… of Confederation could no longer provide for an adequate government, an essential function to promote the prosperity of the fledgling country. To fix this problem, delegates from all states except Rhode Island congregated in Philadelphia in…

… the Native Indians' ways of life. Ever since Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492, the Indians seemed to be plagued with "bad luck"; they lost their battles one after another to the westerners, not just in military power, but also in the ability…

… every state except Rhode Island, assembled in Philadelphia for the single purpose of constituting a better and stronger central government. Four months later, the Constitution of the United States of America was born. In the Constitution, the word…

… that is still to this day a young country. We still have lots of growing to do until we can be our best. Over the past fifty years much development has happened and America is definitely a better place to live in thanks to the many sacrifices made…

… was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. His father died in 1833, when Garfield was only two years old and so his mother had to carry on working the family farm by herself. With the death of his father, the family feel into poverty. Even…

… immigrants began to arrive at the newly discovered land called America. Escaping from their poor, decrepit lives in England, these people longed for a peaceful, comfortable existence. In 1609, the first official settlement was established in Jamestown,…

… the years of 1750 and 1776, the worsening relations between the colonies and Great Britain were illustrated by the views colonists had towards the British Parliament and King George III. Even people inside Parliament didn't always agree with King George…

… fathers was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was named after his father, John Adams, the deacon of the church. His parents expected him to do well in school and attend Harvard. Despite going to Harvard he did not care for school much. John Adams…

… in the American society that continued to worsen as the decade went on (1920-1930). One of these was hardly noticeable, but the impact was well-felt. And the other three were highly visible and widely discussed and debated. The first of these flaws…

… the Colonists because of an idea. The idea was freedom. There are many reasons why freedom became a pertinent idea to the colonists and in this paper I shall discuss what events lead up to this idea. I shall examine the British theory of mercantilism,…