History Essays

Atlantic Slave Trade was a trade phenomenon that started during the 16th century. The Portuguese were the pioneers of this trade system. Soon, several European powers followed the techniques and trade routes of the Portuguese.

Guerrilla insurgency and insecurity in Colombia: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia The political scene in Colombia has over the years been marred by conflicts between the government and revolutionary guerrilla movements. Civil unrest in Colombia dates back to the 19th century, when the Colombians revolted against Spanish rule, thereby earning Colombia independence from Spain.

While the North Korea and China embraced communism, the South under President Seugman Rhee favoured the capitalism or a free market economy advanced by the United States. Then there was the open confrontation between Chinese soldiers and the American leaning South Korean soldiers during the Korean War.

By the latest ranking, The Peoples’ Republic of China ranks the more corrupt than most developed countries. China is more corrupt than Burkina Faso, Panama, Jamaica and Peru. The populous country suffers a widespread vices related to inequity and misuse of public resources.

Many scholars would agree that the complicated procedures, strategies, and goals making up the official Marxism-Leninism principle have had some influence on the formation of Soviet foreign policy, even though there are critical debates over the extent of the relevance of ideological influence.

It is almost a secondary insight that this culture and these individuals were the first to grace the lands of this continent, and that there place here for hundreds if not thousands of years had been preserved through their owns laws and means of existence.

A timetable will help the terrorists, will encourage them that they could defeat the superpower of the world and the Iraqi people”. 6 years, 455 Bn dollars and over 4421 military deaths later, Mr. Talabani’s words on ‘timetable’ still hold true with the current 50,000 US military boots on the grounds of Iraq.

The Shang Dynasty is known for two palace foundations, elite burials, ceremonial jade blades and sceptres, bronze axes and dagger axes, simple ritual bronzes, massive-rammed earth fortification, four monumental tetrapods, workshops for bronze casting, pot making, bone working, and two inscribed tablets of oracle bones.

In her book, Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America, Lynn Spiegel details this revolution and discusses the many contradictions that television’s emergence as an important element of American culture entailed. In this brief essay, the book’s structure and argument will be analyzed and summarized in order to provide an overall summary and critical assessment of the book and its place in the research literature.

This paper will discuss how the industrial revolution intensified the growth of aviation industry.

Thesis statement: In the short essay The Contest in America, John Stuart Mill argues that the American Civil War is to be considered as a war between good and evil for justice, and against injustice. Brief summary In the introductory part of the essay, Mill mainly deals with the American Civil War and tries to defend the British side.

These are all parts of what make the United States political spectrum unique. As such, it makes sense that the United States is the only country in the world that has as much unlimited power as it does, because of these three elements—which are all stressed throughout George Wesson Carey’s fantastic read which recounts for us the joys and struggles that have been inherent in American politics, since the first colonists arrived to Plymouth Rock’s shores in 1620.

Events like training up to the D-Day, Normandy campaign, Operation market garden, battle of the bulge and finally to the Hitler’s place in Austria. (Ambrose, 1992). To achieve an edge over the other military troops and to acquire Hitler’s reign, the EC military troops were provided with continuous training.

His other writings also have to be considered and it is apparent from his other writings that he was a man who was very much filled with moral difficulties about the practice of slavery.  He was indeed a slave owner, however, he considered slavery a despicable crime and a fatal blight on the country’s stance on democracy (American Revolution and Founding Era, n.d). 

His deliberate use of the word ‘crusade’ (IPO, 2008: 24) made it clear that this was actually a war against the Muslim world under the pretext of being a war on terror. This crusade was made to appear as if was begun following the demolition of the World Trade Centre on 11 September 2001, which was widely portrayed as an attack by the CIA created network named Al-Qaeda.

This essay discusses what the role religion played in Puritan life. They thought that they were preferred by God for a unique reason and that they must live their life in a righteous manner. It was obvious that their religion was to affect their political and social beliefs and practices as well. The enlightenment period gave success to ideas that were proven by experiments and could be proved.

The problems of the Great Depression are one of the most widely discussed topics of the 20th century American history. The immense influence exerted by the events of the tumultuous 1930s left an indelible imprint upon the American society, economic system and culture, having a great impact on the formation of modern institutional framework of America.

