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Papers On U.S. History (18th Century)
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An Evaluation of the Importance of the Boston Tea Party
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This 5 page paper considers Alfred F. Young's assertion that the most revolutionary act of the decade was the tea party. This paper takes the position that the Boston Massacre was more revolutionary, citing reasons that the colonists might have been the initiators of that event commonly blamed on the British. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA110tea.wps
Analysis of the Slave Trade and Slave Owner Attitudes in Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and Melville’s “Benito Cereno”
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This is a 6 page paper discussing the slave trade and treatment of slaves in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and Herman Melville’s “Benito Cereno”. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and Herman Melville’s “Benito Cereno” show different sides of the slave trade and slave life in the 18th century and colonial America. Although both stories are fictional, they nevertheless accurately reflected the slave situations at the time. Subsequent articles researched on the slave trade have found that largely slave trading was a considered a prosperous commodity in Europe and the colonies and despite the fact that both Stowe and Melville write accounts which show their opposition to slavery, it was considered acceptable in the 18th century. What surprises readers however in Stowe’s account is the cruelty of the slave owners to their slaves, not only on moral grounds but because they basically ruined their financial investments by beating the slaves until they could no longer work or be traded. Additionally, in Melville’s novella, the character of Captain Delano shows the tremendous racism at the time while at the same time allowing his naiveté in the future of the slaves and the slave revolt depict the presumptions and prejudices of the “good American”.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJUTCab1.rtf
Are Political Revolutions Worth The Cost
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A 5 page paper in which the writer concludes that political revolutions are worth the cost, human, individual, and financial, even if they do not achieve their objectives. To support the premise, the writer uses some of the most well-known revolutions as examples – the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Haitian Revolution. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGrvlu.rtf
Articles of Confederation/Problems
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A 5 page research paper that summarizes the problems of that the young United States had with the Articles of Confederation and how this was corrected by the ratification of the Constitution. The writer explains how the new states were much more like thirteen separate countries than a single nation, and why the Bill of Rights was written. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khartcon.rtf
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton: Contributions to American History
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A 7 page discussion of the historical contributions of these three men. While it is easy to look at history as dry fact, when we consider these facts on an individual basis, history comes to life. A review of the contributions and personal characteristics of each of these men allows us to make a connection between America’s past and the present. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPcolonL.rtf
Benjamin Franklin/Autobiography
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A 5 page essay that analyzes the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin in regards to the how Franklin embodied the American Dream. The writer also examines how Franklin can be seen as a model for the ideal eighteenth century man and, also, how his memoirs contributed to the concept of an American character. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khbfauto.rtf
Book Review of Bernard Bailyn’s “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”
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This is a 6 page book review discussing Bernard Bailyn’s “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”. Bernard Bailyn’s “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution” (1967, 1992) shows readers the importance and influence of the “pamphleteers” during the time of the American Revolution. Previous to Bailyn’s publication in 1967, most historical accounts of the Revolution included political and economical theories used to explain the change in the population toward Revolution. Bailyn’s text however shows the importance of the political writings at the time which appeared in newspapers, pamphlets, booklets, letters and published speeches in addition to the original influences of writers and philosophers in an attempt to rid the colonies of the corruption which originated through their affiliation with the Crown. While Patriots were originally a minority in the population and considered as “radicals”, in a short space of only fifteen years, their writings managed to “enlighten a population”.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TJBaily1.rtf
Boston Massacre
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The Boston Massacre is one of those events that are
covered in history class and in history textbooks in a sentence or two.
The incident is relegated to the status of an ‘important event’ that
includes two referential points: it was the first conflict between the
colonists and the English soldiers and the main character in the drama,
Crispus Attucks, was a young Black man. This 6 page paper argues that
the Boston Massacre, while being a pivotal event in the confrontation
between the British Empire and its colony in America, was not the
brutish misuse of power that has been portrayed. Bibliography lists 6
sources.
Filename: KTbosmsc.wps
Causes Leading To The Revolutionary War
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All too often, our contemporary media portrays the American Revolutionary War as a relatively brief and glorious fight for Independence from British taxation. In reality, it was for at least a century and a half prior to the onset of Revolutionary conflict that the forthcoming war was foreshadowed through economic struggle, political instability, and an increasing distance between the needs of the American people and the desires of the British crown. This 4 page essay describes the tensions from as far back as1632 with the Maryland Charter, up through the Navigation Acts (1660s), the Hat Act (1730s), etc; No Bibliography.
Filename: Revoessa.wps
Chairs with Curves --Queen Anne Chairs from Boston, Newport, and
Philadelphia
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This 6 page report discusses the unique
characteristics of Queen Anne chairs and the primary differences
that exist between America-made chairs that were crafted in
Boston, Massachusetts, Newport, Rhode Island, and Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. The Queen Anne period existed from about 1702-1714.
The style is characterized by its curves and elegant S-shaped
cabriole leg. That shape was based on the shape of an animal’s
hind leg. It (the leg) was distinct for its slender line and the
club/pad foot or claw and ball foot. Illustrations included.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWchairs.wps
Changes in Warfare Over the Course of the Nineteenth Century
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of warfare as it existed during the Civil War and the Western Frontier. Differences between the two types of warfare are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA245war.rtf
