Thirteen Days

French Involvement in The American Revolution In the year 1778, the defining moment of the American Revolution had come about. In 1778, the colonists were upset with Britain because they were not receiving their neutral rights and they felt the need to rebel against Britain to gain these rights and show them they would not stand for it. The only problem was that they colonists were going against Britain who at the time had the largest army so the colonists were heavily outnumbered. Even tho…

In 1757, the historic battle of Plassey, a small town 150 km north of Calcutta in Bengal, changed the course of Indian history. The East India Company led by Robert Clive defeated the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj Ud- Daulah and his French allies. This marked the emergence of British rule in India as the East India Company emerged as a powerful force in Bengal. In 1761, the Maratha Empire that had become formidable in central and western India suffered massive defeat against Afghan forces led by Ahmad…

leading to the Declaration of Independence has been debated by multiple historians, questioning whether it was for rule within the country or who should rule the country. Furthermore, the Declaration of Independence summarizes the reasons why the thirteen colonies declared independence from Great Britain and British rule. David Armitage’s essay, “The Declaration of Independence in World Context” focuses on the impacts the declaration created across the world. The lives of Americans were not the…

side of things I want to discuss The Revolutionary War and The Civil War. Now there are more topics that I could dive into, but I would like to focus on some of the events and not all. Economics, as well as war, have played a pivotal role in Modern day America. Economics is the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth. One of the earliest forms of economy was slavery. Slavery started in the 1600s. Many Africans from all parts of Africa were…

By the 1700s, the New England and the Chesapeake regions developed into two different colonies due to each colony’s reason for settlement, consisting of religious and economic reasons, their personal beliefs, and their growth in their society. While the settlers of New England immigrated to the Americas to escape religious persecution, the settlers of the Chesapeake region immigrated for more economic reasons—the search of gold. Each colony’s way of life contrasted from one another in the way…

Few events loom as large within the consciousness of the United States as the American Revolution. It has been endless debated and mythologized from the moment of its occurrence. By the same token, here are few topics as studied as the American Revolution. This seminal event has been examined and deliberated by generations of historians to the point there are few historiographies as extensive as that of the American Revolution. This has led to endless biographies of the founding fathers,…

Movements have been common throughout human history for a variety of reasons. Slaves engaged in movements against their oppressive masters in ancient Rome. Americans rebelled in the American war for independence because of Great Britain’s authority over them. In The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism, Erez Manela argues that the anticolonial movements that occurred after World War I (WWI) were a result of President Woodrow Wilson’s…

The colonial architecture in Dutch East Indies from 1816 to 1942 The architectural works in the Dutch East Indies from the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century were done by the expertise from Dutch. A problem came because they were not trained to make a design for a tropical land. The engineers and the architects adopted the trend and the style from Europe but adapted it to the climate and the geography in the Dutch East Indies. Ravesteijn and ten Horn (2007) and van Roosmalen…

When Americans first arrived on the East Coast, the Natives helped them survive in the land. But the Americans kept pushing for more territory, causing some Natives to fight to protect their land. Then as the War of 1812 rolls by, the British begin to arm the Natives, encouraging them to rebel. But with the British backing away from the states after the war, the Natives lost some fighting power. The Americans still pushed and pushed for more land, especially in the great harvesting lands in…

4. What new challenges did the British government face in North America after 1763? How did republican ideology inform the colonists' view of their relationship to Britain? After 1763, British government began to face new challenges in North America; the challenges could be split into two categories: finance and control. British’s immense empire began to face threat from its traditional enemies like France and Spain, whom also wanted lands in North America. Other than its European enemies,…