History Essays

Northup’s narrative account of how he survived kidnapping and slavery is both brutally truthful yet cheery and entertaining. His smart, optimistic attitude to life as a free citizen who valued freedom and his hopeful personal disposition make his story inspiration on how to overcome misfortune and fight for justice.

The Whiskey Rebellion in 1791 for instance was called forth by the farmers who refused to pay the whiskey tax on the crops. The farmers belonging to the western counties of Pennsylvania revolted against the federal government for the excise tax levied on whiskey. This led to the violent attacks of the farmers on the excise agents who came to collect the taxes.

Philip II signed a peace treaty with the Dutch who had started a rebellion against the Spanish Empire which ruled that area. This treaty relinquished a high degree of autonomy to the natives but allowed some control by Spain. Also, Philip III started a trend of exterminating Moors who were then living in parts of the coast of Spain like Valencia.

Leadership issues have been fronted by most scholars who have studied African politics and stability as the main cause of the wrangles and persistent civil wars. Indeed, many agree that this is true, while on the other hand, we have a strong debate from those who perceive these problems as being a combination of various issues. 

Race and discourse are critical elements that transformed the dynamics of American society. The race is “having a system of distinctions in the human race.” Race Discourse is defined as an “institutionalized way of speaking that determines our reality.” Racism and prejudice have been vital aspects that have been plagued by the society of the US.

President Jefferson Davis repeated the same act upon the emergence of the American civil war. However, his suspension of the writ during the confederacy period earned him a lot of mob criticism. This is because not only did he suspend the writ once, but also sought to seek the extension of the suspension through congress.

Stanley M.Etkins employs new methods to analyze slavery and African slavery especially in North America is considered unique by him which lead to the creation of Sambo a slave personality type defined by him in relation to the authority and freedom they had. According to historian James Rhodes “Slavery is a curse to the master and a wrong to the slave”.

Puccio declares that he appreciated "the settings and set designs, starting with the renowned port of Alexandria, Egypt, and then on to the ancient city of Babylon" (Puccio). Another strong aspect of the movie is mastership in making the costumes and pageantry, which succeed in catching the attention of the viewers.

The Treaty of Versailles was designed specifically to weaken Germany in many vital areas. Large sections of German territory were taken away and given to surrounding countries. France and Poland especially received lands that had been important to the Germany economy. Germany also lost all of its worldwide outposts to various allied nations.

Some Neo-Confederate writers have argued that African Americans volitionally worked and fought for the Confederacy by referring it in a selective manner from some enslaved men’s stories who worked for the Confederacy. Some of those slaves narrated with confidence that their owners deliberately and forcefully made them fight with the Union Army.

The hunt for witches in colonial America was a New England phenomenon. Many authors have written articles that not only explain the practice of witchcraft in colonial America but also the trials of the people involved or those suspected. These authors claim that the most famous witch trials in colonial America took place in 1692 in Salem Village.

Hitler maintained a strong propaganda system and censored information heavily. The expansion of the German military under Hitler and the early victories of the Nazi war effort caused the Germans to believe his plans and promises. Also, the secrecy of the genocides and the good combat motivation techniques ensured that the German soldiers remained committed and efficient on the battlefield.

historical and political causes of American wars and ideologies as well as how these interrelate to the nation’s political dominance as global superpower. US wars in the 18th century have been considered as wars staged for national independence to free themselves from the

The Central Committee of 500 people was responsible for steering the whole procedure of the Assembly and finalizing the laws. The commendable aspect of the Assembly of 500 was that it comprised of mature males over the age of 30 from each tribe belonging to Athens. Hence, fair representation was given and no person was allowed to serve for more than one year.

In Burma, several distinctive forces particular to the nation and functioning all over the period prior to 1942 influenced the development path of the nationalist movements. One of these leading forces was the mass of ethnic groups. The main traditional ethnic groups in the country, in terms of population size, are the Kachin, the Shan, etc.

Scholars have identified both Temperance and Teetotal movements as remarkable social occurrences urging reduced consumption of alcoholic beverages. The exponents as well as the followers of the Temperance movement strictly argued that spending money on alcohol would cause only one’s own ruin and the ultimate deterioration of one’s own family.

