One of the most noticeable things that you see when you are entering the New York harbor is the enormous Statue of Liberty. It was given to us by the French as a symbol of friendship, however, there is great meaning to the statue. Over the years, "Lady Liberty" has been a symbolic icon t...

The French Revolution was one of the most significant turning points in French History. It may not have given France a proper democracy or have given France a good reputation with the Reign of Terror and all the deaths, but it did unify the French people together, which helped them over throw their...

American and French Revolution During the late 17th century two areas of the world started to make changes in the way they lived. These two areas were France and America which both had suffered from monarchs and their governments. The peasants who li...

Benjamin Franklin's single most significant contribution to American history was his diplomatic mission that convinced France to help America in their fight against Britain for independence. It may not have happened in America but it sure changed the face of the country as we know it today. As a mat...

French V.S. American RevolutionBefore the revolution the politics, economics, and the religion beliefs were very different, the revolution had immediate causes and effects, the French and American revolutions were both very different.The society of France and America was very different before the re...

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...

The American Revolution ended two centuries of British rule over most of the North American Colonies, resulting in the formation of the United States of America. The various causes of the American Revolution can be traced to the end of the French and Indian War, when Britain had succeeded in gaining...

Both the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and The French Rights of Man of 1789 can be compared in many ways. Both of these documents have revolutionary ideas and were a means of both America and France to overthrow the government of that time. These documents are well thought-out and add...

Paris Noir One of America's great dark periods of the 20th Century was the treatment of African Americans that lasted well after they had been freed. In a country that celebrated its freedom, its government of the people and by the people, a good number of its people remained enslaved by...

America, a country thriving on differences, still struggles with accepting all the different walks of life. The history of this nation shows the racial tension existing between the American society and outsiders. Presently society while slowly becoming more racially tolerant remains reluctant to...

Toilet Paper and Its History People often take toilet paper for granted. Think about the alternatives. Toilet paper has not been on Earth forever. Before toilet paper was invented, cave people had to help themselves to what nature provided. Learning about toilet paper will help ...

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...

Though Britain's policy of salutary neglect before 1750 influenced the development of America's legislative assemblies, its commerce, and religion, those three aspects were affected differently. Salutary neglect created diverse commerce in America through the Triangular Trade, which c...

How the Colonists Defeated the BritishIn 1770s to the 1780s the thirteen original colonies with loosely formed militias managed to defeat one of the greatest empires in history, the British Empire. How were they able to do this? I will examine the elements that resulted in America gaining independ...

COLONIZATION & REVOLUTIONARY WAR--IDENTIFICATIONS BACON'S REBELLION: 1676 - Nathaniel Bacon, a member of the 'back county gentry' and the governor's council in Jamestown, VA. On two separate occasions, Bacon led his army to Jamestown after an ongoing conflict with the Indian...

America. No other word in any language sparks such a passion of energy in people. Why is this? Is it because of the prosperity that the United States is associated with? Maybe, it is the idea of complete freedom. Most people in less fortunate countries dream about a life in a new land. Most often...

1.When the British won the French and Indian War and gained all North American land East of the Mississippi River, they became engulfed in a financial crisis. Because of this, they brought about new laws and taxes on the colonists. Also, after the war, the British government stationed 10,000 troop...

The struggle for independence of any nation is and should always be anchored on the sovereign will of the people. The American Revolution was predicated under this particular assumption, that being the manifestation of the sovereign's will or the right to revolution would be invoked by the peo...

The callow new nation of America, like other new countries who preceded and followed it, needed to prove itself to the haughty, more established nations, and ground itself as a power in economics, politics, and commerce. During the 1790's, the mature and dignified manner which America portrayed its...

The statement that the American Revolution was more of an accelerated evolution rather than a revolution is incorrect. The definition of evolution states that it is a process of growth and change. Although an accelerated evolution may be portrayed during a revolution, it does not emphasize the purp...

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...

Colonial America 'til 1759The American colonists came from a variety of backgrounds. There were the English, who were running away from religious persecution, the Dutch, who reputedly bought Manhattan for a string of beads. The French Huguenots, who were Protestants fleeing from prosecution in a C...

The series of wars over the control of the North American continent had many varied results that eventually resulted in a British victory. They were helped by the American colonists who at that time did not have an organized army such as Britain did, but rather an unorganized militia. In many battle...

America, Becoming A Country Through Invasion"Warpaths" by Ian K. Steele, is the book I chose to read for my book report. "Warpaths" discusses the invasions of North America and the struggles that went on so that Europeans could gain control of the "New Land." The book is broken into three main secti...

American intervention in Vietnam began with a generation of boys born to the veterans of the second World War. Boys who lived in the afterglow and dreamed of the glory. Patriotism was thick in a country who came out of the second great war stronger than it had entered. We were unbeatable. Americ...