Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell born in Huntingdon in 1599, was a strict Puritan with a Cambridge education, when he went to London to represent his family in Parliament he quickly made a name for himself by serving in the Long Parliament and Short Parliament (Kaplen 13). He also became the Lord Protector (chief executive of the commonwealth) (Barbary 120). After the lo

Oliver Cromwell Detecting the Past Oliver Cromwell and the Puritan Victory in England Oliver Cromwell, a conservative and strict Puritan, made a name for himself by serving in the Long and Short Parliament in England. While he was serving in the Long Parliament, Charles I was in the process of trying to force a new prayer book, Catholicism, upon the people of Scotland. Cromwell and

Colonial Period Both New England and the Chesapeake region started off as colonies, established essentially by England, yet, developed into two different areas with very distinctive traits. Such a difference in development occurred mainly because of religion, government, economics, and society. A group of Puritans first founded the Plymouth bay colony, which became a part of Massac

Andrew Carnegie Born in Dunfermline, Scotland on November 25, 1835, Andrew Carnegie entered the world in poverty. Carnegie became a distinguished citizen of the United States, and a philanthropist devoted to the betterment of the world around him. Andrew Carnegie became famous at the turn of the twentieth century and became a real life rags to riches story. Carnegie received his only f

Lewis And Clark What, you may ask, was the relevance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition' Well, for one thing the expedition was the first written account of life and nature on the west side of the Mississippi River. The expedition also showed the route of the Missouri River and were it eventually ended up. Lewis and Clark both astonished and amazed the United States with their discoveries

Causes of WWI Causes of World War I The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand triggered World War I. However, the war had its origins in developments in the 1800's. The chief causes of World War I were the European Alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and militarism. The alliance system was one of the last factors to emerge before the war. Consequentially, the contributions

Operaton Overlord The allied invasion into Normandy, then into the center of France, was a success which proved allied superiority, and was the breakthrough for the preceeding allied invasion towards Germany. Although the allies did achieve victory, due to imcompetent commanders and bad decisions many more allies were killed while prolonging the Normandy invasion. The first day of t

Operation Wetback “The attitude of Mexican Americans toward the institutions responsible for the administration of justice – the police, the courts, and related agencies – is distrustful, fearful, and hostile. Police departments, courts, and the law itself are viewed as Anglo institutions in which Mexican Americans have no stake and from which they do not expect fair treatment. The Com

Oral Tradion The Oral Tradition:Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali How Can A Historian Use Oral Tradition When Writing History Oral tradition is a history or a story passed down from generation to generation through word of mouth. The story is usually the history of a civilization or culture. A griot or Djeli is the oral historian or storyteller. You can tell a griot by its last name.

Orwell’s Gripe Orwell’s Gripe Commenting on and criticizing literature is a common practice. Indeed there are entire books, classes and even careers dedicated to this very purpose. To criticize language, particularly the contemporary lexicon, however, is a more risky endeavor. George Orwell has dared to do exactly this in his essay “Politics and the English Language”. More surprising

Historical And Clutural Influences On Twentieth Century Writ Many different factors affected writing in the twentieth century including two world wars, industrialisation and changes to the social climate. Challenges on ‘The Origins of Species’ by Charles Darwin and the way the human mind works by Sigmund Freud also affected writing. Industrialisation provided large numbers of jobs fo

Objectivity Vs Relativity Objectivity versus Relativity An Analysis of Natalie Davis’s The Return of Martin Guerre In his book, That Noble Dream, Peter Novick discusses the argument, in the historical profession over the noble dream of historical objectivity. The historical profession was founded in the late 19th century and it was founded on the ideal of firm historical objectivity

Ottoman Bureaucracy The Ottomans inherited a rich mixture of political traditions from vastly disparate ethnic groups: Turks Persians, Mongols, Mesopotamian and, of course, Islam.The Ottoman state, like the Turkish, Mongol, and Mesopotamian states rested on a principle of absolute authority in the monarch. The nature of Ottoman autocracy, however, is greatly misunderstood and misinterpr

Out Of This Furnace Out of this Furnace Out of This Furnace, a novel by Thomas Bell, is the story of successive generations of Slovakian immigrants and the hardships they faced in coming to America, finding work, and trying to find a way out overwhelming poverty and hardships. Out of This Furnace is a story about white, European immigrants, but draws some extraordinarily close simila

Outline The Life Ans Times Of Tutankhamun Ancient History Essay: “Outline the life and times of Tutankhamun.” Tutankhamun lived over 3,300 years ago during a period known as the New Kingdom. The New Kingdom, which comprised the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth dynasties, was the imperial phase of Egyptian history. Egyptian Pharaohs acquired an empire which they had to maintai

