History of the Sixteenth Century Being a historian and researching popular culture in the sixteenth century is a task that is almost impossible to do with any measure of certainty. This is due to several reasons, mainly that two thirds of the peasant population was illiterate, which creates an enormous problem in terms of historical documentation of the time period. If there was any literature written on popular culture, it was done by people of a different social background, mainly the...

Automobile: from Horse To Horsepower In the first hundred years of active life, it has been described as a menace ands a blessing, a blight and a godsend, as a savior of our countryside and cities, and as their curse, as socially divisive and the greatest social leveler. It has been worshipped and reviled, celebrated and scorned." The automobile is an invention that has had a tremendous impact on society. The automobile has taken diverse segments of the American population; farmers, small...

Origins of World War 1 Your honor, the defense has proven with out a doubt that Germany is not responsible for the outbreak of WW1. The argument should be stated instead that which country in Europe tried to prevent a war from happening. The answer is none. In fact every country in this room, your honor had a vital part to play in the coming of war. How can Germany possibly take the full weight of the blame when the other countries failed to step up? Countries that trapped themselves in...

Jack The Ripper Coursework Question 1 Source A, which is part of an article in the East End Observer describing the murders of Martha Tabram and Polly Nicholls. We learn from source A that the murders were brutal as the source tells us that the ripper uses an ’excess of effort’ in the killings. The source tell us that the victims; Martha Tabram and Polly Nicholls were very poor, “the victims have been of the poorest of the poor”. This suggests that the murderer is...

Virginia and Massachusetts Bay were two colonies that developed into very different societies by 1600 , although both were established by English colonists, due to differences in government, economy, and religion. The Virginia and Massachusetts Bay colonies greatly differed in governmental structure. Puritans who were fleeing from harassment in England established the Massachusetts Bay colonies. The first colony that the Puritans set up was north of Plymouth, at Massachusetts Bay. However,...

Overview of the Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation, a document that laid a foundation for the Constitution, provided a somewhat effective government. The American colonists possessed a fear of central authority, which inhibited the creation of a government with great constitutional order. Congress, however, felt that a stronger central government was needed to keep the fledgling country together. Nonetheless, a compromise was reached and the Articles of Confederation was...

Origins and Institutions of the Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan's long history of violence grew out of the resentment and hatred many white Southerners felt in the aftermath of the Civil War. How did the Ku Klux Klan - one of the nation's first terrorist groups - so instantly seize the South in the aftermath of the Civil War? Vigilante justice became the motivation for many who later rode with the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan grew out of white Southern anger over the Civil War defeat and the...

Some may ask: why do we make such a fuss over martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation? How and why did this German monk become a lightning rod for change in religion and society in Europe during the Renaissance? People don’t understand the significance of the situation and the importance of Martin Luther and his influence with the Protestant Reformation and how this affects us today. Many people back in the 1520’s thought of Luther as an insightful church leader and some...

History of the Korean War and Attacks on Seoul The first battle of the Korean War was on Sunday June 25, 1950. The North Korean forces decided it was time to attack the South Koreans and take over their democratic government. When the South Korean armies found out that North Korea was attacking them; soldiers would try to resist the invasion by fastening bombs to their bodies and throwing themselves into enemy tanks, but the large number of North Korean tanks and soldiers just overwhelmed...

History on Queen Elizabeth I "... Or let me live with some more sweet content, or die and so forget what love ere meant..." These soulful lines were written by one of the most celebrated women of all time. Hailed as the Virgen Queen, Elizabeth I was perhaps the most powerful, revolutionary queen to ever rule Englan. During the 45 years of Elizabeth's reign, England flourished in all aspects from economics to education. In fact Elizabeth I initiated so many successful improvements...