The name of poverty still lingers in the minds of many (June & Mark, 2004). This is because, the poverty is tragic and is as rampant as it was at the onset of the fight against poverty and welfare programs in the outset of 1960s. The history of the American welfare is intriguing as the Congress and other policy makers can take divergent paths. The Fantasy path, which opines that Medicare and Social Security can survive even without structural reforms, the “Welfare Empire”, has no problems even upon keeping over fifty million Americans in dire poverty, and there is nothing wrong.

Generally, the slave trade is thought to have had negative impacts on both the British colonialists and the Africans. The trade is considered to have been cruel and inhuman. The African slaves specifically were treated without mercy due to their skin color. Historians argue that this inhuman activity contributed to slowing the progress of the English settlers in colonizing America.

The most outstanding contribution that Shea made to New York was restoring the baseball league after the departure of two teams, the Giants and the Dodgers to California. He led the committee that succeeded in establishing the third league, Continental League, to keep the sport alive in New York because he believed it was a social fabric uniting the New Yorkers.

Only open fireplaces served this purpose. However old these kitchens may sound or look, the old kitchen houses were built together with the main house described as a palace in Europe and had such inclusions as arms, flax, silver spoons, brass, pewter and iron among other stuff and therefore served their intended role.

Due to this, much history of the Filipinos was lost, as claimed by many people who witnessed the event. This article by Cicero A. Estrella is an interesting one in that it focuses on the history and life experienced by Filipinos immigrants in the USA. The article reminds people of the core part of the Manilatown.

The hope of attaining democracy in Russia faced a major setback when Putin assumed power and opted for a totalitarian regime that propagated the authoritarian regime. Consolidating democracy in Russian has assumed a dwindling pace due to lack of political goodwill for the leaders given the establishment of the political process in the country.

Though in most cases Fascism is regarded as an ideology, Analysts have critically looked at it with the criterion of what ideology is and have cited several faults in fascism to qualify to be an ideology. Fascism is regarded as being devoid of coherency and cogency but a collection of ill-assorted ideas that lacks systematic ideological issues that can be adhered to.

The intelligent operatives were considered the main source of information to the Union. For instance, Confederate General Robert E Lee recognized the IOs as the central means through which the Union gets information. Through the information gathered by the intelligence operatives, the Union made wise plans.

In the speech, Churchill also expressed his desire for world peace and how the United Nations can play a role. He called for building a ‘temple of peace’ and also for the creation of an ‘international armed forces’. This shows that Churchill was worried about an impending conflict that could take place.

The European Parliament (EP) has been having the voice to control and influence key areas, but since the power was only limited to a specific domain and a certain level, many think it suffered from a democratic deficit. The fact remains that it has served efficiently in providing resolution after debates, in cases where consulted.

Mesopotamia perhaps represents the status of women well for the rest of the ancient world. Women in Mesopotamia did not have the same rights as women in Ancient Egypt. For example, if they were to be granted a divorce, a woman did not have the right to own property and therefore would lose it in the proceedings.

Approaches of idealism on the case of Afghanistan have been seen through how the US government has continued to support the expansion of democratic space in the country. The values of freedom of expression, freedom of the media, and the protection of human rights have been impressed upon the structures of the Afghan government.

Same-sex marriage has been prohibited in numerous states, and it has been legalized in only five states, but things change recently to a point of being supported by the president. Nevertheless, if history had turned out differently, members of the gay community would still be denied a chance of inclusion and acceptance into the community.

In analyzing Roper’s article, I drew on insight from other authors that support the contention that the current threat to global security is best understood as global insurgencies. There appears to be a growing recognition that insurgents and terrorists have many of the same traits and use violence for the same purposes.

The pattern of a fight against the Chinese Exclusion Act stipulations continued until the targeted organizations started to feel the pressure. For any practical purposes, the presence and enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act led to not just discrimination but also brought about the wave of commercial human trafficking or rather smuggling.

Tubman’s involvement in the rescue of the slaves allowed her to rehearse well for her later involvement in the civil movement. The Underground Railroad journey allowed her to understand the terrain and use some of the ex-slaves to spy and report the moves of the confederate troops. In the movement, she doubled up in many duties.

Jonathan Edwards, as a key evangelical, stated in a homily: “The last beam of the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ is worth more than all the human knowledge that is taught in all the most famous colleges in the world.” Evangelicalism is rooted in ideals which completely disclaimed principles of rationalism.    

