American Expansion Essay

Homer Plessy, born March 17, 1962, was a member of the Citizens’ Committee of African Americans and Creoles, as he was one-eighth African American. As a form of rebellion against the unjust 1890 law, which stated that segregation via train coaches was perfectly constitutional, Plessy had bought a ticket for the East Louisiana Railway on June 7, 1892. As a test, he informed the train conductor that he was one-eighth black and refused to move from the whites’ only section of the train. Plessy was…

American Revolution Essay Struggling for dominance in the North American continent, both Britain and France had put their eyes and interests in the Ohio River Valley located on the continent of North America. France alongside Native American and Spanish Allies had the same intentions as Great Britain did in the 1740's thus causing a "Seven Years War”, the war took place along American frontiers and even spreading into Europe. After 5 years of the "Seven Years" war in 1763, the treaty of Paris…

as a violent and turbulent boundary that served as the panicle of the new American opportunity. Soon after the formation of the thirteen colonies, social and political classes began to form and mold society for the American people. Ideology revolving around myths in individual social classes started to develop, in the hope of understanding what the frontier truly was, and conceptualizing the hidden savagery (Native Americans) that lived within. These myths and thought processes as described by…

whether or not the U.S should annex the Philippines struck a controversy and led to varying opinions of U.S expansion among Americans. Different understandings of America's identity as "the land of the equal" as opposed to a superior power among other countries, defined America's contrasting views of U.S overseas expansion. Americans in desperate need to justify U.S overseas expansion turned to religion to support their claims that the U.S must annex the Philippines. Political leaders such…

After the Reconstruction, African Americans faced many challenges during the years following. The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery, and the 14th amendment defined what an American is. Both had little to no effect on Jim Crow. In the south segregation was much worse, and that’s where most African Americans lived during this time. Jim Crows laws kept blacks from voting and holding any positions in office. Jim Crow also set blacks up to endure harsh segregation regulations. Crossing the color…

The Injustices of Mass Incarceration of African Americans Since 1980, the United States has seen an unprecedented rise in incarceration rates. The United States is only 5% of the world population, yet it has 25% of the world’s prisoners. Currently, the US is the world’s leader in incarceration with 2.3 million people currently in jail and prisons. That is a 500 percent increase over the last forty years. These incarceration rates, mostly which runs independent of crime rates, are suggested…

A chain of a multitude of back to back events all contributed to the initiation of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775. All of which included social, religious, economic, and political factors. There’s no one event that can be recognized as the commencement of the revolution. It all began from a controversy and difference in opinion over the way in which Great Britain treated the colonies as opposed to the way colonies thought they should be treated. Right after England established…

America and England had intertwined economies that supported each other with things such as land expansion, but separated due to their conflicting ideas on the American value of economic freedom of the taxation of the colonies. During the French and Indian War, England expanded American land by seizing French and Indian territory. A map of territorial change shows the difference in land owned before and after the French and Indian War and the Treaty of Paris. England claimed much more land past…

There is no one event that can be said to have caused The American Revolution. As the colonies continued to grow, as did the tensions between the colonists and the British. The roughly 3,000 miles between the colonies and Great Britain definitely gave the colonists an independent mindset from the very beginning. And although its impossible to pinpoint the single event that let to The American Revolution, there are many that stand out as major contributors to the start of this war. Colonial…

the transition. Some Mexicans decided to adopt many American customs, while others stuck to their roots. Ultimately, their lifestyles were influenced, but many Mexican traditions were conserved. Some of the customs that Mexicans retained include religion, food, and entertainment. They kept these traditions like a piece of home. It made new life in the United States feel similar to how they felt before they immigrated. Mexicans found the new American setting easier to adapt to when they did not…