Category: History 3303

  • Historiography: The Use of Primary Sources

    The study of primary and secondary sources enables a person to achieve several important objectives. At first, one can understand the general tendencies that characterize a certain historical period. Yet, this approach is helpful for examining the opinion of separate individuals and their responses to changing lifestyles or values. This issue can be illustrated by…

  • Social Welfare History in the USA

    History of Social Welfare The establishment of social welfare, in the USA, was one of the most critical undertakings in the history of the country. In essence, the true definition and perspective of looking at social welfare have undergone profound evolution. Authors have come up with new and better ways of defining this term. In…

  • Mercantile System of Britain in the World: North America

    Introduction Mercantilism is a system that allows countries to control others. In this case, governments partner with the merchant from their country to suppress the foreign countries. This ensured that the countries maintained their military power. Also, it ensured that the country had a favorable balance of trade over the colonized country. The system revolved…

  • United States and Expanding to Westward

    As the United States began to expand westward, people considered themselves as liberators. The government believed that this expansion would make the territory secure and free from violence. This would in turn lead to civilization of the Indian populations thereby minimizing the Apache threat. During the early years that the U.S was in control, it…

  • Why Templars Attract Much Suspicion?

    Table of Contents Introduction Medieval Scandals Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Medieval scandals can be defined as the issues that arose during the middle ages, i.e., from the beginning of the 5th century toward the end of the 15th century in Europe (Barber 42). The scandals investigate European politics and their way of lives, such as…

  • The Stamp Act Resolutions and the Declaratory Act

    During the second half of the eighteenth century, the tensions between American colonists and the British government intensified because the Parliament did not want to delegate some of its authorities to the local people who believed that they had been excluded from the political life. Overall, the nature of this conflict can be better explained…

  • The Senkaku Islands Territorial Disputes

    Table of Contents Introduction The Senkaku Islands conflict Analysis of the Conflict Position of China The position of the Japanese The situation as it is today What can be done in future? Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The current state of relationship between Japan and China is largely due to their conflict with regards to control…

  • “The Fire Next Time” a Book by James Baldwin

    Table of Contents Introduction Analysis: Race Relations in Early 1960s America Conclusion Works Cited Introduction “The Fire Next Time” is a book written by James Baldwin. It is a collection of two essays “Down at The Cross: Letter from a Region of My Mind” and “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to my Nephew on the One…

  • Modern History of the Gulf

    The Gulf consists of two large countries: Iran and Iraq, and the smaller gulf monarchs that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); they are Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, and Qatar. Venezuela is also part of the Gulf countries. Instability in the Gulf region became apparent in the last…

  • The Bombing of Japan

    Norton, Mary, Carol Sheriff, David Blight, and David Katzman, the authors of the book A People and a Nation shed light upon the most significant facts and figures, representing the events of the summer of 1945. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the representation of the historical events of bombing the…