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There are a plethora of reasons as to why the nation of America was founded. One chief reason was to promote religious tolerance and religious freedoms, something that was not allowed in England. Many of the colonies, like Roger Penn’s Pennsylvania, were founded exclusively to protect specific religious groups. To safeguard potential threats to the…

On a normal morning, three days after prom, gunshots were discharged at Columbine High School. By the end of the day, twelve students and a teacher were dead, numerous had been injured, two gunmen had shot themselves, and an entire community was traumatized, The novel Columbine by Dave Cullen told the story empowering story of…

“What is Black History Month?” When tackled with this question, we often answer by saying that it is the month when we remember famous black Canadians for their achievements and helping blacks around the world attain freedom. This is a reasonable answer but is this all there is to black history month? What we all…

Oppression and fear are essentially always present to some extent in a totalitarian regime as shown in the story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut. The people’s freedom is bound by the objects that they are obligated to wear under the rule of their government. Such objects are used to restrict the people “from taking unfair…

Should Reconstruction have ended in 1876? This historical question may be argued throughout the time it took for the US to fully recover from the scars of the Civil War. Even today, racism and economic problems haunt this country. So we must ask ourselves if it was a wise decision of the US to have…

Railroad. I was in the sixth grade and eleven years old. My social studies teacher showed the class a film about the network of people and Harriet Tubman who helped slaves escape to freedom through a passage to the North. She explained how Harriet Tubman who was a runaway slave herself, risked her life to…

There is more gun violence in America than in any other developed nation. The prevalence of gun homicides is due to at least three factors: the high availability of firearms, ethnic tension, and powerful defensive legislation against gun control. These three factors influence each other. Ethnic conflict increases the perceived need for self-defense and leads…

The Mexican government was willing to settle Texas and promised a written constitution similar to that of the United States Constitution. After all, Houston’s army did defeat the Mexican military at San Jacinto, gaining independence. However, Santa Ann disregarded the promise and defeat. Santa Anna was determined to get the people to leave Texas, or…

Lyndon Johnson‘s statement can be summarized as the idea that equal opportunity is not enough Since the 1940’s great gains have been made in income, education, and occupation disparities in the African American community. However, past social and structural forces have affected the opportunities available to African Americans, and these disparities are still prevalent in…

Before the American Revolution, two very important documents were written that changed America forever. The Declaration of Independence and The Crisis were made to declare freedom from the rule of Britain so America can become an independent nation. After living under Britain’s control, Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine strived for freedom by creating for freedom…