How do we Explain the United States' Rise to Global Power Status in the Decades Following the American Civil War?
Essay - 4 pages - Medieval history
Between the end of the American Civil War in 1865 and 1900, the United States emerged as a major world power with the capacity to influence decisions and world events. The rise of the United States as a global power is closely tied with the important notion of American Imperialism, which refers...
Tracts, Volume 1, n° 2 - Peter Force (1836) - Civilisation and History of America according to Peter Force
Text commentary - 1 pages - Medieval history
The text presented is an abstract of Tracts, volume 1 number 2, written by Peter Force in 1836, in Washington DC. The first part is an abstract of the Mayflower Compact, a pact written by the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620 during a trip between Plymouth, England and Plymouth, Massachusetts. The second...
Black Slaves' Life
Presentation - 2 pages - Medieval history
This document contains slides explaining the life history of black slaves.
The Birth of a Nation: North America
Course material - 5 pages - Medieval history
From the period of English colonization to the attainment of independence, various groups of migrants, including the French and Spanish, played significant roles. However, our focus will be on the English migrants who were instrumental in shaping the course of history during this era. The...
History of Great Britain
Course material - 8 pages - Medieval history
The period which goes from 1488 up to 1603 is often described as a Golden Age in the British history. Henry VIII, Shakespeare, the English Bible with the Anglican Church, the development of Parliament are among the numerous examples that are related to this period. The most important forces of...
Could colonization have gone differently with Europeans and Indians living together peacefully?
Essay - 1 pages - Medieval history
Between 1775 and 1884, Indian territories in the Americas drastically declined. This decrease in territory has been accompanied by a decrease in the people themselves. Today, we'll try to see if this colonization could have been different, and if those people could have lived together, in...
The creation of the United States of America and its challenges
Course material - 1 pages - Medieval history
Religious liberty was associated with the US and its constitution. Religious moralism was the main feature of America even before the Revolution. Before the Revolution, there was an established church. Dissenters were free to hold religious services but had to pay a special tax that aimed at...
La Rochelle: A city with two towers
Case study - 2 pages - Medieval history
La Rochelle is near the famous ‘fort Boyard' wich is out at sea. La Rochelle is one of the famous cities thanks to its two towers and its old harbor. We can visit the two towers and discover lots of graffitis left by prisoners: some are very beautiful. La Rochelle is a historical city with...
European culture
Case study - 4 pages - Medieval history
Europe is changing positions, it has shifted and it's moving toward the north. This medieval come under pressure of the north (Viking) and the South (Israel). Monte Cessino a monastery became a type of new center of education after the closure of the academy. This is one of the marking points of...
American geography and society
Case study - 18 pages - Medieval history
The country is called the United States because it is made of 50 states, that come together to form one country. [USA = 13 colonies dans leur coin à la base, et pour convaincre les gens, ils ont employés un singulier, comme pour dire : c'est un seul pays] [50 states : France and departments....
Switzerland during the Second World War, a worldwide economical and financial co-operation
Case study - 13 pages - Medieval history
In 1939, there were 363 banks in Switzerland, with a total result of 17.7 billion Swiss francs. To this we had to add 20 billion Swiss francs that were not included in the bank's balance sheets. There were seven major banks, which represented one-fourth of Swiss banks financial results: Société...
London Gateway
Case study - 14 pages - Medieval history
Historically, most of the goods consumed in the UK were manufactured in the UK. Distribution centres were created in the Midlands, where land and labor costs were low, to serve stores in the whole country. There was no road congestion, fuel was cheap and the environmental impact of transport was...
Being expatriate in Sweden
Practical guide - 19 pages - Medieval history
Demographic figures: Area: 449,964 km- slightly larger than California Population: 9,276,509 citizens 12% of the population are immigrants The Swedish state religion is Protestant Lutheran. Although Swedes don't go to church, a great deal of morals and ethics still have its platform based...
Comparison of the organization of the different territorial and local authorities in France and England
Internship report - 8 pages - Medieval history
Planning system in France and England shares many common points; there are different local authorities and territorial collectivity in each country, private and public sector plays an important role in the land-use planning… but there are also lots of differences; policy is not the same in...
The Tunisian Republic
Presentation - 11 pages - Medieval history
After finishing studies, new graduates seek employment. Once you enter the professional world, they undergo routine work processes. Some of them are creative. But their creativity is lost because of work processes. In fact, each company has its production line and a strategic plan that does not...
The New Global Disorder ?
Essay - 3 pages - Medieval history
The New Global Disorder ? With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the USSR, the advent of a « new global order » (G.H. Bush in 1990) was scheduled. But for a few years, the planet seems to be in a messy disorder : the political crisis (most of all in Middle-East), the dissemination of...
