Essays on History

History Since being colonized by the Spanish in the 16th century, Mexico developed as a country while holding on to many cultural roots. In the last century, the change in governmental leadership has had a great influence on the development and wellbeing of the Mexican…

Bill Bower man a track coach and Phil Knight an Oregon runner were visionaries that wanted a lifestyle of designing and selling in the athletics department. They teamed up together to create and innovate the future billion dollar company they have today. Beginning under the…

Being inquisitive as a young child was where my passion for history began. During visits to historical landmarks throughout my native North East, I learned about the history surrounding me in particular about the Lindisfarne Gospels, the battle of Neville’s Cross and the Pilgrimage at…

After the agricultural revolution, human settlements transformed their small towns into advanced civilizations. As cities grew, some of the key elements in order to have a successful village included having food surpluses to provide opportunities for farmers and other workers and an organized government system….

Protests in opposition to police brutality and civil injustices date back to the late 1960s and carry over into the early 1970s. From these protests the Black Power Movement was born, which operated in an attempt to counteract the effects of white hegemony, otherwise known…

There are so many primary documents at our fingertips when thinking of which to use for this assignment, but An Outsider’s View of the Inca Empire which begins on page 596 truly stands out. This document follows Pedro de Cieza de León and the expeditions…

Thomas Jefferson loved and praised all those who farmed, he had a vision of the country’s future and it involved many succeeding in the agriculture, or farming. He believed that the “American experiment in freedom” could succeed if majority of the citizens earned their money…

Jonathan Edwards wrote “Sinners in the Hands of the Angry Gods,” and Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote, “The Minister’s Black Veil”. Edwards and Hawthorne appeal to different emotions to better portray their beliefs. Edwards uses strong word choices, similes, metaphors, and analogies, for example, “your destruction would…

A fresh new start is something that many people seek for when coming into college. People seek independence, to live their college experience to the fullest, and to make mistakes before encountering “real” life. Although this is what many students are seeking for, reality hits…

There are no doubts, particularly for the vast majority of scholars and economic historians, that the last three centuries (including the current twenty-first century) have been one the most transformative and significant eras for humanity as a continuous improvement in its welfare and living standards….