'White Man's Indian': A Review of the Book by Robert Berkhofer, Jr.
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A 6 page discussion of the book by Robert Berkhofer, Jr. Emphasizes the extreme diversity of Native America and illuminates the numerous misconceptions held by 'mainstream White America' regarding Native Americans. No additional sources are listed.
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1676/ Stephen S. Webb
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A 5 page research paper that examines the thesis proposed by historian Stephen S .Webb in his book "1676: The End of American Independence." Webb suggests that the root cause of the discord during 1676 was the independent ways of the American colonists and that their submission to empire was its cure. The writer argues against this position, while discussing the details of Bacon's Rebellion and King Philip's War. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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American Genesis / Cpt. John Smith & The Founding Of Virginia
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A 4 page paper on this book by Alden T. Vaughn in which the writer provide a brief analytical overview and then comments on the author's viewpoint. The stories of John Smith, Jamestown, and the early plight of the Native Indians are covered.
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America’s War for Independence – A Real Revolution?
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America’s War for Independence – A Real Revolution?: What criteria must any new government possess in order to be considered a revolutionary regime? This 5-page essay examines this, and a number of other questions in order to draw a credible conclusion relevant to this label-debated, nonetheless very significant war. Bibliography lists 6 sources. SNAmrevo.doc
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Bartolome de las Casas
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A six page paper which looks at the involvement of the Spanish historian and theologian Bartolome de las Casas in the Spanish colonisation of the Americas. The writer described las Casas’ background and the way in which firstly acquiesced in the colonists’ management of the new settlements, but later criticised the Spanish authorities’ rule and took up the fight for the rights of the native Indian population. The way in which his best-known work, The Devastation of the Indies, could be construed either as an accurate representation of atrocities or as anti-Spanish propaganda is also considered. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography.
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(5 pp) Benjamin Franklin was a successful American of many accomplishments in many different areas. It would be easier to attribute his success to birth right, such as rank and wealth, but Franklin was the youngest of seventeen, and indentured to his brother at an early age as a printer. Did he have a secret for his success? He thought so, and attributed it to the ability to "reason." Bibliography lists one source.
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Breen and Innes: "Myne Owne Ground": Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore (1980)
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(5 pp) In the seventeenth century, blacks who were either slaves or indentured servants had, at least in one part of the South, a unique window of opportunity open to freedom. Their story is seldom known, and worth a closer look because of the lessons it teaches about the power of free markets and personal freedom. In "Myne Owne Ground," professors, T. H. Breen and Stephen Innes describe settlements on the Eastern Shore of Virginia between the years 1640 and 1680, and reflect the impacts these free blacks had on the surrounding community. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Christopher Columbus
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4 page analytical review of "Admiral of the Ocean Sea," a book by Samuel Eliot Morrison that goes into great detail about Christopher Columbus and his voyage to the "New World." No Bibliography.
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