The Age of Reason: Rousseau and Voltaire Although Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire are two of the most well known French philisophes, they had a strong hatred towards each other. Rousseau believed to focus on the important principles of freedom, which during The French Revolution the state is...

George Washington inspired a young nation to defeat the greatest power in the world at that time. He also helped make many of the laws and set up the law making systems that we still have today. Washington had many contributions to America and I will discuss the contributions that he made. In 1774...

Throughout America's long history, there have been 42 great men who served as president of this nation. However, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson have emerged as the "Greatest of the Great." Each served as president during a time of gr...

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...

A momentous chapter in American history is the story of the making and ratifying of theConstitution of the United States. The challenge before the Constitutional Convention was todraft a document that would harness political power in a responsible fashion. The direction of theyoung country's futur...

Who's Pledge of Allegiance? The most dreamt of destination by the tragically oppressed citizens of the world is the United States of America. Liberty and democracy are at their greatest here. Around the world people view the United States as the one la...

Imperialism is a policy in which a country with a strong rich economy and great military power invades a weaker country to take over their government for either money or power. "Imperialism was a caused by the Industrial Revolution. During the Industrial Revolution many European countries invaded o...

John Marshall The United States of America, 224 years young, has gone through enumerable changes and stages. Many changes have gone through the constitution and its definitions of a perfect government. The intricate pathways of the branch system and checks and balances have proved to be extrem...

The second president of the United States of America was John Adams. He was born on Oct. 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts. His party affiliation was the Federalist. His nickname was "Atlas of Independence." His vice president was Thomas Jefferson and he was in office for one term. One major t...

After watching both Fahrenheit 9/11 and Fahrenhype 9/11, then after doing some research of my own, I have come to the conclusion Michael Moore is the most un-American, cruel, and dishonest people in the whole of the U.S. This paper is solely designed to discredit Michael Moore and his gang of comm...

Canada vs America The controversy over Canada and America, and who takes after whom has been around for many years. Canada and America are puzzles, two countries that are home to millions of people, living in relative comfort and health. We both have become nations through the help of each ...

George Washington was born in Virginia in 1732. His father owned a plantation farm and he inherited it in 1753 when his elder brother died. Washington served in the British army from 1752 to 1758. He resigned from the army in 1758 and married a rich widow named Martha Dandridge and was elected to th...

George Washington inspired a young nation to defeat the greatest power in the world at that time. He also helped make many of the laws and set up the law making systems that we still have today. Washington had many contributions to America and I will discuss the contributions that he made.In 1774, W...

The Articles of Confederation (FR)After the creation of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the United States of America was in need of a set of governing regulations and a structured government. Their first attempt resulted in the creation of The Articles of Confederation. To a small extent,...

The United States became an imperialist nation at the end of the 19th century because Americans wanted to expand over seas with their belief in manifest destiny. The three factors that started American imperialism were political and military competition including the creation of a strong naval force...

There are many decisions a president must make when contemplating war with another country. These decisions are important, because there are many terrible things that might happen to the country if war is hastily carried out without being thought through. This can range from losing a valuable alla...

Articles of ConfederationThe ineffectiveness of the Articles of Confederation was pulling the country apart by the end of the 1780's. It needed improvement in each genre of its structure. In foreign policy, politically, and economically, the country was in a state of collapse. Politically, the wr...

Elite CaudilloPorfirio Diaz"ENEMY OF THE PEASANTS"Jose de la Cruz Porfirio Diaz (15 September 1830 - 2 July 1915) was a dictator who ruled Mexico from 1876 until 1911 (with the exception of one single four-year period). Diaz was born in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. He was a Mestizo, of Mixtec Indian ...

Chapter 8Washington- does not want to run for President but people convince him that the country needs him. He's seen as a hero and no one questions the respect he commands. He did not have wooden teeth, contrary to popular belief, nor chop down the cherry tree. He did marry his wife, Martha Wash...