universe, the macrocosm. On the debate on civil rights, the more society was secularized the more it respected the right of fellow men in society.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 858

Roosevelt’s New Deal and the Great Depression

The crash of the stock market in 1929 first was regarded as the beginning of the end, as it provided complex problems in the economy of the United States but it is not considered as [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2521

Western Humanities: Early Roman Empire and Christianity

The Latin language was one of the features of the Roman culture that the church adopted. Even after the collapse of the Roman Empire, Christianity was still widely spread and the church still insisted on [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 980

Indian Invasions and Colonization of America

Discussion and evaluation of the diplomacy, warfare, and the politics of negotiating relationships between Indian Nations and European Invaders need much attention on the history of colonization of the American continent and the natives.
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 735

American and Canadian Relations with Great Britain

This difference is attributable to differing histories and circumstances that were faced by the colonies in those times as also the perceptions and dispositions of the people of the American and the Canadian colonies.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1738

Stewart Gordon’s “When Asia Was the World”

According to Stewart the vehicle that enabled Asia to realize what it realized at the time was the huge enterprises of thousands of people and the massive number of beast of labor such as donkeys [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1259

Chinese’s Perspective of the Communist Party

The Cultural Revolution that took place in China in the 1960s and the event that took place in Tiananmen Square has completely changed the political landscape in China and at the same time, the Chinese [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2245

How Women’s Movements Changed America

Before the feminist movements, there existed a patriarchal society in which the power was in the hands of men, and women were discriminated against, not because of any particular reason but simply because they are [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 756

“A Shopkeeper’s Millennium” by Paul Johnson

However, the Erie Canal stimulated the growth of trade in the industry in this city and Rochester transformed into a commercial center, it is worth mentioning that it was one of the first in the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 539

American Indian Wars: Battle of Fallen Timbers

The people of the two tribes that felt most threatened by white encroachment the Miami and Shawnee had settled in the area to the north of River Ohio since the 18th century.
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 3065

Comparative Histories of Internment

The paper through the analysis of both resources present an idea that the history sometimes can lie in the memory of the persons that participated in it and fade with time and at times can [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1249

European Settlers in America: Territory Expantion

While Columbus explained that the expanding of the territory was to save the land of Spain and that it was for the good of the Spanish, Edward Waterhouse's reason for the expansion was revenge.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 2457

Abraham Lincoln and Free Slavery

Moreover, he made reference to the fact that the union was older than the constitution and referred to the spirit of the Articles of the Constitution 1774 and Articles of Confederation of 1788.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 573

Thomas Jefferson’s Contradictions

America is the melting pot of the whole world, the New World, seen by the rest of the world as the land of opportunity, the land of the free, the green pastures, and the crossroads [...]
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 572

Black Code: Term Definition

The black codes were the laws, taken by southern states governments for the duration of Andrew Johnson's. The Black Codes were the reaction to the elimination of slavery and the results of the Civil War.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 512

European Discovery Of America

The pattern had been set by the Spaniards, who governed the whole of their empire from a council of the Indies sitting in Madrid.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1695

Canadian Constitution Reform and Charlottetown Accord

It was by the intervention of the supreme court of Canada which gave the ruling that the British parliament should pass the Canada act 1982 into law because the constitution applied to all the provinces [...]
  • Subjects: Civil Rights Activists
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3293

The Motives for European Expansion to America

With the arrival of Columbus in western and southern parts of America, there was the exploration of Gold in these parts of the country. The French and the English had a rivalry in the course [...]
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

Ancient Rome: Historical Era

This has led to widespread abuse of his power to the detriment of his country and its people as a whole.
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1188

A Recipe for World Peace: Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Through this peace program, the President called for peace of moderation, open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, removal of economic barriers in international trade, an impractical adjustment of colonial claims, reduction of armaments, self-determination, and [...]
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 714

Ottoman Empire’s Legacy to Modern Turkey

At the same time, the conservative administrative structure of the Ottoman Empire and the way of ruling the country, which was the authoritative monarchy, allowed only for the development of the already existing branches of [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1146

Aboriginal Land Rights, Laws, and Regulations

The origin of Aboriginal land rights is grounded on the refutation of Aboriginal ownership, the methodical taking of land, and burdening Aborigines with the freedom to work and occupy the land according to their customs.
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 499

India Civilization and Islam Civilization: Comparison

Hinduism and Buddhism and raised based on their different religious and philosophical system had an impact not only on the development of many civilizations of the East but all over the world.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1378

How Revolutionary Was the French Revolution?

