Essays

Various views on subjects regarding American History contributed by various authors. All views presented are the responsibility of the authors. Publication here does not mean that we do agree with the views presented.

Marike Blauw - Battle of Concord
Lisa Cozzens - With Little Deliberate Speed: School Integration in Prince George's County, Maryland
Lisa Cozzens - A Hard Shove for a "Nation on the Brink": The Impact of Dred Scott
Mike Crane - Progressive Historiography of the American War for Independance
Darla Davis - To tax or not to tax
Paul Dean - Woodrow Wilson's administration
Steve Demkin - Politics and Sectionalism in the 1850s
Richard DeStefano - Thomas Paine's The Crisis, Number One, 1776
Edward J. Dodson - Civilizations under Siege: The European Conquest of the Americas
Tony D'Urso - Andrew Jackson and the Bankwar
Kjetil Ersdal - Anglo-American colonization in Texas
Edward Flaherty - A Brief History of Central Banking in the United States
Jan Folkerts - The Failure of West India Company Farming on the Island of Manhattan
Richard H. Gassan - Carey & Lea, Printer and Publisher: Seasonal Variations in its Business Cycle, 1833-1836
Lise Hordnes - Does Film Noir mirror the culture of contemporary America
Cassandra Jansen - Boston Teaparty
Brenda Kamphuis - Battle of Lexington
Philip Keffer - The Seven Years War
Adam M. Kravetz - The French and Indian War's Impact on America
Erin Ruth Leonard - Theodore Roosevelt's Broad Powers
Per Steinar Lie - The Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol Connection
Michael T. Lubragge - Manifest Destiny
Peter van der Maas - Kissinger and then Détente
Sofya Medvedev - An essay: Was the American Revolution a Revolution?
Amato P. Mongelluzzo - A short essay on the Star Spangled-banner
Age Mooy - French and Indian Wars
Hal Morris - The American Whig party
Marieke van Ophem - The Iron Horse: the impact of the railroads on 19th century American society (Master's Thesis)
Stephen Ray - The Battle of Lake Champlain
Dylan van Rijsbergen - Townshend Duties
Peter Stam - The Black Lost Cause.Colored Service in the Confederate Army
Karl J. Schmidt - the League of Nations
David Tomlinson- The Humor of Edgar Allan Poe
Keijo Virtanen- The role of Philosophy and Literature in building up the national identity of the early 19th century United States
George Welling - The United States of America and the Netherlands
Gary Williams - George Mason and the Bill of Rights
Bill J. Wilms - Nova Scotia during the American Revolution
Gerben Zaagsma - The Stamp Act and the Sugar Act

We have reserved a special section for a number of essays concerning the 13th Amendment