American Empire

instituted it into our constitution. In America today we need to look at Roman history and see what went right and what went wrong. Since America is so similar to Rome we should learn about the mistakes that Rome made that led to the fall of it’s empire because we do not want to fall too. Ancient Rome was the first real Republic in history and they laid a foundation that the United States would end up following eventually. Rome started a separation of powers when they created the 3 Branches of…

The Collapse of an Empire It has been said by many, “All great empires will fall.” This is a powerful statement, and history has shown it to be true repeatedly. By definition, an empire is a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority. Empires have existed since the beginning of time; for example, the Ottoman Empire, the Persian Empire, the Mongol Empire, and most notorious, the Roman Empire. Furthermore, all…

vengeful Japanese, thousands of American citizens died on this day. Many people did not know why Japan would do such a terrible thing. Japan was prompted to attack American soil due to creating a new world order, naval expansion, and the US embargos on the opposition. Japan’s big idea to take over the world had a huge influence on the bombing at Pearl Harbor. In fact, many teacher in this Asian country teach their kids at a young age to hate European and American countries. According to the…

"The Byzantine Empire and its capital city of Constantinople thrived for more than thousands of years and helped shape the history of the modern world (Overview)". The Byzantines were essential because they had good ways of developing architecture and engineering, they modernized, and saved Christianity, and they helped save the legal code to make what it is today. Without these essential qualities from the Byzantines America wouldn’t be what it is today... a free country. “Had the Arabs…

The Roman household is a great deal larger than the modern American household, which usually consisted of a man, his wife, and their children. School is required for all American children, rather than just those of the upper-class, and children are usually sent to large communal schools to learn alongside other children. Boys and girls receive equal educations, as modern American girls do not have to worry about preparing for child marriages as the girls of ancient Rome…

Collapse of the Japanese Empire In the nineteen century, there was a great race for colonies among the biggest imperial powers. At that time, Japan was a country with a developed military force and remarkable ambitions. Thus, during a short time, Japan had colonized such countries as Korea, Taiwan and the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The participation in the League of Nations gave Japan an opportunity to colonize the Northern Mariana Island, the Carolina Island and Marshall Island with no…

This was a period in history that was plagued by war, famine, illness, and death. Following the fall of the Roman Empire, to the people that inhabited the continent of Europe at the time, it was the end of the world. The sickness known simply as the Black Plague spread across the entire continent killing millions of, people not caring of their social class. To the…

Roosevelt, president of the United States at the time, asked Congress to officially declare war on the Japanese Empire. The President used a multitude of appeals and rhetorical devices in his speech to convince Congress and the Americans that war was necessary. Roosevelt, cherished and respected, was in his second term as president. In his delivery of the speech he appeals to the Americans by making them angry with the Japanese for what they did to the United States. Logos is used often as he…

In this essay I am going to discuss a significant individual who had made is mark in African American history. This person goes by the name Mansa Musa. During the fourteenth century the emperor of Mali, Mansa Musa achieved greatness through so many of his actions. His contributions to Africa and to Mali are so widespread that he is known throughout the word.. Writers recorded Musa’s actions more than any other ruler meaning that Mansa Musa must have been an important king. Musa was even…

the relationship between England and their colonies. I chose to write specifically about England because my group was a colony under England during the mercantilism simulation. Mercantilism was a one sided form of trade that only profited the empires ,and not the colonies that they were exploiting for their recourses. The way trade through mercantilism worked was by having the colonies provide raw goods to England in order for…