Colonial history of the United States

When reviewing the evolution of my worldview, Howard Zinn’s The Politics of History comes to mind. His book is a collection of case studies and essays that argue for a radical approach to the past. Zinn’s work changed the way I saw my purpose in life. I had originally planned to enter a field in science, despite my passion for history and the Humanities. In an age where the college degree had lost its traditional value, STEM fields seemed to me like the only practical route to success. However,…

Deportation has been an ongoing problem for many generation. Even throughout the U.S. different history of political power, presidents, and regulations, we still to this day have an unsolved problem of deportation. In the land of the free and home of the brave, we say we welcome people of all kind to obtain the “American Dream,” yet we deport those who are seeking those dreams. And, even take advantage of those who have risked their lives to save our country while serving in the war, yet our…

The Colonial American period lasted from 1492 until 1763 , and it ended 252 years ago. At that time, people didn’t have the same resources that we have today such as electronics so people had to live differently from how we do. Although there are many differences between Colonial American and The United States we have today, there are many similarities as well. There was an effect in the United States and its culture that we have today, because of the colonial period, even though we may not…

American Revolution The American Revolution refers to a series of events and ideas in the latter half of the eighteenth century. That led the colonization of the thirteen states of North America spread from the British. It 's the creation of the United States of America. The two bourgeois revolutions in the United States are the adjustment of the superstructure to suit the development of the economic base. Including the American War of Independence and the Civil War, in the post-war, to some…

and the United States is the best country (“American exceptionalism,” Wikipedia). In the United States, patriotic pride is important to citizens. On the Fourth of July or America’s birthday, citizens set off fireworks and celebrate the birthday of their beloved country. Some citizens in the United States believe that the United States is superior to all the other country. This American exceptionalism influences how Americans perceive American history because they think that the United States is…

Why study Colonial America? What is Colonial America? The importance of Colonial America in my opinion is to study the past of how the nation of America was born but, as well as the importance of the time I feel like it gets tossed to curb when it comes to other times in history everyone seems to have little more knowledge like the era of the Great Depression or World War II come to mind. Part of the reason to me is that no one understand the term of Colonial America completely and think…

My name is Thomas McCormick. I was reading your article “Race, Empire, and Transnational History,” on the colonial history of the United States and I found it interesting to raise a different point of view on the subject. I’m interested in researching about the area and I have recently published an article titled “From Old Empire to New: The Changing Dynamics and Tactics of American Empire”. In my article, I try to provide the explanations for growth of American power at the end of the…

Korea’s nuclear capabilities, large standing military, and history of oppression make them the greatest future threat to the United States. North Korea’s (NK) nuclear missile capabilities pose a serious threat to U.S. citizens worldwide. NK has leadership willing to employ these weapons. Their large standing military is capable of fighting a conventional war with the U.S. and its allies. North Korea’s history of oppression under Japanese colonial rule has made them suspicious, volatile, and…

In Creating Colonial Williamsburg: The Restoration of Virginia’s Eighteenth-Century Capital, Anders Greenspan provides a brief contextual history of the nearly one-hundred year history of the site’s many changes, challenges, and criticisms. Greenspan explores both the internal and external struggle for Colonial Williamsburg to serve as a national education resource and a useful platform for social history, while at the same time succeeding as a tourist attraction with vibrant ticket sales so it…

The American history between a man and a woman in the human race has portrayed the woman as a weaker individual and that the man was the rule of the household. This was not only culturally accepted in society, it was the norm of the community. The question that remains is whether or not if this was morally the correct way of living and what rights do man perceive they have within the society? History reveals that centuries when a census was performed, it generally only counted the man; therefore…