The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. ... As historian Ted Alexander notes, in his essay on the causes of the civil war, "Beneath this great wealth and prosperity, America seethed. Whenever you have two people-or peoples- [the North and South] joined in politics but doing diametrically opposing things, it becomes almost inevitable that at some point tensions and jealousies would break out." 3 Alexander points out that tensions between the two sides of America were inevitable. ... No one was better prepared to defend the Constitution than New Yorker, and federalist, Alexander Hamil...

• Word Count: 3046
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the late 1700's, two great revolutions occurred, the American Revolution and the French Revolution. ... When French Revolution occurred, it turned into a very violent and bloody event, while the American Revolution was almost nonviolent, aside from the war. ... Now contrast all of this with the American Revolution, more correctly called the War for Independence. The American Revolution was different because, as Irving Kristol has pointed out, it was a mild and relatively bloodless revolution. ... The American Revolution was essentially a conservative movement, fought to conserve th...

• Word Count: 2777
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most Americans today do not realize that the constitution that our country is run by today was not the first constitution written. ... Several of the delegates were well known and influential people; James Madison (who is considered the father of the constitution), George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton were only a few. ... The institution of slavery had been introduced into America in the Colonial times. ... Slavery was still a big part of all Americans lives. ...

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• Approx Pages: 13

Recruiting two regiments of African Americans, dastardly employing pirates, it is still known as a miracle today that he pulls off this great win considering that the odds of 7:3 against the Americans which make this battle even more memorable. ... In two hours of steady fire, the British were outgunned; they failed to breach the American line. ... He would hurl all his power straight ahead through the Americans' well-prepared fortifications. It meant committing thousands of his redcoats to a frontal assault in the hop that their superior numbers would shatter the American resi...

• Word Count: 3233
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

The framers wanted a strong and independent chief executive [remember, there had not been one under the Articles], but they did not want to create a monarch [like the one we had rid ourselves of in the American Revolution]. ... Executive Orders have part of our government ever since President Jefferson issued an executive order purchasing the French holding in North America (the Louisiana Purchase). ... Roosevelt used an executive order to send Japanese Americans to internment camps during WWII. ...

• Word Count: 3767
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School