John Hope Franklin

The continental army was formed after the Revolutionary war had begun. It was used as a fighting force to oppose British rule. Now during the creation of the Continental army, John Adams of the Continental Congress recommended George Washington as supreme commander of the army. The following day Washington accepted. He had to take this ragtag army and make it a strong fighting force. He started training them until they were ready…

Almost every American knows something about the Boston Tea Party, but some people have a misunderstanding of the events occurring at that time in our country’s history and what lead the colonists to act the way they did toward the British government. The Tea Act of 1773 was supposed to benefit the colonists by lowering tax rates on tea. Instead of being content with this arrangement, the colonists were enraged. They felt it was unfair of England to make them pay taxes at all. The Tea Act did…

The English had many reasons for colonization, it would establish markets for their wool, access to raw materials and even their rivalry with Spain. “Discovering” new land would be the perfect opportunity for them to establish markets and to gain raw material, but there was one problem, who was going to live there. “The Chesapeake area, where the tobacco-producing colonies of Virginia for cheap labor, receive about 120,000 settlers, most of whom landed before 1660. New England attracted 21,000…

Freedom in America The word “freedom means the power to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.” This concept was first introduced in the New World when the Virginia Company launched a fleet of three ships toward the Chesapeake Bay to establish the first English settlement in the Western Hemisphere.” Over the course of time, many of the beliefs and actions that were acquired from the settlers, starting from Jamestown in 1608 and ending in 1776, created an important…

First it looked like that the American and French Revolutions had a lot in common but at the same time many difference. After all both American and French Revolution took place about the same time. Both took the challenge of republican government and the principles of liberty. The French Revolution and American Revolution were the reason why civilians started to rebel against their government. The French and Americans started to rebel against their government in a violent manner. During the…

enough, I need no more”, to show that she is happy with her current position in life and that she doesn’t need all of her old belongings. Anne knows all worldly possessions are temporary, and that they can not bring one true joy. She states that, “My hope and treasure lies above”, and knows that God is the only thing she needs to move forward in her life. Anne Bradstreet’s poem, Here Follow Some Verses Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666, demonstrates the very basis of Puritan beliefs.…

Martin Luther King Jr. was such an influential man that this article was solely dedicated to him and his vision. This article was written to honor the tenth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s. death. Ceaser Chavez wrote this article to specifically pinpoint Martin Luther Jr’s. vision of nonviolent resistance., how nonviolence is the better choice than violence. He goes on by saying that violence only brings death, chaos, more anger, and it never brings a contemporary solution to the problem…

The Scarlet Letter - Embroidering Transcendentalism and Anti-Transcendentalism Thread for an Early American World Riding the wave of heightened nationalism after the second independence war against Great Britain in 1812, Americans began to write their own school textbooks, celebrate the birth of American literature using American scenes and themes, and even establish their own American intellectual, philosophical, and social movements. One of these movements is the American transcendentalism…

time, King John. The Archbishop of Canterbury wrote up the charter to make peace between King John and barons who despised him. Dan Jones explains the history of King John and the Magna Carta in an article he had wrote for the Smithsonian. In his article, “The Mad King and Magna Carta,” the author Dan Jones begins with a short narrative of when he had visited Runnymede. While he was there he found that, “There was little to indicate that we were near the spot where, 800 years ago, King John…

Emerson and Thoreau spoke of their beliefs about how a person should live his/her life in a fulfilling manner in their essays. They convey that simplicity, independence/individuality, and that following one’s own instincts and ideas are key to a fulfilling life. Emerson and Thoreau think people should be simple but in modern America we are superficial and only care about material things. According to Thoreau, “Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man had hardly need to count more…