… to the colonial people. England's greediness is what caused the "Englishmen abroad" to make the transition to be Americans. Who could blame them for wanting to break their ties with the Crown and call themselves American. The colonists produced their…

… and expansive than it had been for the past few decades. There was apparently a hunger for foreign conquest because they started to concur all the land they could grasp. The conflict with Spain derived mainly from the American desire to help the…

… revolution. It took place at the end of World War I. Reasons for the second industrial revolution was electricity got cheaper, more product advertising, installment buying, and new inventions were being created because of ideas that helped win…

… Americans have never been shy about attaching labels to their history, and frequently they do so to characterize particular years or decades in their distant or recent past. It is doubtful, however, that any period in our nation's history has receiv…

… know it was founded. He lived in the Virginia colony of Great Britain, but he was not British, he was an American. Bacon lived during a time when Virginia was in a frustrating state. They were taxed heavily, constantly harassed, and most of all, the…

… of John F. Kennedy, I decided to look into this area and try to unveil for myself (and for this paper) what is the so-called "controversy" or "conspiracy" that everyone talks about when this topic is brought up. Through several books, other…

… in 400 A.D. in the low lands of the jungle that belongs to the actual territories of Guatemala, Belice and southeast Mexico. But this only prolonged the Spaniard conquest at the beginning of XVI century. The difference from Teotihuacán, the Mayas…

… breaking away from Britain. Thomas Whately, advisor to George Grenville, the British chancellor of the Exchequer, was correct by saying in Document 1, "We are not yet recovered from a war solely fought for their protection." Whately was referring…

… However, the states were undecided as to whether to approve of the new "American" Constitution. Some state leaders claimed that this new Constitution should be "thrown away at once". Yet, others, like Robert Livingston, of N.Y, said, "A vote for…

… with a centralized authority and commercial economy, or a modest centralized government that should remain on the side of the minority? The minority was rural and agrarian. An issue such as this led Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to the forefront…