Category: American Revolution

Heroic Women of the American Revolution and the New Republic: Analytical Essay Women proved to be the most heroic and prominent people throughout the most oppressive times in America during the Pre-Columbian era to 1650, the Era of the American Revolution and the New Republic 1750 to 1800, and the period leading to the American…

The Causes and Events Of The American Revolution: Descriptive Essay Introductory: The American revolution is a revolution done by the British settlers in America after Europe exploring America. This revolution aimed for gaining independency in order to be a new independent country in America without controls from the mother nation Britain. The Causes Of The…

The Strained Relationship Ties between America and the British Empire The relationship ties between America and the British Empire should have been strengthened after bounteous years of French and Indian war. However, the bond between the two countries was strained by a series of laws enacted by the British to regain their financial prosperity and…

Analysis of US Foreign Policy in Tim Marshall’s Prisoners of Geography and Stephen Chan’s Meditations on Diplomacy In chapter 3 of Tim Marshall’s Prisoners of Geography it looks at the USA with its glorious isolated location between two oceans, exceptional river systems and development agriculture all of which led as a country with a shared…

The Enlightenment as the Philosophical Foundation of the American, French and Haitian Revolutions During the 18th and 19th centuries, certain nations and colonies located in the Atlantic desired to upheave the current governmental and pecuniary mandate of the administrations in control, they wanted to institute a fresh direction, founded on the philosophies of the Enlightenment…

The Influence of the Glorious Revolution in England on the Continental and Colonial Development of the Early United States One spark can set a forest ablaze. One knocked-over domino piece can cause the rest in the row to fall. One royal couples succession of the throne of England in 1688 and their reign helped influence…

French and American Revolution: Compare and Contrast Essay The Enlightenment movement made it possible for the people of Europe to question the principles of Europe’s order. Two revolutions, called the American Revolution and French Revolution, were the products of the Enlightenment movement. The American Revolution began in 1775 with the battles of Lexington and Concord,…

Review of Howard Zinn’s ‘A People’s History of the United States’ Howard Zinn was an American historian, a playwright and an active social activist. He attended college on the G.I. Bill, earning a B.A. at New York University; and went on to earn a masters degree and a doctorate at Columbia University. Zinn later on…

Significance of the People of the American Revolution It took many different people, and different kinds of people for that matter, to make the American Revolution possible. Some you have probably heard of but others you may have not. These people made separate contributions that impacted the revolution differently and created what history is known…

The Main Causes of the American Revolution A cause that historians might label as one of the tips of the iceberg was all the regulations being implemented by the British. Regulations like the Sugar Act, the Currency Act, the Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act. The Sugar Act, passed in 1764, added taxes on goods…