Civil War The Revolution and the Civil War In 1775, American colonists took arms against British rule, thus leading to the American Revolution and the end of British control over the thirteen colonies. This was done because the American colonists became disenchanted with British laws. More specifically, they were unhappy with British taxes. The American colonists and the British had

Palestine Clearly, 1948 marks a collective trauma in the national history of the Palestinians. To the injury of losing their homeland, and with it the prospect of an independent national existence, was added the insult of decades of non-recognition of the hurt that had been done to them. Clearly, 1948 marks a collective trauma in the national history of the Palestinians. To the

Palestinian Introduction ----This paper will provide an overview of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, including its early history and its rise to prominence during the Intifada that began in 1987. It will also include a description of Yasser Arafat's ascendancy to the leadership of the PLO, a position that earned him the right to speak for all Palestinians

Panama Canal History of the Panama Canal dates back to the sixteenth century. It was first suggested to Charles V of Spain to cut Panama in half and make a safer, shorter trip for people delivering gold and other treasures from Peru and Ecuador to Spain. The first plan ever developed was in 1529 but due to wars in Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea, plans were put permanently on hold.

Bay Of Pigs The failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs represents the mismanagement, overconfidence and lack of security of our youngest president. John F. Kennedy. The failure of this operation caused a rise in tension between the two great superpowers. The blame for Cuba’s fall out falls directly into the lap of the president and the CIA. The motive to eliminate Cuba is because o

Hitler Jeff Webb The Adolf Hitler Death Mystery There are many different thoughts and versions of how Hitler died. The first thought is that he was killed on May 1, 1945 in his command post in Berlin. One of the most believed theories of his death was that he committed suicide. This was the theory of Hitler and his wife Eva Braun both committing suicide on April 30, 1945 before t

Paris Commune 1871 Paris Commune of 1871 Rising victoriously from the ruins of the collapsed Second Empire, the Paris Commune succumbed heroically under the hail of bullets from the Versailles counter-revolution. The Commune was a turning point of decisive importance. It stands at the threshold of the modern age of imperialism. The Commune resulted from the determined organizationa

Day In The Life Of A Hunter-gatherer You’ve traveled all the way back to the Paleolithic period, all to discover what a day in my life is like. Well be sure I will not disappoint you. From what we eat to how live, I will be sure to tell you everything. Let’s get started. My people are what you call Hunter-Gatherers. We survive by hunting and gathering our food. We live in what are ca

Heat Wave The summer is usually a time for people to go outside and enjoy the fresh air and bright sun. Especially in a city like Chicago; a city that suffers through extreme springs and falls full of heavy rain and strong wind gusts, and winters cluttered with frozen roads, inches of snow, and deadening temperatures. These extremes are equally significant during the summer months, how

Pearl Harbor December Seventh: “A Day Which Will Live In Infamy” Following a series of shocking events of the second World War, the immense world power known as the “Home of the Brave” was inevitably forced to join in the war effort, by a drastic and detestable movement of war on their country by Japan. Japan at the time, was a somewhat struggling empire, looking to expand their infl

Pearl Harbor The bombing of pearl harbor could have been avoided and many lives could have been saved if the united states didn’t have over confidence in themselves, if the Americans would have kept better tract of Japanese intelligence, and if Roosevelt would of warned pearl harbor of his knowledge of it going to be attacked. Many things led up to the bombing of pearl harbor. The things

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor Did FDR know' On Sunday, December 7, 1941, the Japanese Imperial Navy successfully launched a surprise air attack against United States Army, Navy, and other military installations on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Twenty-five ships of the American Pacific Fleet were either damaged or sent to the bottom of Pearl Harbor’s waters. Of the 394 aircraft stationed a

Pearl Harbor Introduction World War Two was well under way when the Japanese bombed Pearl Habour. It came as a shock to many and is a very reminiscent incident. The event that took place on December 7, 1941 has and always will be a very significant event in American and world history. It shaped the way of the war and left a huge impact on society. Just the name Pearl Harbor brings to min

Peloponnesian War In Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, the author describes and analyzes the conflict which occurred between the city-states of Athens and Sparta (and their respective allies) from 431-404 BCE. More importantly, Thucydides provides the reader with justification for the Spartan victory that resulted from this conflict. The main reason for the Spartan victory, a

Penal Colony Franz Kafka was born in Prague, Bohemia, July 3, 1883 and died June 3, 1924 of tuberculosis at the age of 40. He came from a middle-class Jewish family. His father was a shopkeeper and tried to climb up the social ladder by working hard at his shop and sending Franz to a prestigious German high school. He went on to get a law degree and worked for two insurance companies (no