History Essays

We live in a country where the most powerful person in the country at the time had a complete disregard for the laws that he was supposed to be protecting: “for the most part, this inquest has simply revealed what was already known: that the crimes of the Reagan administration derived from an imperial president".

The author states that the use of expensive material showed the skill and creativity of the Chinese craftsmen. Bronze is a durable material allowed archeologists to derive a deeper understanding of the historical and modern significance of these bronze objects. Daily domestic objects were also made of bronze.

You can't wear Socrates's rhetoric but Shygulla dons a fair replication of street smarts with her smooth talking act. Maria is the U.S. coupled with Nazi-Germany-an explosive affair. Braun who represents here a Germany that lacks memory or recollection of previous historical events.

In the case of Britain, the practice of dealing in the sale of human beings brought in huge amount of money into the country. Before delving into the specifics of the main topic under consideration, it is deemed appropriate to provide a brief overview of the practice of slave trade in general.

The author states that the bombs were dropped against the Japanese Empire near the end of the war. The bombs were drooped by the United States of America; Harry S. Truman was the president of the USA. Controversies still continue to emerge over the two bombings which killed thousands of people in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki city.

The author worries about the economical and political threat regarding situation involving countries fighting over land, oil and spilling blood. Nations today, for example, Israel, Pakistan, America and Iraq are engaged in war respectively. The author hopes that we can attain a rich period and thus return to the “Golden Age of Capitalism.

The irony in analyzing imperialistic settling in Africa is that Africa provided the starting point for humanity over 2 million years ago. The great age of colonization from Europe started with the explorations of the Portuguese, shortly followed by the Spaniards, the Dutch, and then the rest of Europe.

The marginalization of the Irish people settled in Scotland was a dynamic and double-edged process that had two sources: the attitude of the Scottish society towards the dirty and uneducated people and an inner source, coming from the fierce Irish nationalists who were now in an odd circumstance, that of not belonging to their home country.

The author states that the Protestant Reformation began in 1517 century and ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. This time period was characterized largely by the activities of Martin Luther. In 1517 in what is now Germany, Martin Luther nailed a document to the door of a church that contained criticisms of the church itself and of the Pope.

The author of the paper states that in the face of Republican opposition and Wilson's unwillingness to compromise with a Republican-controlled Congress, the US never joined the League and the institution proved incapable of resisting German, Japanese, and Italian territorial aggression.

The author states that initial momentum in this regard gave way to competing interests over time, as the Cold War also became a central issue. There were conflicting attitudes about the price Germany, as a society, should have to pay for their part in the war. The Allies were facing feeding and providing for millions of refugees left homeless by the war.

General George C. Marshall described Winston Churchill as an “organizer of victory” on account of his sterling and brilliant steering of Allied strategies that resulted in the victory by the Allies against the AXIS Powers, was exercising his gift of the gab, which gift endeared him to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he uttered these dramatic words.

Stephen B. Oates’ story of Nat Turner and the slave revolt of 1831 that he headed explains a great deal about slavery and how it led to the civil war. Nat Turner was born on the Turner estate and later sold to another slave owner. Nat Turner was an intelligent man, and his spirit rebelled against slavery.

But before we zero in on these two wars it would be relevant to look into the different perspectives of war itself. (Border, 192) Each of the wars included major and minor battles. They had varying and distinct reasons behind them. Allies and foes were distinctly different in each case.

Primarily, the industry was "home based" and its remarkable feature was eggs production. Between 1900-1929 years, domestic production had been doubled, while chicken and egg consumption per capita has tripled. It caused appearance of diversified farms, and poultry industry turned into meat production (Moreng, Avens, 1985).

The author states that today, we are given information that this intelligence was actually wrong. Furthermore, we should admit that during all our presence in Iraq, none of our troops have found any weapons of mass destruction or any clues leading to think that the Iraqi government has ever had these weapons.

The author concludes the article by pointing out that collapse of the Soviet Union at the beginning of 1990s is related to the intellectual and moral uprising from the side of the mass. Within this context, the policies implemented by Mikhail Gorbachev (Glasnost and Perestroika) accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.

