Category: History 3303
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French Revolutionary Terror and Political Weakness
Table of Contents Introduction Lack of Progress Violation of Rights Popular Pressure Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Introduction It is important to note that the French Revolution was an event of historical significance that shifted the course of humanity. It is undeniable that it marked a major change and transition in the power distribution from monarchies and…
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Testimony of the Ku Klux Klan Victims
Table of Contents Description Summary Questions and Frame of Reference Powerful Line Conclusion Works Cited Primary sources serve as direct evidence to facts. They provide information from resources that are highly related to the described events or phenomena (Bodden 28). In order to select the primary sources correctly, it is necessary to evaluate their reliability.…
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Streetcar Boycotts in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson
Racial discrimination is a critical issue that has attracted the attention of the general public a long time ago and is still discussed by numerous professionals in such spheres as history and politics. Blair Kelley also revealed her interest in this topic. She wrote a book titled Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African Citizenship…
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The United States in 1968 vs. 2020-2021
Summary At first glance, it is not easy to imagine that the events of 2020-2022 parallel past events. However, it can argue that 1968 was on a par with the mentioned period in many respects. The similarity is expressed in such phenomena as the epidemic, political prostheses, and presidential elections in the United States. Considering…
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Battle of Long Island Impact on America’s Independent
The Battle of Long Island is one of the first battles of the American War of Independence. It took place on August 27, 1776, when British forces under William Howe confronted the American forces of Israel Putnam (Rust). The conflict resulted from a blockaded British army on the Boston Peninsula that could not begin the…
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Contiones Before and After Cicero
The only public meetings where Roman politicians might give a speech in front of the people were the Contiones. An office bearer with potestas – a consul, praetor, censor, aedile, quaestor, decemvir, dictator, or plebeian tribune — summoned a contio. The speaker had the authority to invite the speakers and determine the sequence they would…
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Jamestown Area History Analysis
The Geographic Features The area around Jamestown had fertile soil and adequate water supplies in order to maintain reasonable harvests. This was utilized in the growing of tobacco plants. Similarly, further out, timber and iron could be found and used. These geographic locations and natural resources were instrumental in allowing settlers to emerge from starvation…
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Guns, Germs, and Steel Book by Jared Diamond
In the book Guns, Germs, and Steel, written by Jared Diamond, the author discusses the factors that he believes helped certain civilizations succeed. Diamond believes that certain factors allowed European civilizations to develop faster than others. Among these factors were their geography, location along an East and West axis, and ability to domesticate plants and…
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Manifest Destiny and the Effect It Had on the United States
The mid-nineteenth century of American history is defined by the decades-long dispute over westward expansion and the idea of Manifest Destiny. It describes the ideology that God decreed that the American population spread their territory with democracy and prosperity. This idea led to acts of war, a significant expansion in the nations territory, and extreme…
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The Great Awakening in North America
Considering the historical period of the first half of the 18th century in North America, the most striking phenomenon is the Calvinist Great Awakening, which began with the preaching of Theodor Frelinghuizen in the Dutch Reformed communities of New Jersey in the 34-35th years. The flame was spread to the Congregational churches of Massachusetts through…