History Essays

1. The “discovery” of America was one of the “most important events recorded in the history of mankind,” according to Adam Smith. With Columbus arriving, immense changes arrived with it too. Columbus arrived in 1492. No one else has been to the Americas before that except the people from the …

Just recently I saw a video of Native Americans holding up picket signs saying that Columbus was a mass murderer and that he had Indian blood on his hands. Native Americans have existed here in America well before Columbus landed on Plymouth Rock. I never knew the full history of …

Exploration Period, 1492-1607 Characteristics The first European writings about North America are written in this period. European writings describe the explorers’ travels and impressions of the continent and its Native people. Major Writers or Works Prose: Christopher Columbus, Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Thomas Harriot, and …

1. Why will you want to monitor his fluid status very carefully? C.W has a past medical history of congestive heart failure (CHF). According to an article on Johns Hopkins Medical website, a congestive heart failure is when the heart does not pump well to meet the oxygen needs of …

During the end of the 19th century to early 20th century there were numerous reasons for the United State to turn into an Imperialistic country. For example, there was lot and lots of economic, political, and strategic things that were happening throughout America and the rest of the world during …

Common Sense written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 was a pamphlet written that inspired the early colonists of the thirteen colonies to declare and fight for independence from the royal monarchy of Great Britain in the summer of 1776. Thomas Paine began writing Common Sense in late 1775 and was …

1. Moyers compares the study of history to “the view in the rearview mirror.”In what ways is this quote an apt comparison? Much like a rearview mirror you always look in to the past with caution. The longer you look in the past the more you understand your situation much …

Why was Father Junípero Serra such a controversial and significant figure? How did the ideas of republicanism and liberalism differ in eighteenth century British North America? Three distinct slave systems were well entrenched in Britain’s mainland colonies. Describe the main characteristics of each system. What were the bases of the …

“Imperialism is the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas; broadly: the extension or imposition of power, authority, or influence” (1) American Imperialism has been …

1. In the Neolithic era, about 8000 B.C., a new civilization and culture developed. The reason for this development was the change to hunting and gathering to cultivation of agriculture that permitted man to settle down permanently ending nomadic existence. 2. The Sumerians invented the first written language called Cuneiform. …