We all know that the Boston Tea Party was the major turning point in in the American history, but do we really understand what happened and why it was so important? I tend to show the importance in the facts of what happened that night on December 16, 1773, and what lead up to The Boston Tea Party and some facts that people may not know about the Boston Tea Party. So, let’s explore our facts that I found from my research. We first need to know what lead to the Boston Tea Party. In December 1600
of human history, and more than 100 million people from over 30 countries were involved in the conflict. The vast majority of the world’s leading nations threw their combined economic, industrial, and scientific industries behind their effort. The end result of World War II was the estimated deaths of 50 million to 85 million people. This made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history. So amongst all the conflict that took place, all over the world, what was the turning point of World
quite distinct from, and often superior to, them in vital ways’ (“Exceptionalism”). This attitude is seen throughout history in various countries and cultures. Some of the most obvious examples are the ancient Roman Empire, the British Empire, and Hitler’s Germany. All of these nations were once great in their own ways, but they also experienced turning points in their own histories where their exceptionalism became unyielding ethnocentric imperialism, which eventually led to their collapse. The United
intensified the protest movement which initiated a turning point against the US involvement in the Vietnam War. The Tet
Throughout the history of America, there have been countless injustices done to people of color. Despite their natural citizen ship in the country, African Americans are continuously deprived of their basic rights. Early on in our history it was a norm to own slaves of color, and use them for agriculture and production of goods. The transition into freedom grew in length, as more freedoms were taken. Whether it was discrimination or enslavement the mistreatment did not cease, but African Americans refused
but instead a little over 1 million soldiers died in the Civil War. After the war was over, it left an impact on the modern world through the following: the Federal Government, industry, American Nationalism, the women in the United States, religion, and philosophy. The Civil War is so important to American history because it changed and shaped our modern day economy and it happened right here on our home turf. The Civil War was four years of bloody and prolonged battles
United States history. Many argue the proclamation ended slavery which technically it did, but there was a problem. The proclamation applied to the United states Union not the Confederate states. So the slaves were free in the “free states,” but not in the states where slavery was occurring. In the “free states” it seemed for some that slavery was a better route because the conditions and treatment to the slaves were brutal. Some of the northerners still believed that the African Americans were inferior
Native American territories. One of the very first examples was a Spanish explorer named Cortez who discovered the Aztec land. When the emperor invited Cortez to the land, Cortez acted friendly toward the people, then later attacked the people. Without an emperor, the Aztec empire fell. Another example is when Pizarro found the Incan empire, he killed the emperor and then took control over the whole kingdom. The Spanish used their military advancements to defeat all of the Native American tribes
would soon have a hand in an important part of African American History. The Ku Klux Klan was an organization formed in 1866 by six former confederates. It originated in Pulaski, Tennessee, and was named after the Greek word, kyklos, which meant “circle” and the Scottish-Gaelic word, “clan”. The KKK started to take shape during the Reconstruction era in the south. They were known for killing, harassing, and hurting thousands of African American, and creating danger for them. For example, at the time
Britain, in addition, the US is finally expanding to the west and new things were to come, this period of time is known as the Gilded Age. This new era is full of new things for the United States, during this time new ways of entertainment came to the Americans, also the industrialization of the country grew too drastically, and, last but not least, new inventions came to the United States. But how does the entertainment, industrialization, and inventions from the gilded age relate or help the people of