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discovered? They knew very little about the land and less about the people already living here. Europeans came for multiple reasons. They came for money, freedom of religion, to go back to “the good old days,” adventure, marriage and some were…

This essay will give a brief introduction to communism. It will then discuss the various factors which combined to bring about the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. It will examine each of these factors and evaluate the effect of…

atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese people. To this day, people still speculate why President Truman made the decision to drop the first bomb on Hiroshima on the fateful early-morning of August…

The Bourbon monarchy that had been reinstated after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, was descended from previous kings of France and had been selected by the allied powers as the most likely successor to the throne of France. This regime…

over Soviet missiles in Cuba? No event during the Cold War has generated more popular and scholarly attention than the Cuban missile crisis. October 1962 was a time when the actions of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba brought the world…

and 1960s? The USA became involved in Vietnam because of a cry for help from the Vietnamese president of that time, Ngo Dinh Diem, or at least, they used it as an excuse for what they did. The Americans saw it as a prime example to the rest…

the historical event occurred on August 6 of 1945, when the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on a city, people have asked why. There are different explanations of why the bomb was dropped from historians, from the individuals who made the…

reasons decided to venture to America. Most like Christopher Columbus who came to America in 1492 sponsored by Spain, was looking for a passage to Asia. Others were encouraged by Columbus' discoveries and hired themselves out, those were called…

exactly did the revolution occur in France? There are basically three main steps of causes that lead up to the start of the French Revolution. One being background or long standing causes, the other being intermediate causes, the third being…

Waxman Throughout American History the views of many historians conflict, reflecting the various influences of the time and place in which they lived. A famous saying goes “Each generation writes its own history.” Among primary influences in the…