James II of England

Voltaire once said: “History is a lie that most people agree upon.” In order to understand history, historians use a method called “historical thinking.” Historians don’t just look at evidence and learn the facts. Rather, historical thinking is asking so what? Why are these pieces of information important? How can we take the past and relate it to our times? Part of historical thinking is learning about change. Studying early modern history and comparing and contrasting these events to our…

Religious attitudes were not the fundamental reason for the persecution of witches in Europe between 1580 – 1660, but rather socio-economic factors. Witch persecution was relevant during these years as it was from 1580 legislation started to be put in place that encouraged persecution and ended in 1660 as this was where persecution started to fall (notably from the rise in new science). Here it will be considered why religious attitudes may have been seen as “fundamental”, as well as the…

James Evers 11/26/14 D-Day Essay D-Day Essay On June 6, 1944, one of the most historical battles in the world took place; D-Day. Also known as Operation Overlord, it was very important because the Allies landed on Continental European soil and got a foot- hold in the ground war. Americans, British, and Canadians made up most of the invasion force, but Polish and free French armies not under control of the Germans, as well as Australians and many other countries contributed as well. The Allies…

Americans believed that dropping the bomb would likely put the communist Soviet Union back in place both on the European and international stage. Several documents provide evidence to this train of thought. In Document F, future Secretary of State James Byrne is said to have focused on the usage of the atomic bomb as a way to control the Soviets in Europe and in Document E Prime Minister Winston Churchill remarks that “we should not need the Russians”. Similarly, in Document C, Dwight Eisenhower…

Above all, travel between the United States and Europe would undoubtedly be an issue. European teams would have several trans-Atlantic treks a season and teams located beyond the East Coast would have epic journeys half way around the world (“NBA Players Cautious Over European Expansion”). Jet lag, loss of sleep, and other factors could affect quality of play, as well as create reluctance amongst players to cross the Atlantic Ocean to play in Europe. Determining an effective schedule and…

boss’s make it easier to understand and comapare the meaning of these movies. The Last Hurrah (TLH) depicts the failing political machine of Frank Skeffington in a new England city. The movie mimics the theme and charachteristics of the weakening political machines of the mid 20th century. In particular, the movie mimics James Curley who was defeated in his last term of mayor of Boston in 1949. Released the same year as Curly’s death 1958, TLH definitly depicts a political machine because of…

become a better artist and trying to find a place to study for that specific matter. He didn’t care what his father wanted to do, he knew that what he wanted to do was more important for him in the future. After a year has passed, he was then send to England to study more about the education of art. He even met some of the most famous English professional painters when he was at London where he attended Royal Academy of Arts. Some of his most famous and unique arts that he had made was called…

April. 2017. Paine, Thomas, and Isaac Kramnick. Common Sense. Harmondsworth Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1986. Print. Parry, Melanie. Larousse Dictionary of Women. New York: Larousse, 1996. 220. Print. Robins-Mowry, Dorothy The Hidden Sun: Women of Modern Japan (Boulder: Westview Press, 1983). "Saboten Girl." Saboten Girl. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 April. 2017. Supreme Court of Japan (1955) (enacted). Print. Trager, James. Letters from Sachiko: A Japanese Woman's View of Life in the Land of the…

Surprisingly, some of the best articles I have read were very casually written. A fitting description for the article “Lil Wayne I Am Not a Human Being II” by zcamp. It is loose in style and flows easily, reflecting that of a conversation between friends. The author writes confidently about the number of phallic metaphors Wayne uses in his songs, noting that he sets the world record, and makes a joke of his own renaming one of the songs as “Penis Colada”. Of course, even in a conversational tone…

“gentlemen’s agreement” with the press corps to conceal the extent of Roosevelt’s disability. While he wheeled around his Hyde Park home and leaned on friends at crowded dinner parties, the press rather followed Roosevelt sailing up the coast in New England with three of his sons. While Roosevelt’s indications…