Essays on History

The term colony comes from the Latin word colonus, meaning farmer. This root reminds us that the practice of colonialism usually involved the transfer of population to a new territory, where the arrivals lived as permanent settlers while maintaining political allegiance to their country of…

In Learning to Read, Malcolm X conveys his point and opinion on education by using logos, pathos, and ethos. These three rhetorical techniques that Malcolm X employs allow him to present his argument and persuade his readers to make his case. The thing that Malcolm…

In the text ‘Learning to Read’ by Malcolm X, and in the text ‘Mother Tongue’ by Amy Tan, both authors similarly present the topic of education. Malcolm X expresses the difficulties he experienced in obtaining a self-taught higher education and being impacted by others. On…

Malcolm X’s passage, “Learning to Read” and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s speech, “The Danger of a Single Story” are attempts to explain how incomplete information can affect the portrayal of a specific group of people. Both authors seek to help their audience find the truth behind…

Revolution, the reformation of an existing constitution, has taken place throughout humankind’s history and varies enormously in terms of strategies, durations, and beliefs. One of the revolutions that created major modifications in human history was the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was the progression to…

The Industrial Revolution began in England. Before, England was doing well on its own, with its continuously stable government and population. It had several large iron deposits and coal near the surface, and multiple navigable rivers no more than twenty miles away. Also after the…

Man has evolved through thousands of years of learning and becoming new people to become who we are today. It all originated around 2,000,000 BC when man was firstborn. It was then to 10,000 BC which would become known as the Paleolithic times or the…

The play, The Crucible was written in 1953 by Arthur Miller to portray the practices of McCarthyism that dominated the US during that time. In his play, Miller demonstrates that when an individual inquiries the overwhelming estimations of a general public wherein the individual in…

History generally regards the period of Salem witchcraft trials as a radical in-statement of religious zeal which favored superstition over reason and targeted a large number of women over a much smaller number of men. Admittedly, the 1692 witchcraft crisis is a very complex historical…

Born on March 31, 1927, and died on April 23, 1993, Cesar Chavez became recognized and remembered as a leader and labor organizer. By taking risks, encouraging, motivating, and building the confidence of his fellow farmers he founded an organization that later grew to be…