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History of American Women

single women over the age of twenty-one and widows had the power to make contracts and hold property in her own name (22). A marri...

Gordon S. Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution

more democratic, liberal and capitalistic visions of the 19th century (Wood 95). With republicanism we see that such things as ine...

Reasons Behind Colonial America's Decision to Revolt Against England

Interestingly, however, although we looked to our mother country for that support, little was forthcoming. The early years of the...

Joseph Plumb Martin's Ordinary Courage

the year 1774 arrived. The smell of war began to be pretty strong, but I was determined to have no hand in it. I felt myself to be...

1895 Farmer's View of Manifest Destiny

well as the rising tension of the competitive race between the teams from the East and the West" (Rochman, 1998, p. 908). By the ...

17th Century America and Black Slavery

no sunlight and been fed only enough to keep them alive. This journey, however, was likely just the beginning of the trials and t...

New World Colonization by England

to not only stay afloat but to allocate sufficient funding for the identification and colonization of various new lands which were...

Contemporary Democracy in the United States

and if they were not happy with the political leaders they could do something about it. This all sounds incredibly powerful and...

Life and Work of John Adams

to love scholarship and excelled. Though John did love the church as well, he found there was far too much controversy taking p...

Slavery in America

Although Reconstruction began during the war, the time period traditionally associated with it is 1862-1877. The political, socia...

US Occupational Structure and Stratification

Still, certain trends never change and social class makes a difference. Historians have examined the occupational and social str...

Scientific Revolutions and the Perspectives of Thomas S. Kuhn

of practitioners" (Davidson, 1997, p. 13). The existing paradigms of the science community, according to Kuhn, are established vi...

Religious Experience of the French Revolution

to further examine the statement, however, we must also look at the conditions experienced by the people, experiences which would ...

Declaration of Independence's Concepts

the peoples rights, so to speak, but rather the people were controlled and ruled by the government. In this particular line of ...

18th Century France's Revolution and Revolt

Similarly, in France, there would be drastic change as the people were fed up with the monarchy. They really wanted an enlightened...

2 Books on the French Revolution Analyzed

the political and social upheaval involved in the coming of the French Revolution. He primarily focuses on the political struggles...

Change and Continuity During the Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries

war between France and Austria and Prussia, prices increased dramatically, and food shortages occurred" (Analysis of the French R...

Alice Cary's 'The West Country' Poem

"The West Country" from an operative structure standpoint, it is perhaps even more useful to analyze this poem from a thematic sta...

The Dragon's Village by Yuan tsung Chen

aunt and uncle reluctantly agree. Chen commits that they did not oppose this plan "too vigorously" because they were "apprehensive...

Combination of Economic and Political Themes in 'The Communist Manifesto'

in 5 pages, this essay combines the very themes that were considered within the contexts of the Industrial Revolution and the Fre...

Overview of the Russian Revolution

view of the February/October Revolutions and state why this view is supported. "The divisions that would soon splinter the mass a...

Modern Era and 1870 to 1920 Development

In five pages this paper examines how the Victorian Age evolved into the modern era with sociological change and the Industrial Re...

Russia's Industrial Development from 1689 Until the Romanov Dynasty

In sixteen pages this paper discusses Russia's industrial revolution that began in the seventeenth century and continued until the...

Shah, His Advisers, and the Impact of the Iranian Revolution

In nine pages this paper examines the consequences of the 1979 Iranian Revolution in a discussion of the Shah's exile and the impa...

Overview of the Algerian Revolution

In six pages the Algerian Revolution is examined in an overview of the French government, Algerian factions, and the events that l...

Communist State and Utopia by Sir Thomas More

a radical alternative to the industrial capitalism then flourishing throughout the more highly-developed countries of Europe. Thus...

Mural Painters and the 1910 Mexican Revolution

In thirteen pages this research paper examines the Mexican Revolution's impact upon the murals of Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfa...

The Impact of Great Men During Times of Revolution

This paper addresses the revolutions that took place in France, Russia, and the US. The author argues that brave individuals play...

Jackson J. Spielvogel on the French Revolution

In five pages this paper examines the French Revolution and its definitive traditions of revolution, reform, and restoration as co...

Revolution Concept of Jacques Ellul

In five pages this paper examines Jacques Ellul's concept of revolution within the context of European history from the sixteenth ...