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The French Revolution was the most revolutionary era in the history of France as the country underwent radical reforms. One of the greatest landmark revolutions was the spread of the Napoleonic culture and some of [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 612

Biography of Bill Clinton: Interpretation of Personality

Hillary Rodham Clinton, his life partner had played a vital role to boost up his political career and she gained immense popularity after the rejection of his health care reform bill by Congress in the [...]
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1911

Cuban History: Short Review

This is what is seen to be the catalyst of the revolution in nineteenth-century Cuba: first in the 1930s and in 1959 and that is still seen as very much active in the national spirit [...]
  • Subjects: Latin America
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2779

Native Americans History: Trail of Tears

Therefore, The Trail of Tears was a battle between the Europeans and Native Americans, often referred to as the American Holocaust because it completely outcast a group of people due to the fact they were [...]
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 952

How the Great Depression Changed Americans

During the depression, the population experienced intense pain and extensive misery and the event has been blamed for leading to calamities such as World War II and the rising to power of Adolf Hitler.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 910

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

It can be stated that he earned his degrees from the University of Nature, his name being associated with the emancipation of a great majority of people and the salvation of the American Republic.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 945

Cultures of Iroquois and English

This essay is going to focus on the cultures of the Iroquois and the English and the results and consequences that emerged from the contacts of the two cultural groups.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 879

The Rise of the Qing Dynasty at 1630-1800

This was the dynasty that was found by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro. This was a mode of ruling led by the Qing dynasty to remain in the dominance of its ruler.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1457

The Intentions and the Causes of the Monroe Doctrine

Picking up possible topics for carrying out the research on them, one may propose the following fields of one's interest for the discussion: The United States' foreign policy in the period before the nineteenth century; [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 794

Western Civilizations and Near East

This paper is going to consider all the major aspects of their development in order to find out the reasons for the success of some of them and the failure of others in their attempt [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 932

Charles de Gaulle: A Portrait of a Good Leader

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After Germany overran France in the early part of the Second World War, de Gaulle shifted to Algiers to run a shadow government and lead the Free French Forces for the liberation of France from [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 577

Lyndon Johnson, the Tonkin Gulf Resolution

There were two separate incidents that involved the naval army of North Vietnam and the United States of America in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 648

Motives for British Imperialism in Africa

By the stroke of the eighteen thirties the Boers who were by then the majority in South Africa, embarked on what has been called the Great Trek in order to run away from the colonial [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2767

Red Scare Versus McCarthyism Comparison

The nation as a whole must have been relieved after the breakdown of the Soviet Union and the unification of East and West Germany.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 670

America in 1920s: Great Depression

Regarding the issue of credit exploration in the 1920s, and the contribution of the credit's expansion into the process of onset of the Great Depression, it is necessary to refer to the facts from American [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 570

Greek Mythology, Religion, Philosophy, and History

The ancient religious stories of the Minoans and the Mycenaean were transmitted orally to the other parts of the Mediterranean region which later fused with the Greek traditions and religious practices.
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1213

The United States’ History of 1865-1900

In this paper, I will consider the social and political state in the USA so that either to prove or deny the attractiveness that the United States had for the foreign immigrants who saw the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 658

History of the Great Depression and the New Deal

According to the prominent American economist John Keyne, the main cause of the Great Depression was the shortage of money supply, which was dependant on the gold reserve, in the meantime, the industry output significantly [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Immigration Restrictions in American History

The opinions of politicians, scientists, and statesmen were opposite as some of them kept to the point of view that immigration was necessary for the development of American society, while others were convinced of the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578