To the son, it is just a normal thing in the city of Tokyo Japan to be a graduate since many had done the same. As depicted by the happiness in the father due to the graduating of the son, this seems to be a transition period where more graduates are beginning to secure their graduation in comparison to the old system where there were few.

It has several underlying themes – one is the idea that the puritan founding which directly formed many aspects of American life, such as equality of opportunity, and an interesting fusion of religious and political freedom (as the puritans were fleeing religious persecution and held political freedom in higher esteem.

Success incorporates the achievement of target or the main objective. In leadership, success entails an individual’s ability to obtain popularity and the eventual gain. In America, the presidential leadership lies on the capacity to impart logical commands in congress to achieve the targeted purpose.

For some, the theory may be outdated or unpopular even but its basic tenets - that of tracing the lineage of international relationships and international systems - become en vogue again as part of some countries' policy in combating global problems. According to Darby (2000), the resurgence of some elements of the dependency theory stems from two realities in international political economy: "one is material and the other is ideological," and that they "are both real and they occupy the same space at the same time" (68).

The largest population of the Vietnamese people stays along the Bolsa Avenue in Vietnam. I resided in California County as a refugee when the Vietnamese war erupted in America. In my study, I involved some Vietnamese militia group in their experience. I came in close contact with Ricky, Johnny, and Bihn.

The scenario has started to change completely from 1985 onwards. Japan has started to undergo a severe economic crisis from 1985 onwards. Growth in all sectors has been collapsed and deflation started to embrace Japan as a result of this crisis.  According to Takeo Hoshi and Anil K Kashyap (2004), Japan’s Financial Crisis and Economic Stagnation may cost the “taxpayers is at least 20 percent of Japan’s GDP.

Though still feared and loved today, reminders such as Top Gun (1986) will serve to keep alive the idea that nothing could match the Tomcat. Just like in the movie, the pilots were all young, fast, and dominating. Flying F-14s was analogous, by various pilots as akin to dating the hottest girl in school by a pure sense of excitement, sheer speed, and performance every time they flew the plane.

Domestic terrorism can reduce by a great percentage. It is worth appreciating the effort made by the law forces because they have been able to stop some potential attacks before execution. Americans should realize that they contribute to the making of America they so desire. Peace and security maintenance is the responsibility of both the law forces and the citizens (Piazza, 2011).

Why did non-slave owners fight in the civil war? The American civil war is one of the most important events in US History. Not only did it revolutionize the US constitution, but it changed the life of many who had previously been living in conditions of slavery.

The 1930s were quite the opposite. 1930s were depressing, full of poverty and the beginning of the biggest wars. The 1920s began shortly after the First World War when Americans defeated the Germans. Many Americans were also not happy with Woodrow Wilson who was their 28th president.

Napoleon had sweet dreams of conquering Europe and he lamented, “Brute force has never attained anything durable.” This evergreen remark was seconded by Adolph Hitler before he committed suicide. He bemoaned, “Brutal force has not won anything durable.” Yet, war-monger politicians and military generals are not willing to learn lessons and take recourse to brutal force to attain their objectives.

The author states that middle-class people didn’t take it more and their patience was broke out in the form of the Revolution of 1917. The Provisional Government in Russia was established to fulfill the rights of people of all class and have every kind of freedom. This too was the situation when bourgeoisie planned to strike against the monarchy.

Notably, Malcolm indicted the white Americans in the harshest term possible for the crimes they committed against the black Americans. Dictators of his time accused him (Malcolm) as a preacher of racism, anti-Semitism, violence and of being a black supremacy.

Critics of the rational choice paradigm generally indicate that their is no objective knowledge. This is key because if there is not such thing as objective knowledge, one cannot be said to arrive at a correct conclusion through being rational. In this paper I will provide a brief description of Rational choice before discussing the debate of rational choice in reference to ontology, methodology, and epistemology.

The Protestant Reformation is definitely one of the many events that took place during the Western Civilization. This is a historical event that took place in the 16th-century. It concerns the split within Western Christianity during the Western Civilization.

This dominance was in the form of economic penetration or complete annexation. There was no region in the world that was not penetrated by explorers, merchants, or missionaries from Europe.  New Imperialism is understood as the significant shift that occurred in the processes and policies of imperialism, particularly in the late-nineteenth century to early twentieth-century Europe.

