… to make territorial claims in North America. To what extent, however, did they decide to control these colonies? To a partial extent were the American colonies controlled in the topics of commerce, and to a lesser extent as far as religion and colonial…

… North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro sat down at the whites-only lunch counter in Woolworth’s. as the students had anticipated while planning the action in their dorm rooms, they were refused service. Although they could…

… rules, the United States Senate has approved of the creation of a massive Department of Homeland Security that will transform the way the federal government responds to emerging terrorist threats. Many Americans have argued against the creation…

… turbulent time in its political history. He fertilized the concepts of Nationalism and freedom, and used his military genius to route all of the enemies of France on main-land Europe, and establish a great French empire, bringing sweeping changes to…

… business activity, where both buying and selling drop, causing a decline in production, prices, income and employment. Money becomes limited, many businesses fail and many workers lose their jobs. Unemployed workers have less money to spend, which leads…

… by Marianne Hirsch, is about “postmemory”. Postmemory is a term that Hirsch has coined. It is “memory that is not the product of direct or lived experience but that is produced by the stories and images that circulate from one generation to the next,…

… system was fundamentally based on the policy, mercantilism. Where each colonial possession should provide wealth to the mother country, in these circumstances, the American colonies provided wealth to the British. Colonies were not supposed to…

… society ruled. The way things are ruled depends on the morals of those in the dominant place. Though the native Americans were the first to live here, their overall peaceful traditional way of life has almost vanished completely. It has morphed into…

… played an important role in American history. He’s known as the “Founding Father” of our country’s government. He is also, the leader who won independence. Who would have thought that the son of a Virginia planter would accomplish so much in such…

… the eve of the reformation. In the 1400 - 1500's there were many changes that took place. These changes were religious, political, social and economical. In the 1500, a large part of Europe was Christian. Muslims were common too though, especially…