Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Reasons for Europe’s First Coming to Africa: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade From the early 1400’s Portugal and other European countries were looking for a way to go around paying high Muslim prices for goods from the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean. Prince Henry the Navigator designed a plan to go around Africa, instead of through i

Territorial Expansion Territorial Expansion of the United States The United States acquired its first piece of land in 1783; this being the 13 colonies that had fought so hard for their independence during the Revolutionary War. There was a twenty-year period where the country was far too busy establishing itself, becoming stable and putting a constitution into effect to be worried a

Trench Warfare: Life In The Trenches World War One was a horrific event. The number of known dead has been placed at about 10,000,000 men. The main method of combat during the first world war a.k.a. the Great World War, was trench warfare. Trench warfare was one of the main reasons so many men died. It was a ruthless system of warfare, in which lines and lines of men were repeatedly mowe

Trenches Played A Big Part During WWI Trenches played a big part in World War 1. Spreading from The North Sea to the Swiss Frontier. The Germans hot on the ball, were the first to pick where to put there trenches, this gave them the advantage of building on higher ground, forcing the British and French to live in the worst conditions. The trenches were built only about two to three fe

Trials And Tribulations Throughout the past year and a half, America has faced many trials and tribulations. These changes are due to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. These attacks, due to their size and influence, have been likened to the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the bombing of Pearl Harbor. These attacks had such a dramatic effect upon the American people due

French Revolution The statement “The essential cause of the French Revolution was the collision between a powerful, rising bourgeoisie, and an entrenched aristocracy defending is privileges,” is correct. The French Revolution occurred because the French middle class wanted change, and the nobles and king did not want the government to change. Before the revolution, the ruling powe

Interpretations Of The American Colonial View During The Revolutionary Period Interpretations of the American Colonial View During the Revolutionary Period The American revolutionary war has been studied and presented by historians in a multitude of ways. At the elementary level of schooling, many American children are given an account of the revolution involving a heroic, patriotic

American Expansion By the Treaty of Paris of Sept. 3, 1783, Great Britain formally acknowledged the independence of the United States, and the warring European powers, Britain against France and Spain, with the Dutch as armed neutrals, effected a large-scale peace settlement. The Anglo-American settlement fixed the boundaries of the United States. In the Northeast the line extended from

Prohibition The ‘noble experiment’ of Prohibition left a lasting impact on the United States of America despite its relatively short existence. The 18th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in January of 1919 and prohibited the sale, manufacture and transportation of liquor in the United States one year after ratification. The Volstead Act of 1920 enforced the 18th Amendment of the

Salem Witch Trials Cause And Effect In 1692 the area of Salem town and Salem village became very vulnerable to conflict. Severe weather such as hurricanes had damaged land and crops, the effects of King Phillips War began to impact New England society, and colonists were being forced off of the frontiers by Native peoples. The Church and the government were in heavy conflict. And those r

The Kyrenia Shipwreck In the autumn of 1967 a diver found the remains of what will soon become the oldest known Greek ship in history. Sitting half a mile off the shore of Kyrenia harbor, Cyprus, the great shipwreck was covered in a thick layer of protective mud-sand, with seaweed gently swaying about the mound of amphorae that were visible to the naked eye. It was just pure fate that

Twilight Twilight Rodney King was beaten and arrested on March 3, 1991. The police pulled him over for a traffic violation and had him chained up and beat him until there really wasn’t much left of him. He had to have several surgeries just to make him look close to himself again. With the beating he had to be in a wheelchair and couldn’t ever feel the same about himself again. A

John Wesley John Wesley On June 17, 1703, a great intellectual was born in Lincolnshire, England. John Wesley was known for being a man of letters and had about two million words published in many different documents. He wrote anything and everything a writer could possibly write. Some of his work ranges from diaries and advice to the Methodists to works of natural philosophy and wor

Enlightened Thinkers: Justice When speaking of justice, many ideas come to mind. The most prevalent of them being that no one should be unfairly privileged over another. Justice is a microcosm of the human spirit. The basis for this topic has been pondered and written about for centuries. Along with justice comes equality and by that note, freedom. For true justice, all people must

Final Solution One of the greatest enigmas surrounding the Holocaust and more so, Nazi Policies towards Jews is uncovering when and how Hitler’s Final Decision evolved. The readings for class, Christopher Browning’s “The Decision for the Final Solution”, Karl Schleunes’ “Retracing the Twisted Road” and Lucy Dawidowicz’s The War Against the Jews, 1933-1945, presented interesting outlooks

