History Essays

In the colonialistic bias of Heart of Darkness by Francis B. Singh, he argues that Conrad wrote the story from first hand experience of imperialism. Conrad was a victim of Russia’s colonialistic policies toward Poland. Singh says that the basis of Heart of Darkness comes from Canard’s own experience in …

In analyzing the causes and effects of United States Imperialism from 1870 to 1916, one finds that there are three main factors. These major factors of United States Imperialism in this time period are: Hawaii, the Spanish-American war, and Theodore Roosevelt. In this time period Hawaiian islanders were very happy …

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Scientific Revolution, which was the development of new sciences and technology, and The Age of Enlightenment, which was the so called “age of reason”, had sparked women’s participation in sciences. Ever since Europe was moving towards the modern world, women had been trying …

America’s War of Independence was a political and military struggle among the thirteen American colonies and England. Since the British defeated the French and their Indian allies in the French and Indian War, the result was British control over much of North America. This was had cost England a great …

The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 is considered the most important archaeological find of the century. As one of the most intact monuments of Ancient Egypt, Tutankhamen’s tomb reveals a great deal about the burial customs, role of the king, religious beliefs, leisurely pursuits and food …

Winston Churchill’s quote, “The best things carried to excess are wrong” is a statement that most people do not take serious. The statement has reoccurred throughout history many times. Three Sovereigns for Sarah documented the events that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. During that time the Puritans were …

The Romantic Qualities found in William Wordsworth’s “The World is Too Much with Us” Romanticism was the start of imagination, freedom of thought and expression, the exploring of human feelings and emotions, and the heightened appreciation of nature. The start of Romanticism was a result of the Industrial revolution that …

Women in Classical Ancient Greece (5th Century BC) held an inferior social position to men. Although they were prominent in the Greek Mythology (Goddess of Wisdom Athena, Goddess of the Hunt Artemis) and writing such as Sophocles’ Antigone (441 BC), the average woman stayed at home, spinning and weaving and …

Che Guevara was a key personality who played a pivotal role not only in the revolutionary movement’s seizure of power in 1959 but also in the social revolution which transformed Cuba into a Communist state. Guevara contribution was primarily as a unifying and driving force of the revolution behind the …

Late nineteenth century industrial leaders have been called “industrial statesmen” for the great economic power they helped America become. They have also been called “robber barons” because they built their great wealth by abusing the system, abusing their employees, and destroying their competitors to satisfy their own needs. These “kings” …