From Days Before Time: Spanish Approach to Colonization Ignites Indian Uprisings
Small numbers of farmers, artisans, and government officials also migrate from Spain to the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries. Survival is difficult, but those who do withstand the challenges of the New World are ..
From Days Before Time: Spanish Conquistadors, The
In time, Spanish explorers stop thinking of the Americas as simply an obstacle en route to Asia. They see it as a potential source of wealth, and claim the entire New World for Spain. Spanish monarchs do not have their ..
From Days Before Time: Spanish Engage in Slavery to Fill Labor Needs
Although the conquistadors continue to search for riches in other Aztec-like empires, they soon find a more tangible incentive in the conscription of a slave labor force for their Caribbean colonies. The Spanish and the ..
Fueling the Abolition Movement
Historian and author Ira Berlin explains that the key event in the abolition of slavery was the Revolutionary War. "The ideology of the American Revolution--the notion that all men are created equal--is every corrosive t..
Goddard, Race and Intelligence (Part One)
Professor of American studies and history Matthew Frye Jacobson talks about Henry Herbert Goddard, who believed that race was the key to discovering what people's potential was in the realm of intelligence. Goddard's wor..
Goddard, Race and Intelligence (Part Two)
Professor of American studies and history Matthew Frye Jacobson explains that, while Henry Herbert Goddard and others like him are often viewed currently as, "...crackpots...out on the fringe somewhere with bizarre ideas..
Great Black Migration, The
Professor of American studies and history Matthew Frye Jacobson talks about "the great Black migration" from the rural south to the urban north, and credits this for the ultimate acceptance enjoyed by white immigrant gro..
Great Division in the 1790's, The
Historian Peter Onuf talks about the deep divisions in the United States concerning how the U.S. should align itself regarding the French Revolution. "The stakes were extremely high," Professor Onuf says. "This was not g..
Growing Pains: Crown Tries to Tighten Its Control, The
In the British colonies along the Atlantic seaboard new agricultural and commercial interests begin to thrive. This success comes at a time when Britain is in conflict with its European neighbors over trade. In an attemp..
Growing Pains: England's Glorious Revolution and its Aftermath
22) James II is not only losing friends in America, he is also making powerful enemies in England by attempting to exercise autocratic control over Parliament. He and his colonial governors are overthrown in the Glorious..