Once the U.S. annexed Texas, Mexico declared war on the United States, and Kearny's Army was sent out with the orders to occupy Mexican territories. ... " While fulfilling America's "destiny", the newly acquired territories caused many disputes, which ultimately contributed to setting the stage for the Civil War. ... Each chapter was intriguing and always involved some excitement or important historical event that took place. Groom's bias/prejudice was that he told the stories and events from an American pro-manifest destiny view. ... While Groom may have been b...

• Word Count: 693
• Approx Pages: 3
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The accounts have several important similarities. ... The General History of Virginia, is a history of the settling of Jamestown, Virginia, while Of Plymouth Plantation, is a chronicle of the events that occurred in settling Plymouth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Both of these first-hand accounts relate historical events from the perspective of a colonial leader. ... Equally important is the contradictory motives for the settlement of the two colonies. ... In my final analysis, I would say they have more important and contrasting differences. ...

• Word Count: 614
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Influential historical events for each minority group will be highlighted along with the efforts of each group to try and attain equality with the white majority. ... Influential historical events for each minority group will be highlighted along with the efforts of each group to try and attain equality with the white majority. ... Many African Americans remained enslaved in American up until the Civil war and the ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. ... Celebrating births and changing of seasons, mourning the loss of tribal members, to preparing for battle, music was an import...

• Word Count: 2111
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They worried that the Federalists' ultimate goal was to centralize power in the national government and involve the United States in the European war on the side of Britain. ... Some say the most important events in Jefferson's presidency were the addition of the lands west of the Mississippi River. ...

• Word Count: 661
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In the nineteenth century, as white Americans proceeded to build and delineate their nation, they carried on a process they had started as colonists, settling a new world, and transforming its landscape, which had been modelled by Native Americans up to that time. Meanwhile, this landscape profoundly affected postcolonial United States. It was a time where one discovered complicated links between material conditions, ideology and power. It affected the physical context of the American environment and the changing experience of American life. The nineteenth century saw the con...

• Word Count: 3252
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate