History Essays

In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, irony is used a number of times throughout the play. One of the examples in which irony is demonstrated is when Elizabeth Proctor lies in court about John Proctor’s affair with Abigail Williams. This technique is also found when the reader finds out that Abigail, Betty, and Tituba live […]

Throughout history, there have been instances of witch-hunts resulting in misunderstanding and unjustified killings. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is one such example, as it fictionalizes the Salem Witch Trials based on real events. In fact, Miller used the play to allude to more recent times, specifically the Red Scare led by Joseph McCarthy. Throughout […]

A government requires very delicate balances; the slightest disturbance will cause it to come crashing down. For example, governments must have a balance between their values and their desire to make things happen. In 1933 Germany’s balance was disrupted when Adolf Hitler became chancellor. He tipped the scale away from values and morals, and eventually […]

English Paper One: The Extended Response is often disliked by many students. Writing essays, lectures, and feature articles can cause significant difficulty for HSC students. This negative attitude is primarily the result of a lack of understanding on how to create a well-structured response. Many students struggle with constructing a thesis statement and providing arguments […]

Numerated Goods- Pennsylvania ,New York, and New England and the Chesapeake as well produced grain, flower, meat and dairy products which none of this were included in the list of goods 2. Great Awakening- which swept across the south just before the American revolution 3. King George War- the war in which Spain merged into […]

Dating back to the 1600’s Britain gained an extensive empire. America was one of her most influential settlements, she owned thirteen colonies which stretched along the East coast. These colonies were populated by settlers which were sent from Britain, before departing they agreed to live under the rule of the British Monarch and remain dependent […]

Jamestown, located in Virginia, was the initial prosperous English colony established in 1607. Before this, the Roanoke settlers had vanished. After being granted its charter by King James I, the Virginia Company of London sent three ships to Chesapeake Bay. The settlers named their new home Jamestown after the king, but made a mistake by […]

The English colonists who settled in New England and Chesapeake areas created societies with very different characteristics. Despite most of the colonists coming from the same mother country, the settlers traveled to America for separate reasons and thus maintained different lifestyles, which shaped the nature of each society. Since the English emigrants who colonized New […]

From the establishment of the colonies, starting with the founding of Jamestown, until the beginning of the Revolutionary War, different regions of the eastern coast were marked by distinct attributes. Once established, the thirteen British colonies could be divided into three geographic areas: New England, Middle, and Southern. Each of these had specific developments that […]

Jamestown and the Massachusetts Bay Colony had many similarities and differences. Many of these differences were due to their physical location and climatic conditions. The success of both colonies can be contributed to strong leadership and the characteristics of the personalities of the settlers that inhabited each settlement. Many of the early problems in both […]

The colonies in the New World appeared completely different and the prospect of any unity between them seemed impossible. The colonies in New England and the Chesapeake exemplify the many differences in the culture and lifestyles of the settlers, created mainly because of the fact that their founding fathers had held separate intentions when they […]

The French and Indian War(1754-63) altered the political, economic, and ideological relationship between Britain and its American colonies in many ways. The relationship was altered politically due to Britains control of the entire eastern coastline, economically on how British policies after 1763 were designed to raise revenue to pay for the cost of the empire, […]

The French and Indian War had extensive impacts on Britain’s political, economic, and ideological relationships with the American colonies, affecting the nation’s diverse population, including Native Americans and soldiers. Although some rejoiced in the strengthened connections with England, others were dissatisfied with the financial circumstances. Ultimately, the war brought substantial transformations to the American colonies, […]

-‘The Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) transformed the argument between the colonies and Great Britain from a dispute over the right to taxation into a challenge to any parliamentary authority’ (Bailyn). Do you agree with this statement? The Intolerable Acts brought the disagreement between the colonies and Great Britain from an argument over taxes to a […]

Although not exhaustive, these suggestions serve as a helpful guide for students to create compelling organizational patterns and document applications. The discussion of documents is meant to assist teachers with easy reference. However, students must link the documents to their unique essay structures and not merely discuss them in sequence. With a focus on DES […]

ndigenous peoples lived in what is now the United States for thousands of years and developed complex cultures before European colonists began to arrive, mostly from England, after 1600. The Spanish had early settlements in Florida and the Southwest, and the French along the Mississippi River and Gulf Coast. By the 1770s, thirteen British colonies […]

Massachusetts Bay (New England) and Chesapeake colonies were both the foundation for the economic and social influences in America. However, their dfferences are far more numerous then the commonalities. Where the Massachusetts Bay Colony was formed primarily for religious purposes, the Chesapeake Colony was formed for profit. This one difference had an extensive effect when […]

Each of the English colonies had different purposes and things to contribute. There were thirteen original colonies, each playing a different role from the other. Some colonies had purposes that were more different than others and over time these roles changed and varied. The first colony to be founded in 1607, Virginia, was called a […]

When Disney released an animated film about a young Indian princess who fell in love with an Englishman, it brought another account of the true story of Motoaka , better known as Pocahontas. Several stories abound about the life of Pocahontas and her contribution to US history. For one, she was unjustly portrayed in history […]

The writings of both authors, William Bradford and Olaudah Equiano, are very important, because they show us first and accounts of their ideas and horrors. In the story Of Plymouth Plantation, William Bradford showed how Puritans could overcome obstacles in many quotes in this story. “Being thus arrived in good harbor, and brought safe to […]

  Indians usually paid off the land with corn, hides, or blankets, but later the payment turned into labor. Repartimiento- a mandatory draft of Indian labor for public projects. Rescate- ransoming captives that Indian groups seized for one another. Indians resented Spanish strategies for controlling Indian labor. Late 17th century; long-standing native anger burst forth […]

John Smith’s biography John Smith (1580 – 1638) had have a heroic life since he was not only a English soldier but also became explorer and author. He contributed a part of his life to be the Captain of the first ship which made a landfall at Massachuselts in 1602 to explore New England. He […]