Revolutionary Tribunal

King Kamehameha I King Kamehameha I was a great warrior and a leader. I chose this topic because I would like to know more about the king and know more about what he did to the island and how he did it. King Kamehameha I was born in 1758, Kohala. The sign of his birth, kahuna (priests) claimed, would be a comet, called the Haley’s comet. He was a great warrior, diplomat and leader, united the Hawaiian Islands into one royal kingdom in 1810 after years of conflict. In ancient Hawaii, legends…

Human history is comprised of many strides against oppression and revolutionary upbringings. Two notable revolutions, the French, beginning in 1789, and the Mexican, beginning in 1910, had varying goals and outcomes. France wished to debunk the unfair social stratification and the limited rights of the third-estate, ultimately leading to the abolishment of this oppressive regime, while Mexico wished to overthrow an oppressive dictatorship, which eventually ended in the endowment of unprecedented…

So, how exactly did the British lose the American Revolution? After all, the British army with soldiers who had fought in five different continents, who had controlled the civilians in Jamaica and Indians, was the best equipped, the best trained and had the most professional people at that time. Why not the 13 colonies of North America? At a glance the primary reasons why the British lost America is that first America had home field advantage. Second, the British had a long distance from their…

Marquis de Lafayette Marquis de Lafayette was often known by the nickname of "a hero of two worlds". The reason he was commonly referred to that nickname was the fact that he had bravely fought in the Revolutionary War and rebuilt his home country of France following the French Revolution. If you never read about him before you may not know much about Marquis De Lafayette. Luckily, this essay will go over the early life, role in the American Revolution, and post American Revolution life of…

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, the third president, a revolutionary leader, a remarkable lawyer, the leader of the Louisiana purchase, and the principal writer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in 1743 (Cunningham 592-593). Over the years, Jefferson committed his life to America which included its independence and prosperity as a young nation. Thomas Jefferson’s early adulthood was very interesting. Jefferson attended the College of William and Mary in the 1760s. During his…

Church Steeple; and if by Land, one, as a signal” (Paul Revere). These are the famous words from a very famous Revolutionary War hero. Many people believe that they know all there is to know about Paul Revere and his life’s accomplishments. However, people do not know about his upbringing from adolescent to a grown up, how he joined the Sons of Liberty, and his attributions to the Revolutionary War. Paul Revere’s parents’ names were Apollo Rivoire and Deborah Hitchborn. Paul Revere’s dad…

By 1763 American colonies were feeling independent and were slowly dividing themselves from Britain. Between the years of 1763 and 1776, Britain began to enforce new policies which intensified colonial resistance and created the want to become independent. Over the period of these thirteen years, colonists began to create new values due to the revenue taxes being implemented. The French and Indian War left Britain in massive debt and forced them to find a way to generate more revenue. The…

In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, the chapter “Knitting” occurs as the French Revolution is quickly approaching. During the chapter the reader is able to visualize the wine shop filled with revolutionaries awaiting the start of the action and becoming more and more tense. The mender of roads comes with Monsieur Defarge and tells the tale of how he saw Gaspard and how he came to his death. Afterwards the pair, accompanied by Madame Defarge, travel to watch a procession of the nobility…

The Hundred Year War was a conflict between England and France over succession in the years from 1337 to 1453, towards the end of this war when England lost its claims to French territory. This loss had a number of effects; the French language was used in the higher levels of English society. The hostility toward the French after the wars caused the language to be seen as that of the enemy. The introduction of the English language was a way of establishing a national identity. From, this English…

Enacted on May 10, 1773, the Tea Act required all purchases of tea to be funneled through the British East India Company which monopolized the tea industry. With the conclusion of the French and Indian War resulting in major debt, the British government reacted by increasing the tax on the vulnerable colonies to see a return on their debt. The retraction of the taxes constructed by the Townsend Act resulted in the decrease in the price of tea which looked like a good deal for the colonies but…