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Papers On U.S. History (18th Century)
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Implications of the Declaration of Independence
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This 5 page
report discusses the implications of the Declaration of
Independence and their far-reaching impact, not only for the
United States but for the entire world. It stated the intentions
of a people that were both honorable and determined in their
ideologies. It formed the theoretical basis for democratic
thinking and led to the understanding that personal conviction
can be codified in circumstances in whic it is fully supported by
a collective group. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWdecind.wps
Individual Rights/England & Early US
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A 5 page research paper that examines how the concept of individual rights evolved in England and in the early history of the US. The writer traces how the concept of rights set forth in the Declaration of Independence goes back to British traditions and European philosophers. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khindrts.rtf
INHERITING THE REVOLUTION: JOYCE APPLEBY
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This 4 page paper gives an overview to Appleby's book, examines the main thesis and gives examples of potentially biased writing. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBapple.rtf
Injuries in the Declaration of Independence
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The US Declaration of Independence sets out 27 ‘injuries and usurpations’ against King George III, accusing him of being a tyrant and a despot. This 4 page paper looks at five of these claims and identifies historical facts that support these claims. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEinjusdec.rtf
Jay Cooke (1821-1905)
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A 12 page paper. Jay Cooke is generally credited as being the "first major investment banker, creator of the first "wire house," and the Financier of the Civil War (Trumbore 2000). Had it not been for Cooke, the Union would have had a far more difficult time financing the war. This essay talks about Jay Cooke, the man, and Jay Cooke, the financier. His training was early and at age 18, he began work with a major trading company. This paper reports and discusses Cooke's entrance into banking and finance, his innovative marketing campaign that resulted in selling war bonds to the public instead of only to wealthy bankers, his door-to-door and other campaigns, his venture in the railroad and finally, the collapse of his company. It was the failure of Cooke's company that set off the panic of 1873. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGjcook.rtf
Jefferson & Contradictions
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A 3 page research paper/essay that examines the contradictory nature of Thomas Jefferson's legacy. Jefferson, American Founding Father who penned some of the most inspirational words ever written regarding principles of liberty and freedom in the Declaration of Independence, was also a Southern slave-owner, who failed to address the dichotomies of the Constitution in regards to equality for everyone, including women. These facts are contradictory and modern historians and commentators have sought to reconcile them. One way in which this can be done is to conceptualize Jefferson as the embodiment of a quintessential American trait, which is to be contradictory in deeply-held beliefs. Examination of this trait stems from the fact that American policy, since Jefferson, has operated on two distinctly different levels: the first being the level of ideals and the second being the level of politics. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khjefcon.rtf
John Adams, Second President Of The United States
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This 10 page paper consists of two parts. The first is the nomination of John Adams for the Leader of the Century Award. This section discusses some of Adams' remarkable history and the leadership qualities for which he is being nominated. The last part of this section ranks ten attributes of leadership as they pertain to Adams with examples demonstrating each characteristic. The second section of this paper is an essay about Adams that includes further examples of his leadership, some of his attributes that were no included in the nomination document and why, and what the writer might have done differently with the XYZ event. Both sections identify Adams' leadership styles and how these were demonstrated. Adams has been called the unsung hero and the forgotten hero in the founding of this nation. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: PGjadams.rtf
John Demos, Joseph Plumb Martin and Wartime Experience
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A 5 page research paper/essay that discusses these 2 tests. John Demos, in The Unredeemed Captive, and James K. Martin, in Original Courage, each draw upon original memoirs from early American history that recount specific periods, and offering readers insight into the perspectives of individuals who lived during the colonial era. While the events of the two books are separated by only 75 years, the worldview of the main characters is vastly different, which offers insight for the modern reader into the sociological paradigms of the eras involved. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khdemmar.rtf
John Jacob Astor & Western Expansion
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An 8 page paper that provides an overview of the life and business developments of John Jacob Astor and the impact that his fur trade operations had on western expansion in the post-Revolutionary American colonies. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Jonjac.wps
John Ledyard (1751-1789)
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(5 pp) John Ledyard (1751-1789) was one of the
first great American explorers. He accompanied
Cook's third expedition as a sailor, and so visited
the Pacific, the Northwest Coast, Alaska, and
Hawaii, where he was one of the oarsmen in the
boat that took Cook ashore for the parley at which
he was murdered. After the American Revolution, at
the behest of Thomas Jefferson (then U.S. minister
in Paris), Ledyard attempted to cross over to
America by traversing Russia, only to be arrested
and expelled from the country.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBledyrd.doc
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