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Course material - 4 pages - Medieval history
Cours très complet et structuré sur la crise des Missiles de Cuba d'octobre 1962. The Soviet theory of peaceful coexistence asserted that the United States and the Soviet Union, and their respective political ideologies, could coexist together rather than fighting one another, and Khrushchev...
1956: The Suez crisis and the Hungarian revolution
Case study - 7 pages - Medieval history
Human history has been riddled with periods of crisis. Such a crisis was the Hungarian protests in 1956 against the government and its Soviet imposed policies. The United States stayed away from the war waged by Israel, France and the UK against the Egypt of Gamal Abdel Nasser. If Morocco and...
The short-lived decorations and installations set up during the parties given by Louis XIV in Versailles.
Case study - 3 pages - Medieval history
In 1661 Louis XIV decided to spend more and more time at Versailles, the former hunting lodge of his father, the King Louis XII. However, and in spite of the begun works, the interior of the Palace remained too small for the parties. In that way the parties were given in the garden, masterfully...
China's failed modernisation
Essay - 9 pages - Medieval history
Why did China never undergo an indigenous Industrial Revolution in the 18th-19th century despite its high scientific level, wealth and political stability while Western countries did? Alors que la Chine dominait le monde sur les plans scientifiques, techniques et économiques au Moyen-Age, ce...
The early years of the Chinese diaspora (1840 - 1945): From a disorganized migration to an organized community
Dissertation - 8 pages - Medieval history
For centuries, many Chinese migrations have been identified in South-East Asia. It was mostly the initiative of particular elites: economic, like wealthy merchants or political and military, with envoys like Zheng He. The exchanged volume of merchandise traded...
To what extent was Paris considered as Enlightenment capital during the Eighteenth-Century?
Essay - 3 pages - Medieval history
The Eighteenth-Century is commonly considered as the century of Enlightenment. What sense could we give to that notion of Enlightenment? In the Seventeenth-Century, Enlightenment was linked with faith and fairness of spirit. In the Eighteenth-Century, that notion turned into fairness that should...
Was European expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth century motivated by purely economic concerns?
Essay - 3 pages - Medieval history
References are often made of the 15th and 16th century as 'The Age of Discovery'. It has been named like that because at that time, Europeans really started to discover and trade with the world overseas. Indeed, it was during this period that they expanded to areas all over the world as...
The monarchy in question and appeals to the nation 1783-January 1789
Course material - 4 pages - Medieval history
The reform party was an idea of Calonne, the king summoned to Versailles a gathering of notables. It includes capping the size for the poor, the establishment of a 'land tax', the abolition of customs and the free export of grain. The conduct of the Assembly of Notables do not discuss the...
1783: France contained, France moving
Course material - 7 pages - Medieval history
Each French is defined less by his individual identity as the body to which he belongs. The body, or orders, or communities, community groups are recognized by custom and by law, arranged in a hierarchy dictated by the prestige and service to society. These status distinctions are compounded by...
To what extent were the Sciences enrolled to reform the Old Regime?
Essay - 2 pages - Medieval history
The 16th century has been the century of the Scientific Revolution. Throughout Europe, Science renewed in a new form, and that rebirth gave what we call today the Scientific Revolution. Two centuries before, France had it's most important political revolution in 1789. After the French...
History of Italy - From Antiquity to Renaissance
Time lines - 45 pages - Medieval history
From the twelfth century BC to the late Bronze Age central Italy was dominated by two centuries of civilization itself. "Apennine?, lived on the stretches along the mountain chain of Apennines, and raided the farmers and ranchers of the plains, living in huts and caves. The dead were buried in...
Virginia's 400th Anniversary
Essay - 7 pages - Medieval history
The theme of our study being "Virginias 400th Anniversary", we decided to study the birth of Virginia and more precisely Jamestown settlement and Williamsburg, where we spent one day of our trip. Four hundred years ago, on May 14th, 1607, men and boys crossed the Atlantic Ocean on three ships....
Elizabeth I as a Protestant Leader
Essay - 3 pages - Medieval history
Declared illegitimate at the age of three, judged for treason at the age of twenty-one but crowned queen when twenty-five, it is in 1558 that the City of London recognized Elizabeth Tudor, Henry VIII's second child and sister to Edward VI and Mary I, as Elizabeth I, the true monarch of...
To what extent was the scientific revolution embedded in the culture of absolutism?
Essay - 3 pages - Medieval history
In his Essays about Moral and Political issues in 1742, David Hume asserts 'In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies of liberty.' Indeed, for centuries, the main source of truth have been the study of sacred texts i.e. theology, so that almost all the powers remained in the...
