… decide what exactly was revolutionary about the French Revolution. Just because it was a revolution does not make it revolutionary. Darnton explores this idea throughout his article. As Darnton develops the essay, he detail three main things that…

… biggest news story of the 1999 was the Y2K bug. Many believers in the Y2K bug panicked and took many precautions, such as stocking up food and water before the New Year. While their non-believer counterparts just look at it as a regular New Year and…

… Country.” He cared for this country much like a parent would care for a child. During his presidency, he solved many noteworthy problems. His achievements led to a democratic, wonderful country we like to call The United States of America. Although…

… buildings with balconies that looks like filed down Shark’s Teeth" (Gold, 1). Located on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. it contains many hotel rooms and offices. What happened in the complex on June 17, 1972 early in the morning became a very…

… would carry severe consequences for President Nixon and his closest advisers. Five men were caught raiding the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in the Watergate Building in Washington, D.C. Soon after President Nixon had been elected…

… the final and decisive action of the Napoleonic Wars, the wars that effectively ended French domination of the European continent and brought about drastic changes in the political boundaries and the power balance of Europe. Fought on June 18, 1815,…

… the first British settlers were free and intelligent is a highly debatable one. About the only thing I can say for sure is that they certainly felt as if they were free and intelligent. They felt that they were the people who were being oppressed…

… there is so much hypocrisy it’s horrible. We demolished the very essence of some African tribes on purpose. We introduced a new and wonderful religion, and destroyed their very way of life. We told them, as if we really knew, that their gods were…

… borders have always been centers of conflict, and the U.S.-Mexican border is no exception. With the European colonizing the New World, it was a matter of time before the powers collided. The Spanish settled what is today Mexico, while the English…

… Expansion has often been regarded as the central theme of American history, down to the end of the19th century and as the main factor in the shaping of American history. As Frederick Jackson Turner says, the greatest force or influence in shaping…