… battle of Vimy Ridge that took place in World War One. This battle involved Canadian forces to take part in an overall ten-day campaign. The reason this battle was a defining moment for Canada is because Vimy Ridge was the turning point of the "Great…

… future...is foolish." I had read that paper before, around seven months ago. 'Sure,' I always say to myself, 'that's easy for you to say, sitting in luxury with a guaranteed $200,000 paycheck each year.' I don't even know why I voted for Hoover…

… graduating from Harvard as a lawyer, he quickly became known as a member of the Patriot cause. He was selected by the Continental Congress in 1776 along with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and Robert Sherman to "draw up a declarat…

… and historical data, I will prove that the ideological differences that emerged in Washington's Cabinet not only fanned the flames of factions, but influenced the future of American politics. <Tab/>After George Washington took oath…

… The siege San Antonio became the first major campaign of the Texas Revolution. From October until early December 1835 an army of Texan volunteers laid siege to a Mexican army in San Antonio de Bexar. The Alamo is a historic structure in the center…

… trends in America's past. When the first Englishmen settled here, up until the present day, we have time and time again gotten ourselves into the same sticky situations. From the beginning, the country has continually experienced racism, foreign disputes…

… Klan of the 1920's, founded by William J. Simmons, for five years, only consisted of 4,000 to 5,000 members. On June 7, 1920, Simmons signed a contract with two intelligent salespersons. Edward Clark and Elizabeth Tayler.…

… with Santa Anna by Nicholas P. Trist, the chief clerk of the State Department, and gave America the area from California to Texas for only $15 million plus a United States promise to assume the claims of Americans against the Mexican government.…

… Civil War, slavery was the most important and influential issue in the United States. For both slave owners and non slave owners alike in both the north and the south, slavery remained a vital piece of the economy with the production of cotton, and virtu…

… between the thirteen colonies that was created and ratified during the Revolutionary War. Its two most crippling weaknesses, the prohibition of taxes and commercial regulation by the national congress made it weak and ineffective until 1986,…