United Kingdom – United States relations

Throughout my academic career I struggled to find a sense of my own identity. In high school, and early in my college career, I wasn 't sure what I really wanted to pursue in life. I 'd always felt a pressure to succeed from my family, my community, and my peers. I 've never had a strong ethnic or cultural identity, my ancestors come from all over, but I 'm given the sole label “Caucasian”. When I was younger, I felt that it was a disadvantage not having a strong cultural or ethnic identity. I…

Road to Revolution The American Colonies were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain because of the unconstitutional laws placed on them by the British Parliament; as well as the tyrannical rule the Britain enforced over them. The American colonialists had every right to rebel against Britain because of the unconstitutional laws being enforced over them by said Parliament. The Stamp Act was a law passed by the British Parliament on the Colonies in 1765 which required a…

When the 15th amendment passed, it allowed black men the right to vote. Although, this was a positive change, white officials responsible for the disfranchisement of black men trying to vote deterred its effectiveness. This disfranchisement went on for decades without any change. Things such as poll taxes and literacy tests enforced disfranchisement of poor former slaves who hadn’t received an education. These tactics were reduced for poor, uneducated white people by the used of a “grandfather…

Decolonization is a goal with a never-ending journey; the world is continuously changing and adapting daily that there is no finality. The process of decolonization and nation building is derived from the civil wars, wars of independence, negotiated independence, and incomplete decolonization (Pollard et al, 2015 pg.734). In the end, decolonization had an impact on all nations socially, economically, and politically. Its factor refers to finance and trade, global migration, new technologies, and…

print the book!!Everyone never thought this day would come it was so exciting. The thought of the actual feelings of having to work so hard and being afraid of being caught or put in jail and they made it!! They were going to print some in a couple of states which the editor said was no big deal but the people started buying them so fast they soon began to sell everywhere. After Hilly began to read the book she began to tell everyone the book had to be about Jackson Mississippi and that she had…

The Canadian pilots had shown great performance during the battle of Britain. It was marked as Adolf Hitler’s first defeat and was the first major battle of the war. The Canadian pilots showed patriotism and loyalty throughout the battle. When the British army needed support the Canadian Pilots were there supplying them with whatever they needed. The Canadian pilots stayed with Britain through the whole battle. Canadian Pilots saved the day in the Battle of Britain because the Canadian pilots…

In the 1930’s the word woman was often treated as a synonym for kind, considerate, modest, and fragile. However, not all women were submissive and gentle. Yet, they acted as if they were in order to fit in with this ideal of what people thought a woman was. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the author portrays how women were conflicted with the stereotype that comes along with being a woman. Women during the 1930’s had little career options, rules of femininity to follow, and a strict social…

This research question is worthy of study because through the years the media has become a huge part of our society and holds a great influence over us. Media will only continue to flourish with time, appealing to more and more people. Since the media influences many people , you have to think about what exactly is being promoted. Although 36% of the population consists of ethnic minorities only 10% of that is currently shown in media. In other words, the media continues to lack in diversity.…

Wade Hampton High School is a public Greenville County school in Greenville, South Carolina. Serving grades nine through twelve, Wade Hampton has a student body of 1,723 students from a diverse range of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds (Williams, 2015; Williams & Strickland, 2015). The average graduation rate over the past four years is 89%, the current poverty index is 47.5%, and the dropout rate is 1.8% (Williams & Strickland, 2015). In general, high school students today face numerous…

Zahedieh, Nuala. “Making Mercantilism Work: London Merchants and Atlantic Trade in the Seventeenth Century.” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society vol. 9, no.6 (1999) 143-158. Nuala Zahedieh (Director of the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies) provides insight into the background of London merchants and their role in Atlantic trade in the seventeenth century in “ Making Mercantilism Work: London Merchants and Atlantic Trade in the Seventeenth Century.” Zahedieh’s argues that the…