The Titanic Titanic: The Tragedy of Greatness The Titanic, a wonderful, beautiful, big unsinkable way to America. A story of triumph and tragedy. On April 10, 1912 the miraculous boat was ready to sail. it was owned by the White Star Line and was built at Harland and Wolff Shipbuilding company. The Titanic was 882 ft. long and weighed 45,000 tons. It could hold 3200 passengers, but it

U.S.V.I. Which is Faster' ATM or ETHERNET' Business Data Communications and Networking Chantelle A. Hobson December 4, 2001 Mr. Sajjadi T,Th 2:30 CONTENTS Introduction 3 Ethernet History 3-4 Something New! 4 Switched Ethernet 4 ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) 5-6 ATM vs. Ethernet 6-7 Comparing Multimedia P

Democracy [TOC] Introduction:- Democracy is a tender topic for a writer: like motherhood and apple pie it is not to be criticized. One will risk being roundly condemned if he, or she, points out the serious bottleneck that is presented when a community attempts, through the democratic process, to set plans for positive social action. A man is not permitted to hesitate about its merits

Einstein + Freud WWII When great minds come together to resolve a problem, the assumed solution should seem to be the end of questioning. However with the problems raised in the letters from Einstein to Freud, it is easy to see that some questions weren’t meant to have a conclusive answer. The ultimate question being, what is to be done to rid mankind of war-menace' Both Einstein and F

Joan Of Arc Joan of Arc Joan of Arc will be remembered not for her creativity but for being One of the greatest leaders ever not to mention she was also a girl. Joan was brought up in France. She was the 3rd of 5 children. Her parents Jacques Darc and Isabelle de Vouthon were farmers. In her hometown of Domremy her and her parents were always being

Emma Goldman Emma Goldman was born on June 27 1869. She was a courageous and outspoken Anarchist and Feminist, as well as one of the greatest radical propagandists in the United States. Along with being an exceptional propagandist, Goldman was also a good organizer who campaigned for more than thirty years to define the limits of dissent and free speech during the Progressive American er

Imperialism Arguements The White Man’s Burden and Confessions of Faith European imperialism emerged in the early eighteen hundreds and continued into the early nineteen hundreds. While Rome used imperialism as a means to acquire territory and land, Europeans not only wanted to obtain land, but also wanted to achieve power, politically and economically. The countries wanted the control

Maria Theresa Archduchess Maria Theresa was the first female Hapsburg ruler and she lived up to her illustrious family name by holding her own on the international court and by improving the empire that she inherited. This paper will look at the rule of Maria Theresa. Maria Theresa was born to Emperor Charles VI of Austria in 1717 at Hofburg in Vienna, Austria (Crankshaw: 17, Dark: 237

Unfulfilled Expectations Were Crucial In Causing The Revolution. They Were Also The Key Causes Of The Crisis In The New Revolutionary Regime’. There were many reasons for causing the 1789 Revolution in France, and one was the unfulfilled expectations of the people. The old regime was extremely rigid in its ways of running things, and the people of France wanted a say. Although the new re

Canadian Confederation To begin the explanation of the British North American Act of 1867 there is a need to understand the circumstances in British North America in the previous years of the Act. With the Treaty of Paris in 1763, Quebec, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia, of eastern North America, all became British Territory. Treaties as early as 1763, politics, economics, and wars all p

Union Victory At Shiloh Union Victory at Shiloh Tactics, Planning, and Attack Formations of the Shiloh Campaign The battle of Shiloh was one of the bloodiest fought in the western theater. The superior tactics of the Union forces along with the problems involved with confederate attack formations and planning secured a victory for the Federals. General Johnston’s initial plan to

United Nation Far away, on America’s Pacific Coast, a conference was meeting to create the United Nations. Shortly after Roosevelt’s death, and slightly before the first nuclear bomb test, the world’s leaders argued about the structure of the organization they were building. They debated the “fundamental human rights” to which they dedicated themselves to. Rights included social progr

Imperialism In the late 19th century, imperialism was a major issue in many nations of the world. Imperialism is the extension of a nation\'s power due to the acquiring of territory or economic conditions through military force or political means. Countries revived the imperialistic movement because the need of raw materials and labor for industrial purposes was so great. Also, the count

Comparison Of French And American Revolutions The American and French Revolutions both occurred in the eighteenth century; subverting the existing government and opening the way for capitalism and constitutionalism. Because of these similarities, the two revolutions are often assumed to be essentially eastern and western versions of each other. However, the two are fundamentally differ

United We Stand; Divided We Fall Holocaust. Even this word alone conjures up ominous feelings of dread. The truth of the matter is, however, that we cannot begin to comprehend the horror of the atrocities that occurred in the 1940s. We could not begin to comprehend it until it was close to happening again. On September 11, 2001, we faced a remarkably similar atrocity. As the Jews were i