Essays on American History

When christopher columbus first went sailing , he aimed to reach India but he actually did not reach India , he discovered a new continent . Columbus landed in central America in october 1492 , he stole gold , jewelry including some previously undiscovered items…

Africa has suffered the most from the ravages of slave trade. An estimated eighteen (18) million Africans were taken to Europe and the ‘new world’ to meet the increasing demand for slaves. With the colonization of the Americas starting in the 16th century, a new…

Before the Trail of Tears occurred, the Cherokee were living peacefully in the Southeast regions of the United States, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. They also adjusted to the European culture. They used their farming techniques and started to plant more, different crops, and…

Pocahontas was an area yankee girl formed around 1595. She was the lady of the unimaginable Boss Powhatan, the leader of the Powhatan inborn country, that at its most grounded enclosed around thirty Algonquian individuals cluster placed within the Tidewater space of Virginia. Supposedly, nothing…

Pocahontas was a disney movie that was released on January 3rd 1997. The movie Pocahontas was about An american indian princess named Pocahontas, the daughter to an indian tribes chief Powhatan. Pocahontas is very adventurous and when she saw settlers come on their big ships…

After reading this masterpiece, the realization that the Cherokee people were not the problem, but the fact was European Americans were the issue from the beginning. The descriptions of these native tribes as being “uncivilized” and “savage” are painted in this light because the colonizers…

Joseph Cambell, an American psychologist and professor said, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself,” which allows Pocahontas to be characterized as a hero. She experiences struggles when she is forced to choose her path, which…

To what extent has the abuse of office been a problem for the American presidency in the modern era? In your response make reference to at least 2 presidential scandals  In the age of technology and the evasiveness of the media, presidential scandals have become…

Harriet Tubman quoted after crossing the Underground Railroad, “When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through trees, and over…

Harriet Tubman Davis’s legacy at the end of the 19th century has caused controversy because of her service in the Civil War as a nurse and a spy. It is important to mention that Harriet Tubman is profoundly known for her service in the underground…

Over the past decades, the rapid growth of digital technology has brought great convenience to human’s life in the area of medical, business, education, military, and etcetera. The digital technology such as computers has been gradually replaced the human brain to solve the complex and…

As of today, the entire town has been tense since parliament issued the Townshend Acts. All of us are being affected by these new rules. These ‘Townshend Acts’ are putting a new tax on us colonists. There is a tax for paper, lead, paint, and…

“I have reasoned this out in my mind, there is one of two things I have a right to do; Liberty or death. If I could not have one I would have the other.” once said Harriet Tubman. This report is about all the amazing…

President Lyndon B. Johnson expressed ‘it would be this sort of extremely good aspect if those prophets of future and pain, and these messengers of dread and question, and those voices of smear and loathe, and these suspicious human beings who bargain in negligible matters…

During a time of war the President of the United States of America is granted certain authorities and power that can be used in self-defense of the nation. President Obama exercised that power by authorizing Operation Geronimo, a raid on Waziristan Haveli Compound on Pakistani…