Essays and Research Papers on Pre-Colonial America

This 4 page paper discusses the reason that Benedict Arnold chose to betray America. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page report discusses Donald Chidsey's 1962 book about the ways in which acts of war were committed by privately owned and operated ships during the earliest wars of the United States. Bibliography lists only the primary source.

A review of David Hackett Fischer's work, Paul Revere's Ride, which looks at the famous midnight ride in the context of Revere's wider involvement with the revolutionary movement, and relates the ride to the military strategies of the revolutionary forces. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines whether or not the American Revolution would have turned out the same if the emancipation of slaves had been a reality. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

4 pages in length. 9 sources in this annotated bibliography.

This 5 page paper reviews and discusses the book by Jill Lepore: The Name of War. Quotes cited from book, critical review. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how Hawthorne’s short story takes on the historical controversy, particularly in terms of the emphasis on the couple’s marriage, which turns the theme from a consideration of the ideal society into a statement of what marriage means and how it changes the people who enter into it. Bibliography ...

A 4 page overview of the problems colonists at the first permanent English settlement in the New World encountered. The author contends that these colonists were simply not prepared to survive in a foreign land, that without the constant replenishment of men and supplies from England the colony would indeed have failed. Bibliography ...

A paper which compares the impressions of these two writers of early American culture, and considers which of them had the more accurate perception of American society. Bibliography lists 3 sources

A 15 page overview of the circumstances surrounding and following English colonization of the Americas. Details are provided from colonial times through the American Revolution, the framing of the Constitution, and the Civil War. Examines the reasons Englishmen embarked on North American colonization are explained as is their transition from viewing the monarchical ...

This 3 page paper highlights the ways in which colonists had to adopt in order to form human social groupings in North America. Furthermore, this paper highlights the ways in which ethnicity and class impacted life in the colonies. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper is a report on the book: Ordinary Courage by Josephy Plumb Martin. Quotes cited from text which deals with Revolutionary war. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page overview of the reasons Americans elected to revolt against English control. The author contends that English support was just not there even in the earliest stages of colonialism. Once the Americans became self assured that they could survive they began to look at their ties with England more as a ...

This 5 page report discusses the journal entries of Christopher Columbus from September and October of 1492. Through using this primary source, it is possible to see the opinions and assumptions made about an indigenous culture by a European "discoverer." Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page paper examples the various ways in which the English crown exerted imperial authority over the American colonies and how these policies also impacted and changed English policies domestically. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 9 page examination of three critical approaches in Native American/White interaction: the approaches of Pontiac, Tecumseh, and Handsome Lake. This paper contends that despite varied and valiant efforts at maintaining their cultural integrity, each of these approaches failed in the face of the overwhelming tide of white's who flooded the country and ...

This 6 page paper argues that the American Revolution is a Just War as argued from the point of view of Thomas Jefferson. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5-page paper is an essay that addresses issues such as the Revolutionary War's impact on society, and the concept of equality (and if it existed) following the war. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page research paper that explores how tobacco came to be a prominent influence in the development of Virginian Chesapeake society. The writer discusses the factors promoting type adoption of this cash crop, the kind of society that evolved and the impact on the environment of the region. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper provides an overview of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, especially as it refers to the virtue of humility. This paper looks at Part Two and Franklin's claims that he hoped to live a life of humility. Bibliography lists 1 source.

An 8 page consideration of an often overlooked component of American history. While it is impossible to assign a precise number to the percentage of slaves that were white, suffice it to say that this number was significant and that these slaves served in the same capacity as blacks. As a consequence, they began to ...

This 3 page paper discusses the various factors which led to the American Revolution, based on primary source document analysis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the reasons for settling the Chesapeake and New England. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

3 pages in length. There is no foolproof way to tell for certain how America would be different today if Thomas Morton had prevailed over William Bradford, however, the extent to which Puritanism plays a significant role in this conjecture leads one to believe that there would have been considerably more tolerance toward – ...

This 3 page paper examines this book and looks at how culture plays a part in the early days of the United States of America. Differences among the Natives and Puritans are highlighted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.