Essays on Historical Figures

Born on November 30 William Leonard Spencer-Churchill was educated in an aristocratic family in England's Oxford Shire in Blenheim Palace. His father, Lord Randolph, was an influential political figure in England, while his mother, Lady Randolph, was an American millionaire. Churchill did not have a tightly knitted friendship with his family...

The French Revolution: Causes and Effects The French Revolution was a watershed movement that began in 1789 following Napoleon s elevation and ended in 1799. It was marked by far-reaching social and political upheavals that inevitably contributed to the overthrow of the empire and the emergence of democratic republicanism. It is...

Harriet Tubman's Early Life Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County in 1822. Araminta Ross was her given name at first, but she later took her mother's maiden name, Harriet. She was the slave's daughter of Harriet Greene and Benjamin Ross. She did housework, including becoming a child nurse, when she...

African Americans in America during the 1800s African Americans in America were maltreated depending on their colour during the 1800s. While the Court passed the 1863 Emancipation Act, it took more than a hundred years for a transition to be made (Karin 6). The Blacks were refused voting rights, attended the...

Rosa Parks: A Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks was a civil rights pioneer best known for her refusal to give up her seat on an Alabama bus for a white man in 1955, which helped to kickstart the civil rights movement. She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, 1913....

Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks have many similarities in their lives, such as combating slavery, being African American women, and being selfless in making sacrifices for others; however, they have minor distinctions, such as being born at different times and living under different conditions. As a result, the parallels vastly...

An Ancient English Doctrine: Posse Comitatus An ancient English doctrine produced during the American reconstruction era is the word Posse Comitatus, which translates to force of the country. The US army conducted judiciary and policing duties in the 1860s, so the army oversaw city governments and even dealt with...

The 18th-century commercial revolution and the surge in slave trading The 18th-century commercial revolution in America resulted in a surge in slave trading. People were captured in Africa and made to work for Americans in the cotton and tobacco industries. Slavery existed in America until the 19th century when campaigns began...

In the family of the dukes of Marlborough in 1874, on 30 November and in 1965 on 24 Jan, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born. He was an official of the British government and served as Prime Minister between 1940 and 1945 and also in the UK between 1951 and 1955....

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, reflects on the inconsistencies of the Salem witch trials, as well as the intense actions that derive from dark yearnings and selfish motives. Miller's play is based on a historical version of the Salem witch trials. The young ladies and slaves discovered in the forest...

Napoleon Bonaparte wasn't born in a situation to take power simply. He had Corsican noble origins, born in 1769 (Schom, 1998). Originally, Napoleon had surpassed hatred for his country, unaware that he would be the leader many years later. Even though Napoleon's prospects to ascend to leadership can be counted...

Ideas regarding God and human beings are familiar to all in civil religion in a mechanism of faith known as reification. One of the most prominent people to have devoted her life to civil religion is Eleanor Roosevelt. In different ways, she dedicated her life to civil religion, such as...