Machiavelli Machiavelli "The best fortress a ruler can have is not to be hated by the people, for if you possess fortresses and the people hate you, having fortresses will not save you". I feel that Machiavelli’s intention was to let the ruler of Florence, Lorenzo de Medici know that he must change the way he is ruling Florence because, A prince must act with dictatorial power

Jews World War II started only 27 years after the first World War that was essentially supposed to end all wars. This War would last for six years, evolve more than two hundred countries, cost fifty million lives and have an effect on almost three quarters of the world’s population. However, the most demoralizing tragedy of this war was merely the world being blind to the numerous acco

Ancrene Riwle It would be hard for our modern day world to imagine withdrawing from the comfortable surroundings we enjoy every day to dedicate our lives to trying to become closer to God, but during the middle ages this path in life was not so uncommon. Religious groups themselves were copious, and more organized groups, such as different sects of nuns and monks, outnumbered the informa

Julius Ceasar Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was a strong leader for the Romans who changed the course of the history of the Greco - Roman world decisively and irreversibly. With his courage and strength he created a strong empire. What happened during his early political career' How did he become such a strong dictator of the Roman Empire' What events led up to the making of the first

Maintaining Order Maintaining Order The Reign of Nicholas I has been marked with war. He grew up in a time when war was the accepted norm of Russia. As a child he saw his brother fight against the evil, which was Napoleon. With war being part of Nicholas everyday life he quickly became infatuated with it. “He always remained an army man, a junior officer at heart, devo

Civil Rights African Americans have overcome many struggles as well as obstacles in the early years which have still not been terminated. African Americans have fought for freedom from enslavement, the right to earn a living, have land and a job, have equal justice, good quality education, to escape from oppression, the right to self pride and an end to stereotyping. Blacks everywhere go

How Hitler And Churchill Compare Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill both rose to greatness in spite of sad and unfortunate childhood experiences. However, the differences in the beginning of their lives led them down very separate roads to their positions of power. For Adolf Hitler, violence from his father spurned hate, which was nurtured by those he admired. This would become the b

Malcom X Anything I do today, I regard as urgent. No man is given but so much time to accomplish whatever his life’s work…I am only facing the facts when I know that any moment of any day, of any night, could bring me death…I never have felt that I would live to become an old man.”(Page 385) These are the words of Malcolm X shortly before he was gunned down February 21, 1965. An inspirat

Impact Of The Journalists And Progressives Throughout The Progressive Reform Journalists and women each distinctively played an imperative part in the progressive reform movements. Progressives were those who had left their Republican Party and joined the new party introduced under Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party. The Progressive Party had a mission in which their priority wa

Nafta NAFTA: Are We Better Off Because of It' By Nick Campolo, May 1998 The North American Free Trade Agreement was approved by the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Senate, and the Mexican Senate in November 1993. The Canadian government's approval followed shortly after in December 1993. This agreement called for a complete removal of trade barriers within 15 years. Many trade barriers have al

Oscar Schindler Oscar Schindler: One man, many actions Of all the examples of injustice against humanity in history, the Jewish Holocaust has to be one of the most prominent. Sure the slave trade and slavery was extremely unfortunate for African Americans, as was the Nanjing Massacre for Chinese, but neither were nearly exterminated as were the Jews. In the period of 1933 to 194

Major Contributions To The European Civilization During The Middle Ages Major Contributions To The European Civilization During the Middle Ages We all seem to equate the Middle Ages with the notion of being static both in terms of cultural and ideological development, and in material progress. In our mindset the Medieval period always brings forth the thought of backwardness and of r

Richard III Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time is the literary cousin of Oliver Stone’s film “JFK.” Both are works of fiction meant to turn historically accepted events on their heads. In “JFK” Kevin Costner’s character tries to disprove that Oswald killed the president; Grant thinks Richard III an innocent man. Both of these works make the original, accepted story of what ‘really’

Justifying American Expansion The 1904 St. Louis Exposition brought a tangible worldly exhibit to the United States. Through the biased photographs taken of the Exposition, we can see how Americans attempted to justify the imperial power status by maintaining economic prosperity, spreading religious influence and social Darwinism. Sources 1 to 3 are photos depicting portions of the ac

Nuclear Warfare Nuclear Warfare: A Total Disaster “We have genuflected before the gods of science only to find that is has given us the atomic bomb, producing fear and anxieties that science can never mitigate” (Martin Luther King qtd. in The Columbia World of Quotations). August 6, 1945 was the day that World War II took a severe turn with the atomic bomb hitting Hiroshima. Three d

