Democracy In The ColoniesDemocracy existed in the colonies in the New World even at the very beginning. However some colonies were more democratic than others. The major ideas of democracy like freedom of religion, speech, free market and human rights came to the New World with the first colonists, ...

Bilingual Education = Unilingual Education Bilingual education in America is a sound idea, but it is not truly bilingual education, it is only bilingual for those who do not already speak English. America is a country with more and more cultures mixing together with different areas of America spe...

Warfare: An American Dynasty What is an American? Furthermore, what makes an early American? Early Americans included, obviously, people of British decent that traveled here to colonize and start what we now know as America. But also, the term early American refers to French and Spanish colonist...

To speak more than one language or not to speak more than one language- that is the question. The dilemma between making English the only official language in America or having multiple official languages is an important issue that affects everyone that speaks a language in America, especially thos...

The late 19th century through the early 20th century was a time marked by expansion. But it did not begin at that time. Expansion on the American continent occurred many years before and the late 19th/early 20th century is only a continuation of previous expansionism. There were similar motives;...

Europeans had high expectations as they begun to explore the Atlantic. They were of course initially searching for the shortcut to find India. All of the European nation, namely Spain and Portugal, were trying to put their own stake on the route to India. They knew that once they found the mag...

History has an important and major subject that is responsible for what we now coin as modern America. This historical subject is that of the Spanish conquests that took place in the early 1500's and there was a significant factor that they implemented in their conquests. Evangelization or oth...

After many years of fighting with the French and their Native allies the war is finally over. We have claimed Canada and almost all of North Americas. We have taken Florida from the Spanish whom is an ally of France. Although we signed a treaty with the Spanish allowing them to keep possessions o...

Jaclyn ParkerAmistad book reviewTopics in U.S. History 1Prof. DavidsonMarch 25, 1998The novel Amistad is one that discusses a group of slaves that were originally transported from Africa by Spanish traders employed by Queen Isabella II. These traders, however, claimed that these slaves came from Ha...

The World Imagined In 1498, the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sailed with four ships from Europe to reach India. Because of the cold weather, the sailors could not prepare food. They went to Africa and collected all they needed and finally reached India and saw the flock of amazed citizens watc...

Powerful America American historians agree that for many decades, there has been a tendency among Americans to find new places and resources so that American individuals can be able to progress in life. Since the beginning of America as a nation, Americans have explored new lands and terri...

Through out time scientists have been fascinated by the wonders and creations of earth. From minerals to natural resources theses marvels had mesmerized people through out the centuries. One major factor in this is the discovery of elements and how everything is put together. It takes time and effor...

According to the U.N., genocide occurs when at least one of the following occurs: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in par...

As United States was entering the new century (1900) there had been many changes to the States. The industrial expansion was bringing many immigrants to America. Many of these immigrants were moving to the new big cities to be with their own people, and to work at the factories. Among other chan...

The Spanish-American War led America into the modern era. When President Teddy Roosevelt left the White House to lead the charge on San Juan Hill, it was a dramatic moment. The Spanish American War victory gave America possession of Cuba, the Philippines, Panama and the Virgin Islands. Once in co...

The Spanish-American War led America into the modern era. When President Teddy Roosevelt left the White House to lead the charge on San Juan Hill, it was a dramatic moment. The Spanish American War victory gave America possession of Cuba, the Philippines, Panama and the Virgin Islands. Once in c...

1A. The common experience of European, African, and Native American women in colonial America was that no matter where they were in America, women were considered subordinate to men. The most intriguing part about the era was the way that captives were treated. Whether it be as slaves or as just c...

Bilingual Education's Obsoleteness Throughout the world, language defines who you are and where you come from. Something unique to the United States of America is that we not only have one language that unites us, we have hundreds that separate us; that is the core of the problem. Instead of ...

The Progressive Era Progressivism in the United States took place in the period between the Spanish-American War and the entry of the United States into the great World War. It was a time for change in America in all walks of life, as well as a time for reform. It was marked by Theodore Roosevelt's ...

Artwork during that Americans did were brought on by the Europeanstyle of artwork. America eventually warped that style into their ownpersonal style concerning the type of people from different cultureswho had settled in America. Spanish and Indian cultures were wherefolk art came from. They were ma...

In the new two thousand Census, they show a increase of over sixty percent Hispanics in the United States. Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the U.S., over taking blacks which lead by nine million in the nineteen ninety records. The new figures are accounted for by large waves of new...

The Melting Pot. In our society today America consists of a lot of different people. All of these people are of different cultures, race, and religions. Even though they have many differences they all live and work together. Bringing together these people from diverse nationalities and making the...

Under the new Constitution, the infant country of America began the long crawl to independence. The country began facing many problems as a new nation and slowly began to wade out from the international troubles that it faced. The 1790s brought on many foreign and domestic affairs for the United S...

Landmarks Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and completed in July 1884. The statue commemorates the alliance between the United States and France during the American Revolution from 1775 to 1783, and was funded thro...

Monroe Doctrine Analysis Position Paper In 1820, there were many successful revolts of most of Spain's Latin American colonies, which caused a great diplomatic challenge for the newly elected President Monroe. With the growing spirit of nationalism in America, and many of the European c...