Category: History 3303
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Historical Relations of Chad and France
Introduction The Francophone’s are those nations speaking or using French as their national or official language. They share a common cultural, social and political heritage with France. It is inferable that these nations were either French colonies or were once captured by France during the Napoleonic error. In Africa for example, these nations were typically…
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Summer of Hate Events
The year 1968 was called the Summer of Hate. This is perhaps about the series of events that rocked the United States in the year 1968. In January of that year, the US became part of a war that was between northern and southern Vietnam. At first, it was only involved in giving advice and…
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Collision at Cajamarca: ‘Guns, Germs and Steel’ by Jared Diamond
Guns, Germs and Steel is the most famous book of the writer –Jared Diamond. It examines the history of humanity in order to answer a question that has tormented many scientists –why did humankind develop unevenly. At the turn of the Middle Ages and Modern times, Europe came into contact with America’s unfamiliar and alien…
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Comparing Native Tribes in Georgia, US
Introduction In the 1830s, the State of Georgia underwent significant demographic and social changes because of the removal of Native American populations to the Indian territory. As one of the lastly founded British colonies in 1732, this state was known as the largest American region with the current Alabama and Mississippi territories (Coleman, 2021; Lannen,…
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The United States’ National Symbols and the Anthem
Conveying universally recognizable national codes, state symbols unite society, regardless of the governing authorities or dominant ideology. All over the world, national anthems and flags have become the most meaningful and understandable means of intra-state and international communication, reflecting attitudes and perceptions of various social groups. However, today, in the United States, some individuals’ refusals…
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The United States as the World Superpower
Table of Contents Background Discussion Reflection Sources Background The historical process in different eras has defined states as superpowers, which had more opportunities and geopolitical influence. Such states emerged, actively developed, and used the resources available to them, after which they were often replaced by others. Since the last century, the world superpower should be…
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The North American Phalanx
A utopian community is a group of closely assembled people united by common ideals and beliefs that live together, support each other, and share work, lands, and profit. Utopian communities were a new social phenomenon that arose in America in the nineteenth century. They quickly became popular, grew, and spread until the beginning of the…
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The Mission as a Frontier Institution in the Spanish-American Colonies
Bolton examines how Spain was able to spread its influence across South and Central America while having its resources spent on wars in Europe. The impact was substantial to the extent that the majority of the population of the South American continent speaks Spanish and has culture inherited from Spain. Bolton (1917) identified three elements…
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization & Western Pact History
Table of Contents Intergovernmental Organizations Post-World War II 1949-1950 NATO and the Cuban Crisis The Warsaw Pact The End of the Pact Works Cited Intergovernmental Organizations Post-World War II The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, is an intergovernmental military alliance that currently houses 30 member states which include 28 European nations and 2 North…
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The Nightmare in South Sudan
Introduction The civil war in South Sudan broke out in December 2013. More than 50 thousand people have been killed, and more than 1.6 million were forced to leave their houses during the war (“Civil War in South Sudan,” 2018). In 2014, South Sudan’s food crisis was admitted the most severe in the world because…