Roosevelt invokes the Monroe Doctrine in this speech; however, he also expands on its ideas. He was reacting to then-recent…
The Civil War
In the North, manufacturing and industry was well established, and agriculture was mostly limited to small-scale farms, while the South’s…
The trail of tears
At the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee,…
The Constitution – Separation of Powers
Separation of powers means that the government is separated into three separate and destinct branches. The Constitution of the United…
Black Death
The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. The…
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta or ‘Great Charter’ was an agreement imposed on King John of England (r. 1199-1216 CE) on 15 June 1215 CE by rebellious barons…
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor was the elder daughter of William, tenth Duke of Aquitaine. The exact date of her birth is unknown, but…
Henry II
Henry was born at Le Mans in north west France on 4 March 1133. His father was Count of Anjou…
The Celts
Over the 500 or so years leading up to the first Roman invasion a Celtic culture established itself throughout the…
13th and 14th amendments
Thirteenth Amendment Although Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia in 1862, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation ended the practice…
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