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Articles of Confederation

This essay pertains to the Articles of Confederation, which was the first government created by the newly minted United States aft...

George Washington and the Revolutionary War

as a great leader and notes the following: "Realism, strategic imagination, adaptability, and political savvy are all aspects of W...

Revolutionary Thought and the Shaping of the US Constitution

The American Revolution occurred because of a long series of British wrongs. In essence, the colonists had four major...

The Battle of Cowpens

were taken without what was now a deeply ingrained sense of restraint. Revolutionary warfare was simple and to the point....

American Revolution

to the following conclusion: "Almost at a stroke the Revolution destroyed all the earlier talk of paternal or maternal government...

Women in the American Revolution

was developing. But, when her husband was taken it was very hard for her to do nothing. She constantly ended up battling with the ...

Gordon S. Wood/The American Revolution

policies enraged the colonist who saw them as encroachment on their traditionally established liberties. What the British saw as t...

Revolutions: America and France

2007). These events were The three most important events that led up to, and caused it, were "the Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea...

The Industrial Revolution in America

the world" (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 550). Raw materials and finished goods could now be shipped all over the country. The Cumber...

Jimi Hendrix, the Counter Music Revolution, and the 1960s

black colloquialism for sex) and dance (Isserman and Kazin 92). The sexually charged performances of Elvis Presley singing black ...

Second Revolution in America, the Civil War

he knew nothing of the causes for the war. Nash and Jeffrey use this to illustrate their statement that people fought on the Ameri...

George A. Rawlyk's 'The American Revolution and Nova Scotia Reconsidered'

settlements, the refusal of Washington to mount an offensive against Nova Scotia, and perhaps the religious revival, all combined ...

1750 to 1790 Colonial America and the Adoption of 'Revolutionary Habits'

operating "mills, tanneries, blacksmith shops, forges, and other community services in connection with their plantation enterprise...

Events and Key Players of the American Revolution

colonists from making their own money. The Stamp Act placed taxation on almost all paper product goods: "all printed materials are...

Latin America and the Foreign Policy of the United States

is evidence that the U.S. actually supported the revolution. Supposedly, President Kennedy uttered words which would be aligned wi...

The Changing View of Warfare

First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...

The Changing Nature of War

been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...

How Revolutionary was the American Revolution?

enough to overcome racial discrimination or the claims of the south that it needed slave labor to work the plantations (Coombs, 19...

George Washington's Experiences in the American Revolution

and in March of 1776 he used a cannon from Henry Knox ("American Revolution - George Washington," 2005). He would make a mistake ...

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...

An Overview of Urbanism in America

the proliferation of entertainment and leisure. Films, plays, restaurants and night clubs are a part of the landscape. After th...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

US Occupational Structure and Stratification

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

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...

U.S. Wars and Artillery Uses

materiel that were used during each war. The first war to be fought by Americans, and on American soil was the American...

18th Century Tension Between Great Britain and France

In six pages this paper examines the tension between these countries during this time period resulting for the battle for New Worl...