… of the first English colonies - By the sixteenth century, many countries, including Spain, France and the Netherlands, had established colonies in the New World. Until the foundation of Jamestown, however, the English didn't have any successful…

… railroad existed. In 1853 congress expended $150,000 in hunting a feasible route. Surveys were made periodically. In 1860 President Lincoln inaugurates construction of the transcontinental railroad. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Pacific…

… in order to secure the states' rights. This document lacked many qualities necessary for a successful government, and therefore caused a great deal of debate concerning the ratification of a new system. Federalists advocated the passing of a new Constitu…

… RELIGION *Rationalist ideas overpowered Calvinist tradition ie Thomas Paine's book The Age of Reason 1974 declared that all churches were set up to enslave mankind and monopolize power and profit *Anticlericalism was rare however many Founding Fathers…

… of finding a sea route to India. Little did he know that he would find a new world by sailing west. Christopher Columbus changed the world for ever. Columbus caused many negative changes in the world. Therefore, I think that Columbus was a villain.…

… main reason for the colonists to revolt was the control of commerce. No taxation without representation was the main issue involved with commerce. The colonists thought taxation without representation was unfair because the British didn't have a right…

… took place in Maryland in 1818. The case was between James W. McCulloch vs. the state of Maryland. This was around the time that the big and small state plans were being determined and national and state laws were blurry in how much power each of…

… tribes found throughout Arizona and the southwest. The Patayan are the prehistoric ancestors of both the Upland and River Yumans yet their locations changed over time, as well as their subsistence pattern. The Upland Yumans are made up of the Haulapi,…

… 1914, thousands of Navajo men and women volunteered their services to the war efforts. They fought in the overseas places of France, Germany, and Italy and received numerous awards and decorations for outstanding duty; many were cited for bravery under…

… Community Before the war there was a very large African American community already in place. Of course, these had mainly come from the west of Africa as slaves. The conditions in which they were transported were horrendous. The slave ships were always…