I think that the author's purpose in writing this essay was to show the hollowness and futility of the white man's dominion in the East. ... The essay is organized chronologically with some background at the beginning that helps the reader better understand the conflict. The essay is a narrative, and written with colorful descriptions that make it easier to read. I loved the essay more than any of the other ones that we have read so far. ... I especially enjoyed the paragraph that started on page 170, and carried on to page 171. ...

• Word Count: 435
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

History Essay During the late 1800's Britain and other major world powers travelled the globe for more land. ... Britain looked into the East India Company because it was starting to control the Mughals. ... Britain started from north and south, while France started from east and west. ... One example was when David Living Stone travelled into the heart of central Africa to help end slavery (and end slave trade) and never came back. ... Imperialism in a way helped both sides. ...

• Word Count: 544
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

By doing this, my essay can be well organised where the question is clearly and coherently answered. ... The content of my essay that I have included provides information on the main reasons for why the revolution began and the conflict that arose between Britain and America therefore, answering the essay question in which I have created. ... This aggravated the colonies in America as the King wanted them to help pay for their defence and the expenses. ... The colonists could not stand this so they started speaking out against the new taxes. ... They also started moving and settling across ...

• Word Count: 2404
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The essay explores the shift in literary work during the restoration period. ... Being a philosopher, he helped shift the political view and simplify philosophy so that many people could understand it (Kerns, 2013). ... Through his essays, he explained simple and complex realities about human beings. ... He became one of the greatest writers of the restoration period through his poetry and essays. ... Conclusion The restoration period started when King Charles II was restored to being king of England. ...

• Word Count: 1100
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Scientific Revolution which resulted in the Enlightenment had much significance that helped influence the American Revolution. the American Revolution was fueled because Great Britain started to control the American colonies through laws by restricting territorial expansion, imposing taxes, and they were also being stripped of their freedom. ... After the enlightenment came about people started to question and stand up for themselves. ... The colonies started to question the freedom to use one's intelligence. ... This essay gives an overview of how the Scientific Revolution...

• Word Count: 702
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

As the East Coast started to grow and flourish, there came to be rules and taxes. The towns started growing and the economy boosted. ... The Revolutionary War started in 1777 and was won by the colonies with the help of French, and gaining its independence in 1783. From this essay you can surely see that the taxes were not the only reason for the war. ... As colonies got united and started to help each other, British became more worried about the situation and started to send in soldiers to calm the rebellious colonists. ...

• Word Count: 1492
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Sharp won Jonathan Strong's case and so helped many other recaptured slaves to freedom. ... Sharp did not manage to get slavery or the slave trade abolished, but he had started the campaign against slavery. ... Clarkson attended Cambridge University and won an essay competition; the essay's title was "Is it right to make men slaves against their will " For this essay he had done considerable research which opened his eyes to the abhorrent truths of slavery. ... People were only involved in the slave trade because they thought it would be a lucrative business; once people started to ...

• Word Count: 2600
• Approx Pages: 10

Reading Anglo-Irish relations into great depth lately has given me a very clear choice of topic for this essay, which is The Great Famine. ... In this essay, I will focus on the impact of lack of British help as well as the reaction of the Irish towards the British as well as conflicts in Ireland itself due to land problems such as ones created by the Gregory clause using both primary and secondary sources, which at times will contradict greatly (especially on who to blame), and will conclude with the view that the short-term impact of the Great Famine was not just British-hatred in Ireland bu...

• Word Count: 2152
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The following essay is a comparative analysis work done on Thomas Paine's Common Sense against James Otis' the rights of the British colonies, Asserted and proved. ... I am going to start by a small introduction to each book and then relate them both to each other in terms of differences and similarities. As a start, Paine's book explains how a society is positive and constructive for its people, whereas a government originates from the evil of man and has main duties to protect liberty, life and property. ... His solutions explain that America needs to be internationally ack...

• Word Count: 1192
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He seems to be questioning whether the result of civilizing these "savages", or "captives" as Kipling calls them is worth losing some of Europe's finest young men, especially since the Africans didn't ask for help. ... According to the essay read in class about the diamond wars and this charter, the destiny of Africa was controlled by Europe and even the United States in 1963, and is still controlled to some extent today. ... The African man who was accused of starting a fire was beaten until the last drop of dignity was seized from him and he was forced to take refuge under a tree h...

• Word Count: 4292
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

JILL PEDONE 9/28/01 ENGLISH 1 ASSIGNMENT 2 Both authors began their essays with their job description and their reasoning for entering into their respected fields. ... she left her family in eastern Iowa to go to of Omaha to provide for what she thought would help out the war effort. ... Hardy started out at a factory, which built B-29 bombers, working in the Reproductions Department and eventually got promoted PEDONE 2 to a desk job involving blueprints. ... She even felt, If he had asked me whether I would work very hard to help bring this horror ...

• Word Count: 1205
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

It has been a phenomenon that countries that have witnessed conflict were due to the motive of some group to take opportunities as rebellion against the government usually starting with grievance (Collier and Hoeffler 2004). ... However, British intervention through their military in Sierra Leone has helped to curtail the power of the rebels.  ... The essay is structured as follows. ... However, the concentration of the colony helped certain areas with the concentration of education on a particular area, even though, the protectorate occupies major citizens but the Krios were most the bene...

• Word Count: 2930
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay will go into detail about the Canadian roles in World War I and World War 2. ... When the war started in 1914, Canada had only 3000 soldiers in their regular army, but were backed up by 60,000 reservists who however were very poorly trained. ... Even though Canada's regular army started out relatively small and weak, within two weeks of the conflict's start, over 32,000 men had enlisted into the army and had begun training. ... He started out simply flying this plane as a scout but quickly switched to more fighter type aircraft. ... Canada helped defend Britain from th...

• Word Count: 2211
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

It first started in the United States when Christian abolitionists spoke out against slavery, saying that it wasn't right to keep slaves in a country founded on the basis of freedom. Anti-Slavery movements and abolition movements from great abolitionist helped to end slavery in the United States. ... In my research I explain the great impact of the abolition movement and those who helped to end slavery. ... This helped slaves that were trying to get to the free states or to Canada. ... In 1831, Maria Stewart began to write essays and make speeches against slavery, promoting educationa...

• Word Count: 2903
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

This essay will give detailed analysis on the reasons that contributed towards their downfall such as the rise in nationalism, the Second World War and arguably the First World War, the rise of the US and other such factors. ... Perhaps the Second World War gave the nationalists the chance and the opportunity to build the foundations of an independent state free from imperial rule, and with the help of the Japanese and their influence of nationalism upon the Vietnamese, it became a reality, contributing to the decline of the French Empire. ...

• Word Count: 4015
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate