… a positive view of the California Mission System instituted by the Spaniards in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. This attitude has been popularized due to the United States desire to see their nation as a place of freedom, free of blame, originally…

… before and during the thirteenth century. Europe supported the establishment of the church, implemented change and reform leading to heresy and separation. Lawrence regards the “revolutionary situation” (page 225), as one resulting partly by the…

… that arose from the cold war between the East and the West. It would test the newly formed United Nations, and their ability to act as a world power; and would be the opening rounds of the communism vs. democracy battle. Korea is a small peninsula,…

… start to finish, an American operation. General Douglans MacArthur, sole supreme commander of the Allied Power was in charge. The Americans had insufficient men to make a military government of Japan possible; so t hey decided to act through the…

… how absolute a monarch is, we need to pay attention to the groups of people that surround that monarch. The aristocracy, the church and the army all played an important part in the running of an 18th century state, and without the support of these…

… from total division. He needed to save the union, and at the same time, satisfy the states’ needs and demands. With either side refusing to budge, the almost desperate Lincoln had no other choice than to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Although…

… Ancient Egyptian Coffins and Sarcophagi¡¨. The lecturer is Aidan Dodson from the University of Bristol. He talked about how the early dynasties in Egypt used to let the mummy lie of the left side of the rectangular coffins. And inside the rectangular…

… of minors in work that may interfere with their education, or endanger their health. Throughout the ages and in all cultures children joined with their parents to work in the fields, in the marketplace, and around the home as soon as they were old…

… the period leading up to World War II, there were two men who were on opposing sides, the men were Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin. These men were each triumphant in their rise to power in their countries and they were very comparable in…

… 1945 and World War II was in full swing. Bombs were falling all over Europe, destruction was everywhere, and Nazi death camps were running at full speed attempting to exterminate the Jewish population and others deemed ‘undesirable.’ Japan’s bombing…