America Essays

Everyone has their ideal future subject. For me, my ideal major is kinesiology or directing. I’d like to be a sports team manager or film director. I find three schools that I might be going to study there, they are Toronto Film School, University of Western Ontario, and Bishop’s University. …

The first opening of Japan in 1854 caused a significant political, economic and social change within Japan that are still visible to this day. The forced opening, lead by the American Commodore Matthew Perry, was a tipping point for the collapse in the Bakufu system and a key factor that …

Introduction: For my research paper, I have chosen to write about how Alexander Hamilton’s economic and financial plans influenced and changed America’s economy. Before We Begin Before examining Hamilton’s plans and the everlasting effects on America’s economy we must first understand America’s financial and economical standing after the Revolutionary War. …

In his book Founding Brothers, Joseph J. Ellis explains in detail the interactions between the Founding Fathers, their friendships, and their means of addressing polarizing issues as they pertain to the formative years of the United States. There were times when political differences caused strain on the men of the …

I am a Mexican American who was born and raised in the United States. Ever since I was a little boy I always wanted to earn my own money. I started off by working in the hot summer days in the fields every once in a while. As I felt …

The original idea to keep expanding one’s land goes back hundreds of years. It is in the human drive to want to explore and reach out and see what more the world has to offer. When the colonist landed in North America and created the colonies, their main mission was …

Westward expansion was the main goal of the early 1800’s. Thomas Jefferson, the president at the time, tried to achieve this goal by sending Meriwether Lewis on an expedition west into the newly purchased Louisiana Territory, to find a river route to the Pacific Ocean. In the book Undaunted Courage …

Provides an insight into the cultural and social norms of America starting in the 1960’s. Abortion, homosexuality, education and equal rights are just a few of the topics covered in Hartman’s historical writing. He provides a well-researched overview of both arguments for each of these disputes that became imperative in …

In 1931, James Truslow Adams coined the phrase, “The American Dream,” in his book, “The Epic of America.” The American Dream was popularized in the 1930s, when immigrants looked towards the United States for a richer and stable standard of living. Many craved a house with a white-picket fenced, and …

Sam Mendes has tried hard not to make ‘American Beauty’ a theatrical piece. He states this when he is interviewed by a reporter from time magazine. Sam Mendes has only ever worked in theatre and has won a ‘Toni’ award (an award for theatre). He is very well known for …