The People's Republic of China has not made a single new territorial claim. Although it patrols the South China Sea and works to protect its trade routes and to prevent any potential blockade being imposed by the United States, it has never once impeded international trade. So when the Unit...
Before the Civil War, the country was dividing between North and South. Issues included States Rights and disagreements over tariffs but the greatest divide was on the issue of slavery, which was legal in the South but had gradually been banned by states north of the Mason-Dixon line. As th...
Why did slavery start in the American colonies? Why was South Carolina founded? Why was the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded? Why did plantation agriculture develop in the Southern Colonies? Why did some carpetbaggers come to the south?
Why did New Jersey and Pennsylvania not ratify the Eleventh Amendment? Why is the Mayflower Compact not a colonial charter? Why did the Virginia Company create the House of Burgesses? Why did Jamestown transition to a royal colony? Why did the Massachusetts Bay Colony need a governor?
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There are several reasons why India is a poor country. Some have historical roots and others derive strength from socio-political structures. Lack of effective governance and corruption has only sustained Indian poverty.
Why did the Age of Exploration begin? European Exploration With a few exceptions, European travelers and traders had not strayed far from Europe during Antiquity and the Middle Ages. But this all changed in the fifteenth century, due to many reasons including a convergence of technological and ec...
Years ago I went to teach in an urban school in order to join black people in their quest for equality. I was naïve, unaware of my ignorance, and totally conscious of race. What I learned was to question: why always in black and white? Please look for
Other large states that sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention had institutionalized slavery. At the time, hundreds of thousands of people were enslaved across the South, amounting to about 40% of the Southern population. Under the notorious "three-fifths compromise" decided during the same...
Why did colonists come to Jamestown originally? Why did the pilgrims not land in Virginia? Why was the founding of Jamestown important? Why did the Calvert's manor system fail? Why did slavery start in Jamestown? Why did the First Indian War of Independence fail?