There was a government source in Russia which stipulated that the spies who had been arrested had been revealed by a person who was a senior in the SVR officer. The officer was referred to as Colonel Scherbakov and he is said to have led the American Unit of the SVR department. This department used to deal with people who had come from Russia.

It is inhuman to compare disasters to prove a point since lives have lost at both ends, however, sometimes no other options are left to put forward some important points. The worst flood in the history of Pakistan in 2010 affected 18 million people and even after months of the accrual event millions were in dire need of assistance.

In attempting to reach understanding “there is a general context in which the discipline of International Relations was established.  It was a period of progressive institutionalism, of liberal-constitutional principles as a reaction to war.  This desire to prevent future war must never be forgotten when analyzing or assessing the discipline’s origin” (theorist W. Olsen, 1972, pp. 8-9).

According to Catholic ideology, divorce was a very big deal in those times, and the church did not believe in the concept of divorce let alone allow or support it. Roman Catholic belief regarded marriage as a lifetime commitment and hence, even the king was not allowed to avail the pope’s permission in this context.

The Boer war served as a preparatory ground for the British for a bloodier war that broke out only a few years later. World War 1 allowed the British to put their learning into practice and have been known to launch similar counterattacks on their opponents during the Great War as well.

Chamberlain was a British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany was the origin of the end of the British Empire as World War II caused extensive destruction to Europe from 1939 till 1945. Some of its dominions, for example, Burma and Hong Kong, were conquered for a limited time only by Japan.

Grotius in his ideologies regarding state to state relations, and the rights of individuals in a state, brought about a new perspective in international law, away from morality. New international law replaced the earlier universal moralism law that was mainly held by the church as a universal authority.

Another theme, simultaneously explored in this chapter, is the narrowing distance between the work of human rights organizations, like Human Rights Watch, and the military; this collaboration trend is exemplified by the phase of “humanitarian interventions”, including instances in the Balkans, Africa, etc. (Weizman 116).

There are those who see the United States as a land of dreams where success and opportunity is handed out at the door when people finally make their way into their dream of America. There are still others that see it as a land of waste and consumerism where the abundance is so overflowing that there is not enough space to hold all that is produced and thrown away.

The battle of Bannockburn made his people realize the power Robert Bruce had to the extent that he was unanimously announced the King by the parliament of the land. In spite of the numerous losses to the King of England, Robert Bruce did not lose hope until he finally succeeded and earned Scotland the independence and the unique identity that it enjoys to date.

The commencement of the ‘Lend-Lease’ policies during the year 1941 had further improved the relationship of the participant nations in World War 1, with other global territories. The policies had significantly facilitated the economic and political relationships of the USA with Britain and the Soviet Union, which was later extended to China.

The efforts to consolidate democracy in this sense has resulted in problems such as creating conditions for newly established democracies. On the other hand, largely, democratic consolidation has led to the establishment of civilian supremacy, electoral rules, and routinized politics. Democratic consolidation has also decentralized the power held by the state.

It was from conformist pious quarters and especially from the hallowed capitals of Mecca and Medina that the firm confrontation to the projected reorganization emerged. The mode of slavery experienced in Islamic nations had negative and positive areas. What is unfortunate now is that this activity amid Muslims is hardly ever openly talked about as if slavery was wholly a Western experience.

The dukes of Aquitaine and Burgundy were by far richer and more powerful than their suzerain, the king of France; given the fact that the duke of Aquitaine had also been the king of England, while the duke of Burgundy was the count of Flanders, the neighboring states in the Low Countries, and the Rhineland, it appears anything but a surprise (Adams 1).

For successful international relations, authorities should remain objective, but provide due respect to religious and spiritual practices and include every individual in their government processes. These are basic constitutional rights granted within a country as well; therefore it has to be implemented even internationally for greater harmony and successful dialogues between nations.

The movie tells us about the life of a man Xu Fugui and his family. Initially, he grew up in a rich family, thus turned into a gambler who finally lost all his property. However, watching the movie, it is difficult to say if this fact destroyed him or helped him survive. The trouble is that in the conditions of the so-called “cultural revolution” it was really impossible “to live”.

Americans had invested in Cuba and most of its citizens were working there. The fight could have endangered their lives and destroyed their property. Spanish was shown from the paper and the most powerful colonies before the war between Americans whereby most of the properties destroyed and trade with other countries brought to halt.