Essays on American Colonies

“ Throughout the 18th century, Great Britain was victorious in numerous wars across the globe leading to its emergence as a world superpower. As Great Britain conquered land such as the majority of the North American Colonies through wars such as the French and Indian...

Introduction Popular historical texts and history text books provided to high school students often give a shallow account of events surrounding the colonization of North America by Europeans. James Loewen authored a book that debunked myths that have been entrenched in American folklore known as...

In contemporary society, America is metaphorically branded a “melting pot” to describe the amalgamation of different cultures and ethnicities. The diversification of society is now commonplace in the United States, as people can live anywhere and still have access to the same resources. However, this...

American colonies need labor forces to sustain and maintain their economic growth. As a tenant farmer in England, in the early-mid 1700s, I labor from early morning to night working the fields. Life is difficult; a challenge for the poor. At times I feel there...

The American Revolution against the English Colonization as well as other European colonizers has multiple perspectives despite sharing common goals. In general, the colonies were tired of impositions and control from the European masters that kept changing and were sometimes unreasonable in executing the goals...

Tamas by Bhisham Sahni and The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai deal with the repercussions of the period of subjugation by the British and how deeply partition affected the lives of people. Partition of India and Pakistan was not merely a geographic division but...

In the early 1700’s America started to use slaves, this continued for over two and a half centuries. The slaves who were used at the time for tobacco plants and then later cotton were mostly from Africa. The growing demand for cotton led for many...

During the 1600’s, there were many similarities and differences between the Northern and the Southern colonies. For example, two differences that they had were the climate and growing, also their economy. A similarity was their relationship with the Native American. Throughout the struggles that the...

WBG Essay Chapter 4: What Really Happened in the Boston Massacre? By the late 18th century, tensions in Colonial America were running high. Despite colonists coming to America to start anew and to escape from under British rule, the British Parliament still maintained a strong...

The colonist that were established in North America considered themselves to be part of Britain and Britain citizens. After the French and Indian War was over King George III ordered everyone that was living in North America to not settle on the east of the...

During the main thrust of the First Great Awakening, when swarms of Americans were being cajoled, terrified, shocked back into church pews, influential preacher John Edwards was busy converting his fair share. Set apart by his subdued style from the over-enthusiastically charismatic oratories of his...