History Resources (page 18)

1992/1993 saw the celebration of 2500 years since the birth of democracy. This sparked debate amongst the academic community as dating the anniversary to be that of 2500 years meant t...

The monarchy managed to maintain a certain degree of popularity during the period between early 1950 and the early 1990's because of the ability of the institution and the Royal Fam...

For E.P Thompson, the working class did not 'rise like the sun, but was present at its own making'. In the Making of the English Working Class Thompson revised orthodox assumptions a...

Every year, in the early hours of the morning on St Stephen`s Day throughout England, Wales and Ireland, crowds of rowdy Wrenboys would steal into the woodlands or spread across the h...

In 358 BC, Macedonia was transformed into one of the greatest powers in Ancient Greece by King Philip II. From his position as ruler of Lower Macedonia, Philip was able to create an i...

Why did the USA get increasingly involved in Vietnam between 1954 and 1965? Aim To develop a CAUSATION essay based upon the idea of gradual involvement, and LONG TERM and SHORT TE...

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth century Wallasey gained a reputation as a haunt of smugglers and pirates. The centre of local smuggling was Mother Redcap's, a tavern that once ...

Wordcount: 2454 How did Muslims of the Middle East respond to the coming of the Crusades? The Muslim response to the arrival of Crusaders at the end of the 11th century was conditi...

The American policy towards Indians during the nineteenth century was not always consistent, it was often a series of reactions to the constant struggle of searching for a solution to...

This essay will disprove the assumption that a war to free the Union became a war to free the slaves and will argue instead that the Civil War was always a war to save the Union. Eman...