To reach a consensus about the rebuilding of Europe at the end of World War II, the Allied Forces comprised of the Soviet Union, United States, Great Britain, and France forged the Potsdam Agreement. The provisions of the said agreement stipulated the division of Germany into four zones, allotted for each country.

With years passing by, the fashion industry gave rise to a number of laws on clothing and apparel in order to preserve class or gender distinctions. The clothing of the time by the decade had concluded that the gender distinctions in fashion expression were quite overstated.

During the Roman period, the same conception was injected into the Roman way of life. This infiltration of ideas originating from Greek ideology was more or less distilled to suit the Roman mind. In the later stages, this Greek and Roman perceptions were transformed into Christian philosophy giving birth to the idea of Humanism (Mukherjee, 22).

" Envisioning that the WWI is the "war to end all wars," he drew up what is now widely known as the Fourteen Points in order to ensure permanent peace through international cooperation.This is comprised of his aims of freedom of seas, free trade, and the establishment of a global institution which will promote the collectively security

Occasionally, unique personalities would grace history and from their stories insights into the temper and mood of the times before could be had. Queen Elizabeth I of England was one such person. The subject of marriage was one thing closely attached to her as a topic, firstly because it was politically expedient for the Queen to get married, but she had avoided it and claimed it was the personal choice. 

George Washington is often called "The Father of his Country" for his crucial role in leading the United States of America. By inheritance, Washington was a planter based in Mount Vernon. His formal education was not extensive; whatever he learned was from his own experience of reading and surveying trade. Even at the time, he was working as a surveyor.

However, the events of September 11, 2001, provided an opportunity for Bush to promote himself as something much larger than the American president who issued millions of Americans a $250 tax rebate check; post 9/11, Bush took center stage as a rhetoric spewing neo conservative armed with an agenda for realigning, if not the world order, certainly the Middle East order, beginning with the invasion of Afghanistan, and, then, Iraq.

First, we must define our terms. By “law” we mean the rule of law, a basic principle of Western Civilization. The concept refers to a system of well-established and clear principles and precepts which each nation follows.

This rather plain definition of the term as a way of studying human culture through the analysis of documented materials engenders deep arguments as to what concerns this discipline. There is a considerable debate as to whether this discipline should encompass other areas of inquiry, as to how far should this study concern itself.

Although Collier could not win congressional backing for his most radical proposals, the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 changed policy by allowing tribal self-government and consolidating individual land allotments back into tribal hands. Collier set out his vision for what became known as the "Indian New Deal" in this 1934 article.

James Madison became a student of colonial history and political theory in his search for a solution to the political and economic dilemmas. Madison felt the Articles of Confederation were too weak to serve the needs of the united colonies. He reasoned that the state autonomy clause precluded the perpetuation of a strong central government.

After World War II, where human, rather than minority, rights have become the focus of attention for the entire economic world, the United Nations Charter have endorsed both human rights and the classic sovereignty principle of nonintervention. At such a critical juncture EU emerges as a new model for supranational governance.  

The author states that he focused on solving problems regarding the railroads, labor, and the processed food industry. He led by serving as according to him “If the people were to be served, then it was incumbent upon the President to orchestrate the initiatives that would be to their benefit and the nation's welfare.”

By 1942, Nazi Germany has virtually ruled over entire Europe. This was done through annexation of territories, German military authority, and collaboration with the Nazis, such as France’s example. Hitler superimposed a New Order in this vast empire by expropriating and exploiting every conquered country. 

In particular, subjects of this Empire during this time were grouped into the following; the clergy, nobility, merchants, peasants and Cossacks. people from the region of Caucasus, which was considered to be a non-ethnic russian territory were registered as the inoroditsy which translated to “persons from the other region”.

Determine who the intended audience is. If it is a general interest book, it may not be as accurate as a book that was intended for a college course. Read the text with a critical eye and look for overly passionate language or emotionally charged phrases. This is a sign that the author is injecting their own opinion.

