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Discuss Would you consider the Restoration monarchy a strong government in France? Why or why not? What were some of the challenges the kings faced in the 1810s and 1820s?

Respond to the following question in at least 250 words, Would you consider the Restoration monarchy a strong government in France? Why or why not? What were some of the challenges the kings faced in the 1810s and 1820s? Do you see any continuing ideas or unsettled issues from the French Revolution in the Restoration? […]

What role did revolutions elsewhere play in the move towards independence, especially in Mexico? What immigration policies proved problematic for Mexican officials? Who were the key figures in leading the movement towards independence? What were the different political philosophies influencing events, especially in Mexico? Discuss the key battles? Discuss the causes? Trace the evolution of slavery in the early part of the 19th century in Texas – what role did slavery play in Texas Independence? How significant was race to fueling independence?

Paper details: Identify the following TWO terms (be sure to consider historical significance): 1) Law of April 6, 1830 2) Santa Fe Expedition Detail the steps leading to Texas Independence. What role did revolutions elsewhere play in the move towards independence, especially in Mexico? What immigration policies proved problematic for Mexican officials? Who were the […]

Compare Locke’s theory of property with another text we have read in class; What do your two texts [Locke and your second text] reveal about the history of property in the 17th and 18th centuries?

Topic: Compare Locke’s theory of property with another text we have read in class; What do your two texts [Locke and your second text] reveal about the history of property in the 17th and 18th centuries? Paper details: The paper needs to be 4 pages long, double-spaced. For your second source, choose one of: Banner, […]

Examine the causes and impact of the Peloponnesian Wars. Were they ultimately good for the city-states or pave they way for their collapse?

Topic: Examine the causes and impact of the Peloponnesian Wars. Were they ultimately good for the city-states or pave they way for their collapse? Paper details: You must use a minimum of five sources. Your sources must include: Two books. Electronic or Google books are fine to use. At least one journal or magazine article. […]

Discuss what you found. How does your neighborhood compare to the county in terms of turnout in each primary? Is your neighborhood more Democratic or more Republican than the county as a whole? Why do you think that is? Finally, do you think we should do anything as a society to increase voter turnout, and – if so, what?

Should we make people vote, like they do in Australia? Should we pay people to vote, as Yale Law School Professor Stephen Carter suggests? Do we really have a problem at all? In the Additional Materials, I have provided PDFs about Republican and Democratic Primary Elections (March 3, 2020). There are two versions of each, […]

Pick one Founding Father and explain to the class how they dealt with the new American nation and the issue of Slaves and Slavery?Explain if they were for or against keeping slavery in America and what they did politically to ensure their choice was heard.

Pick one Founding Father and explain to the class how they dealt with the new American nation and the issue of Slaves and Slavery? ***I choose Alexander Hamilton*** Explain if they were for or against keeping slavery in America and what they did politically to ensure their choice was heard. Remember a FOUNDING FATHER is […]

Summarize what the book covers (dates, places, major persons or events) Explain how the book is set up (chronologically, thematically)

Paper details: Instructions: Select a scholarly secondary source – a U.S. history book published by a university press – that covers a topic from any point between 1492 and 1865. Your Critical Book Review should be 2-3 typed pages, double-spaced, 12 point font, with one-inch margins. Checklist Paragraph One: State the author and book title […]

What role did women play in Colonial America’s culture and society? Why did some men see women like Ann Hutchinson and Mary Dyer as a threat to society? In what ways did the American Revolution challenge the patriarchal order of America?Explain.

Part I. Identifications: In well-developed paragraphs (one short paragraph for each identification), please identify (who, what, when, where) and give significance (why it is importance) of the following. This section is worth thirty points of your mid-term grade (or five points each). Calvinism John Smith Sugar Act George Whitefield April 18, 1775 Pope’s Day Part […]

Explain How do Goldman and DuBois speak to us today, even as the United States has become the most powerful nation, militarily, on the planet, but one in which many of the inequities of the World War I era still exist?

The First World War would not be the first war when the United States would say it was fighting for democracy — the Civil War and Spanish-American War were both fought, in a sense, under the same pretenses — but it would be the first global conflict in which the United States took the lead […]