Thus, nations are integrated societies that have political aspirations that use force to demarcate territory. Under ethnicity there is the ethno genesis that is treated as the classical sociological treaties (Ayres, 2000), as well as by instrumentalist. Ethnicity is a subject of debate among many scholars who investigate the relationship between ethnicity and civil war, growth, institutions, and the violence attack within different communities.

Newstrom & Keith (2003) note that following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States of America became the super power and had to hold office immediately and thus being responsible for the global affairs and relations. This meant that, it had to implement laws and regulations relating to trade, the economic policies, communication and other foreign related activities (Newstrom & Keith, 2003).

The author captures three definitions for deterrence but a more credible one is according to Harkabi, “threat of heavy punishment for an act by the enemy in order to persuade him to desist from that act”. All these definitions share the same view, that is, for there to be successful deterrence aggression should be avoided.

The European Union was formed in a post-WW2 Europe that was ravaged from war and highly dependent on America for aid under the Marshall Plan. The EU, as it is has been called since Masstricht Treaty1993, was originally formed under the Treaty of Paris in 1951 as the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

Other religions have feared the rigid appliance of the Sharia law that imperils sovereignty and their daily life. The following has become evident through an array of events in various countries. In Tunisia, an Islam political faction by the name Ennahda grasped about 41 percent of the presented seats within the Tunisian legislative body.

He undertook experiments with electricity, inventing the lighting rod and the Franklins stove (Stuber 1790). His theme of self-improvement can be traced back to his childhood, where his schooling happened to come at a halt at the age of ten, and by the age of twelve, he had become a trainee to his brother who was a printer, publishing the “New England Courant.” He advanced much in this field and at some point rose to the rank of the editor of that journal.

Author Professor’s name Class Name Date History and Political Science: Topic II Essay After the civil war, while most of Europe was busy colonising and expanding and strengthening their borders America focussed within and tried to build up its infrastructure and reap economic harvests.

The principle of expansionism governed Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries. Expansionism legitimizes the increase of one’s own borders, widening a ruler’s dominion at the expense of other sovereign states. These conquered territories would be annexed and incorporated by a process called imperialism.

U.S policy on energy Executive summary There is high likelihood of the pipeline spillage which can lead to damage to the ecosystem. The pipeline will increase the pollution levels in the refineries. The pipeline will also increase the tar sands oils toxic to the rivers hence there will be high instances of diseases like cancer.

His discoveries on a range of subjects have ushered in a new era for scientific inquiry. Newton’s discoveries in optics, general physics, and mathematics would place him alongside such luminaries as Thomas Aquinas, Johann Gutenberg, Christopher Columbus, and the Founding Fathers of the US in terms of the impact he’s had on Western intellectual culture.

The civil war had ended in 1993 and these killings were considered to be a resumption of that war instead of genocide. Secondly, the international media gave an impression that violence was on the wane whereas it had only started to peak. Thirdly, there was a huge reporting error in the death counts during the genocide.

Finally, for a more personal portion, insight is given on the life of U.S. General George Patton, a controversial figure in World War II. Causes of the War History points to “militant nationalism, reckless imperialism, swashbuckling militarism” as the main causes of World War I (Boak, Slosson and Anderson 472).

If cotton was the highlight of the south then Industry was the main economic engine of the North. But for the western part of America the vast land in itself was the most important treasure (Conlin 1984). After securing independence from British in 1776, one of the biggest challenges on hand for the American government was to carefully use this giant piece of land for the welfare of the country.

The paintings during this period were dominated by two groups of painters which had different approaches and styles to their work of art. The groups include the four Wangs and the four great monk painters. One such renowned literati and painter during this period is the Zheng Banqiao who had been named after Zheng Xie.

After all, man has reached the depths of the seas, and explored the heavens. So why can’t he find himself/herself? In between the two, he has even created connections. The moon is known to determine the mood of the sea. All these travels far and wide have vastly improved our knowledge of our planet.

In addition, globalization also provides the means for international criminal and drug organizations to flourish, co-opting the trade networks, so that their operations become more complex, fluid, and also sophisticated. What globalization does is diminish the state’s capacity to effectively govern.

In 2009, oil production was 1.54 million barrels per day. In the Caspian Sea region of Kazakhstan there has been many unexploited oil and natural gas deposits (Kazakhstan Energy Data, Statistics and Analysis, 1). This paper focuses on the challenges faced by the Kazakhstani energy industry and the solutions to its problems.