History

The roadmap of this essay lies centrally in attempting to make a successful juxtaposition of the American and French Revolutions, in hopes of unearthing particular areas of similarities and difference, and so present, in a manner being substantial, a good case for comparison and contrast. As such, the revolutions in question represent only two of the highly significant events which wrought tremendous  and irrevocable  changes in human history. Yet their significance transcended that of...

The name of Karl Marx, and to a certain extent Frederick Engels, will always be associated with the ideology he created  Marxism or communism. Marx and Engels (20061848) viewed the world from a different prism, the one of class struggle. It had been the case of the ruling class over the ones they ruled from feudalism to capitalism. The way they saw it was more of a master-slave relationship where the ruling class, the bourgeoisie dominated the lower class, the proletariat. This was done through...

Corregidor is a tadpole-shaped island off the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines.  It sits along the entrance to Manila Bay and its location makes it an ideal defensive stronghold guarding the entrance to the city of Manila.  This was initially recognized by the Spanish who established a military outpost there that would serve as a warning post to warn of any incoming attack.  In peacetime, it would serve as a customs post. When the Americans replaced the Spaniards as the new colonizers...

During the World War II, Japan was very dependent on most of the natural resources and a number of the natural resources were only obtainable in Japan through imports. Imports were crucial to the economy of Japan during the World War II in order to keep in pace with the modern states of the time. One of the most crucial natural resource that was heavily lacking in Japan was oil and the United States had plenty of supplies. This disadvantage on the side of Japan was highly utilized to make Japan...

In 1942 at the height of the World War Two, Hitler ordered an attack in the Soviet Unions oilfields of Caucasian region of Baku, Groznyy and maikop. The operation was nicknamed operation blue and it started in June 22nd 1942 shortly after winter ended in Russia. At the time, most of the Soviet Union regions of Byelorussia, Ukraine Latvia Lithuania were under the control of the Germans. This made the German front to be around a thousand miles from Lake Ladoga to Aazov Sea. Hitler then ordered his...

The Second Battle of El Alamein refers to one of the battles that were fought on the North African frontier of World War II (WWII). It was fought between the Allied forces led by the British and the Axis forces which were made up of Germany and Italy. Allied forces fought under the command of British Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery and Axis forces were led by Erwin Rommel. The El Alamein battlefront was a 40 miles stretch of land that ran from the Mediterranean coast of North Africa to the...

Police force is vital in any city regardless of whether crime rate is low or high.  The role of the police or firemen is to maintain law and order ensuring peace within the nation.  The San Francisco police safeguards security within the border regions, work on the appropriate strategic plans on community policing, and the general improvement of the national development plans under secure environment. The involvement of advanced IT systems gives the police an upper hand in the monitory...

The main objective of this article is restricted to examining foundations utility from a general perspective. The foundations as put forward by Turgot are explained in the manner in which they are associated to the good of the public and to some extent, demonstrate some of the disadvantages involved. According to Turgot, a founder is an individual who wishes to lengthen his or her own wills effect for eternity. However, even if such an individual is granted motives that are absolutely pure, and...

In terms of area and population, Texas is the second largest state in the United States of America. Texas joined the US in the year 1845 and it became the twenty eighth state. This led to a set of events such as the Mexican American war.  During the American civil war, Texas joined the confederate states of America. After the war Texas was restored into the union again. Discussion Texas was initially a province in Mexico. Americans began to move beyond their countrys borders in the early 1800s.This...

Introduction Jacob Riis book is a well-concocted mixture of factual research and emotionally heart-rending stories about the lives of those who lived in New Yorks notorious tenements. The book discusses the problem thoroughly and then ends with a practical solution citing examples where such changes have been implemented. For this book the poor are the thousands of immigrants to America who are stuck in low paying jobs(some with wages as low as 2) and living in terrible conditions in the tenements....

1. Conversations with Alice Paul Woman Suffrage and the Equal Rights Amendment This oral history was recorded in November 1972 by Amelia R. Fry. During the interviews, Paul talked about her family and education, her suffrage work in Britain, the suffrage campaign in USA, the Equal Rights Amendment and other accomplishments. The oral history also includes Letters from Alice Paul, Suffragists songs and several newspaper clippings. At the time of the interview, Paul was eighty seven years old and according...

Non-written sources such as historical artifacts and oral interviews have some advantages over written sources. Non-written sources provide the researchers fresh information with regard to specific subjects. By fresh, we mean information which are derived directly from its source. In short, information gathered are not yet subject to human error. To illustrate this case, suppose that the researcher found a strange document which discusses the history of the Roman Empire from the perspective of a...

1. With regards to slavery, slaves had virtually no rights.  They were treated as property.  They are not even allowed to learn how to read for the slave owners feared that a literate slave might one day turn against them.  Hence, it was better to keep them illiterate and ignorant to maintain their docility and servitude. 2. With regards to the law governing children of slaves, they automatically become slaves upon birth.  This came about after the slave trade ended and it made...

This essay covers the origin of democracy through the classical period. The Classical Period of the Ancient Greek covers the period between 500 and 336 BC.  It entails the period when the Greeks started having conflicts with the Persians and the demise of the king of Macedonia as well as Alexanders conquering in 323 B.C.  It is in this time that Athens reached her greatest cultural and political heights which were due to the leadership of Pericles and others.  The essay also emphasizes...

Feminism is described as a political, economic or cultural movement that aims to establish equal rights for women. The two crucial aspects of feminism are as follows 1) commitment to personal change and 2) commitment to societal change. In individual terms, feminism seeks to define the character and nature of women the cultural and social context of femininity. The different kinds of feminism are as follows a) liberal feminism, b) socialist feminism, c) radical feminism, d) eco-feminism and e) third...

Origin of Vietnam War Vietnam was under French colonialism. For a period of nine years, from 1945 to 1954, the citizens of Vietnam started an anti-colonial war. By this time, United States was already an established state economically and was trying to assert its influence on liberation of other states to gain their independence. Towards this course, the United States gave a financial aid to Vietnam of 2.6 billion. After the defeat of French, a peace conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland and...

The expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark marked a milestone in the expansion of the United States. In one section of their extensive journals, Lewis and Clark outlined A Winter with the Mandans. This journal section proves crucial to understanding how Lewis and Clark developed diplomacy among the Native Americans and maintains historical significance related to the geographical, cultural, and political development of the United States. Prior to the beginning of Lewis and Clarks travels,...

A poison gas is any gas which is meant to be used in a war against an enemy to attack them. It upon inhalation affects enemy soldiers by either harassing them or killing them. It has been known for long but previously it wasnt used as weapon because it was considered uncivilized. There are a number of types of poison gases used. Firstly the types will be discussed and then we will shed light on how the poison gases were used in World War I. Blister Gasses in which we can include the mustard gas...

In the summer of 1964, Alessandro Giuliani, an old and partially lame professor of aesthetics white hair and mustaches, white suit, cane is thrown off a trolley on the outskirts of Rome after he comes to the defense of a young and semi-literate factory worker who has irritated the driver. Alessandro and Nicol, the boy, decide to make the very long journey into the mountains, on foot, as a defiant pilgrimage away from those things --worthless and imposed--that people allow to take the place of real...