Infanticide Act

Bruce Ingram Granger’s main argument throughout the article “The Stamp Act in Satire” is that the colonist’s disapproval of the Stamp Act is the force that unified the colonists the most before the revolution (granger, 1956, pg. 368). The article focuses on the effect that the Stamp Act had on the colonies in relation to each other, the press came together and published writings to voice their resistance to the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act brought the colonists together because they felt that the…

The Scopes Trial took place in 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. A group of teachers decided to test a law called the Butler Law. The Butler law made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution and instead mandated the biblical interpretation of creationism. The teachers felt that academic freedom and integrity as well as separation of church and state was at stake. Twenty four year old science teacher and football coach John T. Scopes would teach the class. Knowing he would be arrested Scopes taught…

The Real American Revolution The British American colonists believed that as full British citizens they were equally entitled to the rights and privileges of the British Constitution,but in Great Britain they disagreed,they thought of the colonists as subordinate not equal and that the colonists were intended to serve the mother country.The colonists were frustrated that they were not being recognized as true Britons and felt they were being deprived of their “English Liberties”,quarrels over…

American Revolution:1759-1766” by Bernhard Knollenberg discusses. How it came to the American revolution. WIth major influences such as the tea act and some not so influential parts, but enough to move us towards the actions that got us here. In this book he doesn 't just focus on the main points like other books such as the Boston massacre, the Quartering act, he doesn 't even make a reference to the Declaration of Independence. Knollenberg goes into great detail and depth in the writing to…

were often taxed heavily by the British. The British made many acts which allowed the British government to gain money through taxes from the colonist for no specific reason. The Colonist often would…

My Mayflower ancestor is Isaac Allerton who was written to be a “proper saint,” meaning that he was a Leyden Separatist. He was a tailor in London at the time of his departure on the Mayflower. There are conflicting reports of Allerton’s age when he came over to the new world, which range from age 34 to 37. He boarded the Mayflower with his wife Mary, their three children, and his tailor apprentice, John Hooke. The individuals on the Mayflower were mostly farmers with limited resources to…

In his novel, The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution, Alfred F. Young approaches, researches, and answers several inquiries surrounding the Boston Tea Party. He has also done extensive research into the life of a participant in the events of December 16, 1773, George Robert Twelves Hewes. Young provides his readers with an in-depth understanding of Hewes and his connection to the Tea Party and the Revolution in order to answer questions even historians did not…

Robert Gross shows the significant role of Concord, Massachusetts, in the fight for independence through the perspective of the common person, in his book, The Minutemen and their World. Gross presents Concord as a town that played a great role in the revolution, while altering the community forever. Concord life is explained before, during, and after, “A shot heard ‘round the world.” Although Gross supports his ideas with numerous sources of evidence, he states that history is not simply an…

alcohol. This amendment was passed by congress in December 1917 and ratified in January 1919, but didn’t go into effect until January 20th, 1920. After the 18th amendment was ratified, the Volstead act was sent to Congress, its purpose was to help enforce the 18th amendment. Woodrow Wilson vetoed the Volstead act, but Congress over ruled it. Before the 18th amendment was put into effect many states had their own prohibition laws in affect due to…

The history of American Indians is not well taught amongst the general population. For many, the extent of their knowledge consists of racist depictions of armed conflict between white colonists and Native people, such as the movie They Died With Their Boots On. This film glorifies Custer and demonizes the Indians as savage and stupid. Films like that one reflect how the history of Native people is understood as a history of war. However, most only consider it as war between Indians and settlers…