Organization of American Historians

recorded”(Thatcher, xiii). Good Wives supports other works such as Alice Morse Earle’s Colonial Dames and Good Wives, which also studied the daily life of women in colonial times. Despite the fact that Good Wives does look at a somewhat ignored piece of American history, the book itself, while paying close attention to various social classes, ignores both race and religion. The only wives described were white, Christian women. However, this is accounted for given the time period and location of…

When Americans think of Japanese culture the images that first comes to mind are sushi, anime, kimonos, architecture, samurais, and cherry blossom trees. Religion is an aspect in which not many Americans considered when thinking of Japanese culture and its development. In reality religion was an important aspect when it came to developing Japan’s culture of today. It influenced the way in which the Japanese view nature, relationships, and life. It would be foolish to say that Japanese culture…

Revolutionary War for the continental army. Time After time Arnold shows himself to be selfless and courageous in fighting certain battles against the much more advanced and experience British military, despite the overwhelming odds of defeat for the American armies. While reading the book, many different opportunities are developed on how Arnold has made himself out to be a hero, while there are also some of these same examples of showing him as a traitor. Overall, it is clear that despite the…

How successful was Prohibition as a piece of American Legislation? Prohibition was not a big success as a piece of American Legislation and instead, had a generally negative impact on American society from January 19, 1920 to December 5, 1933. Herbert Hoover once described it as “a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose ” which came to it being known as the “Noble Experiment”. While many thought a ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of…

Gregg Frazer, author of “The American Revolution: Not a just war” affirms that the American Revolution was much more than just a war. Although it was based on the Illuminist ideals that preached ideals of freedom and equality of rights, the independence of the United States was realized by the colonial elite and aimed at guaranteeing the interests and privileges of this class. It has inspired other similar movements in America. For the first time in the history of European expansion, a colony…

Throughout the history of North America, the stories that have been told are often focused on European conquest and colonization. Unfortunately, this has caused Native American societies' nuanced interactions and resilience to be overshadowed by European conquest and colonization. Historian Ian K. Steele's book "Warpaths: Invasions of North America" offers a fresh perspective on historical events related to the topic. The book makes a compelling case for a reevaluation of these events. Published…

1945 in Germany and Western Europe. Jewish die and during that time six million Jews died and five million other die in the Holocaust. During that time they chose Hitler to rule and it was his fault the Holocaust started. Members of the Nazi organizations were responsible for the Holocaust because when they received the command from Hitler they didn’t think and just did it without knowing the consequence. Meanwhile the Germans citizens were not because they were risking their lives…

Richard White, the author of The Organic Machine, is an American author and historian with over 119 works published. He earned his Bachelor 's degree at the University of California, and his Ph.D at the Santa Cruz University of Washington. He has been a professor at four different universities since 1976. Over the course of his works, he has been honored with many awards. Just a few of his accomplishments are: Distinguished Scholar Award, American Society for Environmental History in 2013, the…

As defined, American Exceptionalism is split by three different, yet related ideas. One idea is that the United States is different from other nations. Second idea is that America has its unique idea of how to transform the world. And third, the idea that how the US has made history gave it its power to the world. In Frederick Jackson Turner’s essay, he argued that the western settlement had an incredible impact on the United States’ political, social, and economic development. He argued that…

as healthy disregard was trailed by the British. This strategy inferred that the American, with negligible British government intercession, did as they needed. There were a few duties that the Parliament had gone in the states before the French and Indian War, yet there existed extremely careless implementation for such assessments (Cubbison, 2010). The French and Indian War was the contention in the Northern American that started in 1754 and finished with the 1763 Treaty of Paris. The Great…