People Make History In one of his quotes, Dr. William Clyde de Vane states “one of these things is the capacity for greatness in man—his capacity for being often the master of the event —and sometimes even more—the changer of the course of history itself.” I agree with this quote that people do make history and people can change history. People throughout that past of changed to course

Julius Ceasar Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was a strong leader for the Romans who changed the course of the history of the Greco - Roman world decisively and irreversibly. With his courage and strength he created a strong empire. What happened during his early political career' How did he become such a strong dictator of the Roman Empire' What events led up to the making of the first

Industrial Revolution Effects of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution is the name given to the movement in which machines changed people's way of life as well as their methods of manufacture. About the same time that Europe was under going a revolution, America underwent an Industrial revolution where they went from being mostly agricultural society to an industrial soc

More Just Societies More Just Societies Let’s take a trip back in time into the 1960’s. African Americans were facing very harsh discrimination against them by white Americans. African Americans faced many hardships and were mistreated very poorly. Even earlier in history look at Native Americans. The “White Men” came onto their land and territory and mistreated and basically took

Prohibition Prohibition and the 1920’s The 1920’s are often described as the decade of contrast and conflicts. It was a decade that some would say was the worst decade in American history. The 18th amendment to the constitution was passed by congress in 1917. It was ratified by three fourths of the states by 1919. This amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic bev

Race War Race War The Second World War impacted American lives both at home and on the war front. The war impacted different ethnic groups differently within America. The emergence of a new enemy overseas took attention off of some groups and focused negative actions on others. Looking at the beginning, middle, and end of the war, displays three points in the war where American ethni

Radical Revolutions The purpose of government is to keep its subjects from harming each other. To minimize harm, government must control the interactions between people, both grand and small. An efficient government is one that causes these interactions to occur in a productive fashion. From a social perspective, the basic unit of production with which to judge government efficiency i

Remember The Titans REMEMBER THE TITANS In Boaz Yakin’s Remember the Titans, football becomes the force that is strong enough to break through the wall of prejudice. The character shown by the young men and the courage of their coach demonstrates the exceptional personality traits that were needed to tackle prejudice. In the end these individuals and a town at large realize that

Resistance To Enslavement Slave Resistance The lives of slaves were very hard. They faced much adversity on their tireless path to gain freedom from their oppressive owners. Slaves were thought to be inferior to their white owners. Therefore they were not allowed to take part in anything other than that of their life as servants. They were subject to oppressive laws, “Slave Codes”

Slave Revolts The Slave Revolts or Rebellions numbered over two hundred and fifty from 1663 through 1860, however they accomplished very little in the way of earning slave freedom. There were only a handful of major revolts and most of them ended in a massacre of the revolting black slaves. This coupled with the ever stifling oppression and brutality the slaves faced prevented

The Seven Years War The Seven Years War 1756-1763 Seven Years wars, 1759-63, worldwide fought in Europe, North America, and India between France, Austria, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and (after 1762) Spain on the one side and Prussia, Great Britain, and Hanover on the other, with major consequences for all parties involved. The grand strategies of the combatants and the differing styles

The Purpose Of Upton Sinclair The purpose of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle was to bring the grim conditions of Chicago’s meatpacking industry and its workers to the American public’s attention. After Sinclair was commissioned to investigate labor conditions in the Chicago stockyards he wrote about his observations in The Jungle. He points out that labor unions have failed because in the

The Revolutionary War By Bart McDowell The Revolutionary War by Bart McDowell The Revolutionary War gives an interesting and distinct account of the history and events of this great and pivotal time. The perspective is quite different than most history books. The author, Bart McDowell, gives the reader a lesson in the various battles and people, which make up the Revolutionary Wa

The Civil War And The Progress Of African Americans April 12, 1861 is one of the most crucial and important dates in American history. It is the day that the Civil war began. This war is a major turning point in American history and society, and has helped shape America into the country it is today. The Civil War is important because it affected African Americans and their future in A

Temples Of Mesopotamia, Egypt, And Mexico Temples of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Mexico The pyramids that have made Egypt so famous are truly one of the world's greatest architectural achievements. The ancient Greeks considered the pyramids of Egypt one of the seven greatest wonders of the world, and today they are the only one that are still standing. The Pyramids of Egypt are large stru