Chronology: A Collection of 50 Short Essays Within the Timeline of American history. (Volume)

$22.97 USD
$22.97 USD
Chronology: A Collection of 50 Short Essays Within the Timeline of American history. (Volume)

Chronology: A Collection of 50 Short Essays Within the Timeline of American history. (Volume)

$22.97 USD
$22.97 USD
Chronology from the staff of Americasbesthistory.com is a collection of fifty articles written about subjects throughout the history of the United States. Spanning the period of time from Columbus to the present, these articles, with supporting documents and letters written by participants and Congress, cover a variety of topics, including what America was like on the last day of the year prior to European discovery, ... "America Prior to Columbus" - December 31, 1491, to the time when Benjamin Franklin poked the lion of mother country England with two essays about the plight of the colonists, ... "Franklin Muses Against British Empire" - September 11, 1773, to George Washington's final letter before leaving office to the American people, warning against political parties, something both Democrats and Republicans should consider today, ... "Washington and His Warnings for Democracy" - September 19, 1796, to the first time South Carolina wanted to leave the Union with its Nullification Act thirty years prior to the Civil War, ... "The First Problem with South Carolina" - March 2, 1833, and the desire of Americans to head west in the first major wagon train to California in, ... "Westward Ho" - May 1, 1841.These articles continue forward through history until the present day on topics of the history of race relations, voting rights, bad compasses, the National Football League, the Internet, and the Supreme Court. Article Index: "America Prior to Columbus" - December 31, 1491. "Treaty of Tordesillas" - June 7, 1494. "The Verrazano Expedition" - January 17, 1524. "The Valladolid Debate Over Treatment of American Indians" - 1550-1551. "History of Jamestown Continues with Pocahontas Marriage to John Rolfe" - April 5, 1614. "New Netherlands Seized by British" - September 8, 1664. "Colonists Declared Rights" - October 7, 1765. "Franklin Muses Against British Empire" - September 11, 1773. "France and United States Form Alliance" - February 6, 1778. "The United States Needs a Bank" - May 26, 1781. "Whiskey and Washington's Proclamation" - September 1, 1794. "Washington and His Warnings for Democracy" - September 19, 1796. "From the Shores of Tripoli" - April 27, 1805. "Congress Corrects One Small Part of the U.S. Constitution Regarding Slavery" - March 2, 1807. "Got a Mule and Her Name is Sal" - July 4, 1817. "Arikara Indian War" - August 9, 1823. "First Attempt by Texas to Become a Republic" - December 21, 1826. "The First Problem with South Carolina" - March 2, 1833. "Women's Rights, Property Style" - February 15, 1839. "Westward Ho" - May 1, 1841. "California and Its Short Republic" - June 10, 1846. "MSNBC Dismays, but Gets Programming" - February 28, 1854. "Northwest Tribes Cede Territory - July 1, 1855. "The Pony Express Begins" - April 3, 1860. "Civil War Leads to Civil Rights" - March 13, 1866. "Voting Rights and Race" - March 30, 1870. "The World is Amazed at the Centennial" - May 10, 1876. "Race and Education" - July 4, 1881. "Polygamy Outlawed" - March 22, 1882. "Carnegie Hall Opens" - May 5, 1891. "Cuba becomes U.S. Protectorate" - March 2, 1901. "Panama, Its Independence, and a Canal" - November, 3, 1903. "Alaska Erupts Volcano Style" - June 6, 1912. "A Telegram and World War I" - February 3, 1917. "Women Finally Given Right to Vote" - August 18, 1920. "Men Given the NFL" - September 17, 1920. "Arms Reduction Treaty Doesn't Work" - April 22, 1930. "Wrong Way Corrigan" - July 18, 1938. "United States Occupies Iceland" - July 7, 1941. "Truman Ends Segregation in the Military" - July 26, 1948. "Brown Versus Board of Education" - May 17, 1954. "I Have a Dream" - August 28, 1963. "The Internet is Born" - November 21, 1969. "Arab Oil Embargo" - October 19, 1973. "Borked" - October 23, 1987. "Illegal Immigration & Amnesty" - May 4, 1988. "Better Late Than Never" - May 7, 1992. "Iraq War" - September 29, 1998. "Microsoft & Anti-Trust" - April 3, 2000. "USA/Cuba Relations" - July 20, 2015. Published by JDP Econ Publications.

  • | Author: America's Best History, America'S Best History
  • | Publisher: Independently published
  • | Publication Date: Feb 07, 2019
  • | Number of Pages: 301 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback
  • | ISBN-10: 1795637455
  • | ISBN-13: 9781795637459

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