American History

Bacons Rebellion is a popular revolt that took place in 1676 in colonial Virginia and which was led by Nathaniel bacon. This rebellion is attributed to several causes which led to disagreements in the Virginia colony. The causes include economic problems such as moribund tobacco prices, high taxes, high prices of English manufactured goods, rising commercial competition from the Carolinas as well as Maryland, and the English market which was becoming increasingly restricted. The colonists also resented...

American Revolution for us in the annals of history will be the first war for liberating America from the colonial aggressions. For the Americans, this victory will be a divine blessing as now we will be achieving something very great and heavenly  It is in wake of this spirit, we the people of America must raise to create a space for free America-free from the Britains subjugated policies and controls. Supporters of King III want to amend the laws in conjunction with the British rulers but...

Most people would agree that the American Revolution was a turning point in American history.  Commonly taught as a war to gain independence from the rule of the English, many would not look further, but the reality is that the Revolution was a war, but was not as life-changing as many assume.  In articles by William Nelson and Roy Lokken, the real views of the revolution seem to come forward through their analysis of the events and the works of historians.  Looking beneath the obvious...

    The firebombing of Germany and Japan during World War Two still stir controversy to this day. As historians attempt to put these events into perspective a single prevailing view about the bombings and their motivations has taken form. Individual perspectives on the reasons for the bombings in Japan vary however.     Historians have used the firebombing of Tokyo in March, 1945 to establish a sort of dividing line. Civilians were now explicit targets of Allied bombing....

America has come a long way in trying to establish the real meaning of freedom it has struggled a lot in defending what it believed to be freedom. It is from these clashing definitions that the country was able to establish its place in the world. The United States has come out victorious in many of the struggles with other states that it has considered to pose a threat to its freedom or liberty. A good example is the war with Spain. The United States was also involved in the struggle to restrain...

    The oldest and standing building in El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument is called Avila Adobe. It is located along the Olvera Street which is the oldest street in Los Angeles and is also part of the monument. The Spanish refers to the Olvera Street as La Placita Olvera. It started as a small lane with its original name as Wine Street. It was later renamed to Olvera Street in the 1870s to honor Agustin Olvera who was a well known judge in the town. The street is one of the...

General Grant and General Lee fought in the Wilderness Campaign in 1864, resulting to Lees surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House in April 1865. The battle, lasting from May 1864 to April 1865, was part of the American Civil War that ran from 1861 to 1865. General Grant was part of the Union army, the side that favored the government of President Abraham Lincoln. On the other hand, General Lee was part of the Confederate union, which was established by eleven (11) US states that seceded from...

The Battle of Antietam also referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg was one of the major civil wars in America. This battle took place in the year 1862 and affected Maryland, Sharpsburg and Antietam Creek. This battle has been said as the worst of all in the history of America as it was the bloodiest battle that Americans had ever been involved in. It was fought for a day only but more than 23,000 people were reported as casualties by the end of the battle. The key people in this particular war...

    The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was one of the worst labor uprisings in the history of the United States. There was wide scale destruction of private and corporate properties. For the first time, the federal government called on the army to quell a labor uprising. The vindictive effect of the uprising spread from Virginia to New York, as far as Florida the Mississippi region. However, like any other historical event, the uprising had indirect and immediate causes.    ...

Violence as defined in the dictionary is the exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse. But after reading the required readings for this article, I find that there is no definite meaning that can be attached to violence. It is imperative therefore that I discuss violent episodes that I have read about on these readings. In the first chapter of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, we see the first act of violence made against him. He grew up not knowing what his...

Thomas Jefferson was the third president (18011809) of the United States of America Andrew Jackson was the seventh president (18291837).  Both Presidents are important figures in the History of the United States and Jefferson not simply because he was the primary writer for the Declaration of Independence.  The Indian removal program was a program that was extremely controversial initiated by Jefferson and supported and finally brought into law by Jackson.   Jeffersons plan...

Abraham Lincoln rose to his reputable position in the 1850s. Lincoln reshaped the Republican Party in 1854. The president was not concerned with interfering with slavery where it existed. Worth observing is McPhersons assertion that the president opposed the spread of slavery across the union. This assumption is retrieved from Lincolns preferment for all territories to be free soil. Lincolns moderate anti-slavery standing doubled with his own moderate stature increased the prominence of anti-slavery...

The period between 1920 and 1930 is said to be a period of normalcy when Americans were supposed to settle down to their normal life after the 1st World war. However, this period that was characterized by political corruption, violence and also, it was the last happy phase before the occurrence of the great depression of 1929 as Roderick Nash puts it in his essays. Before the occurrence of the great depression, business was good through out the whole period. Due to this, people had a positive altitude...

One of the most unforgettable showdowns in US presidency was the battle of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, particularly in 1828 wherein the stage was reserved only for these two political combatants. In the end, Jackson emerged victorious, vindicating his 1824 loss and allowing the beginning of a new era. While the election is simply about who won and who lost, the analysis of the factors and components affecting election is far more complex and requires the analysis of many different factors....