The Hundred Years' War had distant and immediate causes. In 1259, France and England signed the Treaty of Paris. This main point of the treaty was the English king agreed to become vassal of the French crown for the duchy of Aquitaine. The English claimed Aquitaine as an ancient inheritance. ...

President Abraham Lincoln said in 1858, "I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races." President Lincoln is widely believed to be the fabled liberator of the slaves. However, Lincoln showed time a...

Pablo Picasso greatly influenced the art works for the 20th century. His experiments with various styles of art revolutionized the modern world of painting and sculpture. Many modern painters have borrowed his styles to produce their own interpretations of his ideas. His works, which reflected var...

Reconstruction Reconstruction is the rebuilding process that followed the American Civil War. The war lasted from 1861-1865 and at thet end of the war many questions concerning the South and slavery were left unanswered. These problems were what to do about the relationship between the Union and ...

Japanese – American Relations Japan had aided in the defeat of Germany by Allied powers, and the Americans seemed to them by preaching self- determination and an open door policy (Goldstein 35). Woodrow Wilson believed that Japand's entry into World War I, and its intervention during ...

Nicholas II, 1868-1918 (r.1894-1917), was the son of Alexander Iii. As a youth he received little training in affairs of state. His reign continued the suppression of political opposition and persecution of minorities. Revolutionary groups proliferated, while liberals demanded constitutional governm...

James Madison's Federalist #10 was somewhat confusing, but in laymen terms it basically stated the "factions" actions towards the Federalist Government, causes of the actions, and solutions. The factions were the countryside attempts to overpower the Federal Government by the states....

Iraq Protests to UN Over U.S.-British Air Strikes This article was about the accused bombing of an Iraqi farm. Iraq is accusing the U.S. and Britain of bombing a small town near Lake Sawa 190 miles south of Baghdad, and injuring 8 civilians, on March 11th. The local paper said that the injured ...

Reconstruction Era The Reconstruction period can be defined as the time after the Civil War when states were debating on what to do with a partially seceded nation. The Union, known as the North, wanted to come to agreements with the Confederacy, or the south, on how to successfully bring the st...

· Douglas hoped that northerners opposing his bill would quiet down after the bill was settled, but they became more furious · Antislavery critics wanted to prevent slavery from gaining a foothold in Kansas â Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company was found to help emigrants to s...

HARRIET TUBMAN Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave. She helped so many of her black people that she became known as "Moses of Her People." During the civil war she served the union army as a nurse, spy, cook, and scout. She was also conductor on the Underground Railroad. She was a very heroi...