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Papers On U.S. History (18th Century)
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'The Shoemaker and the Tea Party'; The Changing Perception of History
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This five page paper looks at the book by this name written by Alfred Young. This book depicts the role of George Robert Twelves Hews as it is seen nearly fifty years after the events. The paper looks at the way that history is recorded and perceived and how this changes over time as well as the difference between official and personal memories differ. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEbostea.wps
“American National Identity”
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A five page paper which looks at the way in which American national identity was defined by Franklin and Crevecoeur and the similarities and differences between the two thinkers’ perceptions of what constitutes Americanism.
Bibliography lists 2 sources
Filename: JLIdentity.rtf
“Common Sense” by Thomas Paine
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A 4 page review on “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAcomtom.rtf
“Common Sense” by Thomas Paine
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A 10 page paper which analyzes and discussed Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAcmmm.rtf
“Irish Immigration to the USA”
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A five page paper which looks the history of the Irish in Ireland, the factors which motivated the waves of emigration to the USA from the eighteenth century onwards, and the extent to which the Irish community has successfully integrated into American life in the present day.
Bibliography lists 5 sources
Filename: JLIrUSA.doc
“Ordinary Courage” by James Kirby Martin
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A paper which looks at James Kirby Martin’s study of the experience of the Continentals during the Revolutionary War, in terms of their socio-economic disadvantage in civilian life and the way in which they were treated by the government once their service had been completed.
Bibliography lists I source.
Filename: JLMartin.rtf
“The Battle of Saratoga”
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A twenty five page paper which looks at the strategies involved in the Battle of Saratoga of 1777, and the events which led up to this turning-point in the War of Independence. The paper considers such factors as the difficulties which the British commanders found in implementing their military tactics, the problems which arose as a result of poor communication in the field, the importance of intelligence and counter-intelligence in several of the American victories prior to Saratoga and the part that the murder of Jane McCrea played in motivating the colonists outside of the New England region into joining the conflict.
Bibliography lists 9 sources
Filename: JLSaratoga.wps
“The Crucible” and the Salem Witch Trials
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A 5 page paper which examines “The
Crucible” by Arthur Miller and the Salem Witch Trials. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: RAsalemw.rtf
“The Underground Railroad”
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A seven page paper which looks at the network known as the Underground Railroad, which was instrumental in assisting plantation slaves to escape the North and Canada in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and at some of the prominent figures who contributed to the development and maintenance of the Railroad.
Bibliography lists 6 sources
Filename: JLRail.rtf
“W. Smith’s perceptions of Indian and White Culture in the 1700s”
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A twenty page paper which looks at an excerpt from Smith’s ‘Historical Account of the Expedition against the Ohio Indians’ and analyses his commentary with reference to the cultural and religious practices of the Native population in relation to that of the white settlers, his assumption of superior civilisation on the part of the whites and the way in which similar attitudes can also be seen in other multi-cultural situations such as the relationship between the English and the Irish and the constraints of the slave-owning plantation society.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JLSmith.rtf
"Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation"
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A 5 page review of Joseph J. Ellis' most intriguing book. The author of this paper demonstrates
that Ellis' approach is certainly a more readable and entertaining version of history than we have been forced to consume over most of our
educational experience. It breaths life into the dull facts that leave most readers reaching for another cup of coffee and a bottle of aspirin. No
additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPltFndB.rtf