Capitalism is based on the concept of a free economy and business enterprise with limited or little government intervention. The term ‘free market’ is significant in capitalism as it refers to an economic system that is free of external intervention and is guided by a rule of law focused on establishing and protecting private property, including, private ownership of the means of production.

The author states that the evolution from the epic which originally prospered in the initial fraction of the twelfth century to the romance which subjugated the afterward element is an interesting and compound literary occurrence. It might be distinguished as a shift in prevailing concern.

The author states that the problem was that the Radical Republicans pay more attention to the rearrangement of Southern institutions rather than to "the elevation of the ex-slave". Only some of them realized that slavery was not able "to train the ex-slave for participation in a free competitive society".

It has been described as histrionic period of Athenian history. The Archaic age stretches from eighth century BC to the time of Persian wars has been known for being reluctant for reconstruction attempts due to the destruction happened in dark ages. People like Anthony Snodgrass called archaic age as 'age of experiment' as it is a revolutionary age that stood witness for the emergence of city states and reintroduction of writing.

The rest - 60% - or 2.2 million disabled people were on benefit and not looking for work. It also showed that of the 3.7 million disabled adults of working age 41 % had no educational qualifications. This compared to the whole working population very poorly where only 18% had no educational qualifications.

The author states that the inspiring thing about her is that she is blind and deaf. Helen was born on June 27, 1880, with a sense of sight and hearing. However, an unknown illness struck her when she was about a year and a half years old. Everyone in her family thought she was going to die. And then unexpectedly, after a few days, she got well.

Stakeholders will differ on the definition of what constitutes humanitarian intervention and what goes beyond the purpose and be more appropriately labelled as meddling in another country's internal affairs. There are further complications as to what constitutes a legitimate state or nation, and which governing force represents the true will of the people of a locality or region.

America is known as “The Melting Pot” because its citizens consist of many who migrated from different countries and nationalities. These various peoples “melted” together to form a new group of people know as Americans.

On the one hand, the Federalists headed by Hamilton were concerned with enhancing the material resources required for attaining prosperity and advancing the influence of government internally and diplomatically.  These were done by proposing economic policies that would enable the nation to be self-sufficient (Wright). 

The colonization of Africa,with its long history,has been most influential in transforming the various elements of the socio-cultural, political and economic spheres of the continent.Africa's contact with Europe convincingly illustrates how the interaction between people of different geographical and cultural backgrounds can positively and negatively influence the shaping of their development throughout history.

This paper looks at immigration to Wales in the years 1840 to 1900, causing a population boom in the region. The phenomenon is analysed by identifying the countries of origin of the different peoples who settled in Wales, determining whether they lived together in separate communities or blended into the wider community, investigating the presence of tensions or violence in these communities due to migration, and specifying the causes of tension amongst the various immigrant communities.

An analysis of the staple industries in the Victorian Britain, be it the cotton industry, iron and steel sector, electrical manufacturing or a dissection of the capital markets and financial trends of the times, lead one to some specific traits of the British entrepreneurs, which aggravated if not initiated the economic decline of Britain in the late 19th century.

In at least three Districts in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and five in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), public and private housing and shelter infrastructure, social service, delivery, governance structures, commerce, and communications have been either damaged or destroyed.

A paucity of historical data is regarded to be the primary reason behind this delay. While the British, American and Australian scholars could always find enough study materials to trace the progression of working-class movements in their respective nations, the Canadian historians struggled to pin down the labor history in a chronological manner.  

The German soldiers turned to fascism as they were unable to the proper supplies for their survival after their return from war. Germany could not get any help to recover from their financial loss, after the First World War the whole world went into great depression this too was not of any help to the German economy.

They were forced to abandon their homes at the hands of white men. In this manipulative game of politics and elections, Brown convincingly demonstrates that the Indians did not leave. Rather they were displaced by Jackson’s enforcers. The Cherokee were brutally forced to walk on foot or rode their horses. They started their journey in Tennessee.

Inland, the only possible location for the development of any sort of state was in the impoverished and remote region dominated by Mecca and the Quraysh clan, where ancient pilgrimage centers protected markets in perfume, leather, and other trade goods.