Essays on American History

The American Revolutionary War The war between Great Britain and the British colonies in North America is known as the American Revolutionary War. After winning control of the colonial governments during the conflict, revolutionaries successfully established the Continental Army, which ultimately resulted in the independence of America. (Sadlier 97). Developments during the...

Conservative Ideology in the 1960s and 1970s Conservative ideology dominated American discourse in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in 1964 after the divisive presidential election between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater. Goldwater's Influence and the Rejection of Liberal Policies Republican conservative Goldwater, who influenced the new conservative movement, argued for the need to...

The southern Appalachians' river basins were once home to the Cherokee people. (Perdue 17). There was nothing like the United States of America during this time. However, the region that the Cherokee people once called home can now be thought of as extending from North Carolina into South Carolina, Tennessee,...

Injustices toward Native Indians In the nineteenth century, white Americans committed a great deal of injustices toward people of race. For instance, in the tale "The Impressions of an Indian Childhood," which is recounted by a young narrator, the white people seize native Indians' land and drive them to the far...

The Chumash group, also known as Santa Barbara Indians, is one of the many native American Indian tribes. According to Kelley (4), this tribe formerly resided both inland and along the Pacific shore of California, that is, from the canyon of Malibu to San Luis Obispo. The majority of them...

An creative response to the Black power movement, which dominated the years between 1960 and 1970, is the Black aesthetic movement. The Black Arts movement, which gave rise to the idea of the Black aesthetic, was described as the most contentious movement in the growth of African American writing and...

Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation Martin Luther was an Augustinian monk and a Christian philosopher whose writings inspired the Protestant Reformation and had a significant influence on the beliefs of many different Christian traditions. I was born in Eisleben in 1483, and after becoming a German monk, I started one...

General William Tecumseh Sherman and his Role in the American Civil War Between 1820 and 1891, General William Tecumseh Sherman was a combatant and a businessman. During the American Civil War, he fought in the American Union Army and was acknowledged as the top military leader at the time. He engaged...

Afred Hurtado's work Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California was released in 1999 by the University of New Mexico Press. The book examines how gender, sex, and cultural problems have shaped people's lives on the American Frontier over a 90-year period, from the 1760s to the 1850s. The book's...

The Influence of Civil Rights Leaders on American Society The continued growth of the American public and the concurrent establishment of the country's status in the world have been significantly influenced by a number of notable individuals. Influential people with a desire to advance civil rights over the past 140 years...

Before the Civil War started, both the North and the South as a whole and the people living there had very different views on the subject of slavery. The U.S. Constitution, which was established in 1789, gave rise to numerous groups that were vying for control of the Union's future....

One of the most significant documentaries for the advancement of American civilization is "Major Problems in American Women History." It provides a chance for critical analysis of the fundamental problems affecting society through various stages of development. The book was initially released by the writers in 1989. However, as one...