Colonists Book Reviews Samples For Students

Book Review: Republicanism and Democracy

The American Revolution was a complex political process that was inevitable. This is because the wave of the revolution was shaped by logical forces and circumstances that faced the American colonists leaving them with no other choice than revolting against the tyranny of the absolute monarchy that extended its hand to the Americas. However, the pressure to revolt on the colonist was not only experienced in Northern America but also was evident in other parts of the world. This accounts for other historical revolts like the French revolution. Gordon Wood the author of this book focuses of the progressive interpretation ...

The revolutionary war, taking place from April, 19, 1775 and ending on September, 3, 1783, is one of the important turning points in the history of United States of America. Anne M. Todd gives a thoughtful insight into the circumstances leading to war, the battle locations, weapons used during the war, and the crucial authorities leading the war in her book (The Revolutionary War). According to Todd, the Revolutionary War occurred because the colonists wanted to separate from the Great Britain, and form an independent nation. A series of legislative mistakes by the British parliament emboldened the revolutionaries call for ...

Ecological Imperialism in New England

Abstract:
In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in “the New World” and marked the beginnings of its extensive colonization. When European settlers arrived in the Americas, they brought with them their cultural values and began to adapt American land to their needs. Those days started ecological imperialism; “wilderness” of the Indian nature was disturbed. European settlers intervened the setting and brought significant changes in flora and fauna as well as the habitual way of living of Native Americans. This paper reveals the long-term consequences of English ecological imperialism in New England and ecological changes brought by European settlers. The main ...

There are many events and problems faced by Americans in late seventy’s and early eighteen’s. Few of those issues led the Americans to the revolution in late eighteenth century. Many authors presented the revolutionary story of Americans. One of those authors is Jeff Wallenfeldt, who wrote this book to highlight the issues of that era when Americans faced various problems to due to the British. The main issues discussed in this book are related to unjust taxation in which Congress noticed taxation without representation. Then British related the other one to the intervention in colonial affairs. It ...

Book Review on the Book “The Name of War”

Introduction
History may seem to be a very simple topic for some. However, it is quite the opposite for those who want to know the most accurate historical explanation behind a perceived historical reality available. History is a field that most likely revolves around words and its many uses. This is because the transfer of information from one person’s mouth to another—also known as verbal communication, has been a very important factor that shaped our current concept and belief of history and what it really is about today. Written texts may seem to be the more formal way of reviewing ...

Book Review

James W. Loewen is a history teacher. He has also written a textbook and his skills as a researcher are high, many notes supplement his text. His book Lies My Teacher Told Me is a history book that includes historical facts that have not been included in regular school textbooks. Loewen has a very friendly way of writing that makes a person want to continue to read the book from the beginning to the end. He takes historical topics that are very familiar and explains how the reality of the history is different than what has been taught as history. He discusses the research he ...

Republicanism and Democracy in the 18th Century

A Book Review
Introduction
Some of us have learned the history of the American Revolution in a way which leads us to think the revolution was inevitable. There were logical forces and circumstances leading to the revolution and like other people in other revolutions the American colonists reached a point where they had no other choice but to revolt. Some of us have learned that the revolution parallels the French Revolution. The author, Gordon S. Wood, takes aim especially at what he describes as the Progressive interpretations of the American Revolution and demonstrates neither the revolution nor the revolution’ ...