North American History Essays and Term Papers

arose in the newly independent thirteen colonies. Problems such as disunity, slavery, foreign/interstate relations, land disputes, and national debt led to the formation of the Articles of Confederation in 1777. America's first constitution, however,…

met in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they decided to totally scrap the Articles and create a new Constitution, known as "a bundle of compromises." Whatever these leaders' personal desires, they had to compromise…

Massachusetts on December 25th, 1821. Clara was the daughter of Captain Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. Her father was a respected farmer, horse breeder and politician. And was the youngest of five children. She was educated at home and nursed…

numbers of black Americans left their rural southern states homes to move to urban centers. This black urban migration combined with experimental trends and rise of a group of radical black intellectuals all contributed to the particular styles and…

of the ethos of this country that you ought to be rich. You ought to be, unless you have taken some specific vow of poverty such as priesthood, scholarship, teaching, or civil service, because money is the way we keep score. This feeling has been a long…

contortions, and outbursts of gibberish--baffled everyone. Other girls soon manifested the same symptoms. Their doctor could suggest but one cause. Witchcraft. That grim diagnosis launched a Puritan inquisition that took 25 lives, filled the jails…

out of the civil rights movements of the 1950s and 1960s. The purpose of affirmative action was to give special consideration for minorities and women in the selection for employment, educational and contracting opportunities. Government institutions…

*saintly heroes who brought civilization to American shores 1.sieze Native Americans land in Gods name *liberty-hating bigots who opposed all forms of pleasure/creative thought 1.Dressed according to class 2.Did not celebrate holidays 3.Beer…

closed. Nevertheless, three years later Historian Frederick Jackson Turner from Wisconsin University gave his now famous "frontier thesis" at the American Historical Association. Frederick Turner ran with the "closing of the frontier" as an…

Franklin D. Roosevelt. The three allied leaders, being, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin himself. Together they each had their own goals, and negotiation became essential. The war in Europe was nearly over, and the question…