American History
Edmund Randolph’s Plan: Empowering the National Legislature
Edmund Randolph wanted to redesign the National Congress, giving it more power to govern and laws that would actually give it teeth to bite. […]
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History
Pilgrimages during the Great Mortality
Out of all the religious practices that people were involved with in the Middle Ages, the pilgrimage was especially popular. Many people made pilgrimages to holy sites throughout Europe. […]
History
The Saints of Great Mortality
During the Great Mortality, people had to come up with ways to deal with the plague when clergymen were unable to or refused to do so. So, they recognized previous historical figures as saints. […]
History
How the Great Mortality Strengthened Faith through Europe
When the Great Mortality spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, people soon lost their trust in the Church but their faith endured, strengthened, and became even more visible. […]
American History
Wilson and Morris: Arguments for a Nationally Elected Executive
The likelihood that Washington would be the first occupant of the single executive gave impetus to the idea of a nationally elected president. […]
American History
The Discussion around a National Executive: James Wilson’s Defense
James Wilson snatched the lead on the executive debate out of Pinckney’s hands almost at once on June 1, 1787 adding at once that it should be filled by a single person. […]
American History
The Constitutional Convention’s Distrust of the Executive: Colonial Governors
There was an unappealing executive example in American minds in the form of the colonial governors. It had a lasting impact on the way the Articles of Confederation viewed the powers of a governor. […]
American History
How American Indians Adapted to Assimilation and Allotment
American Indians faced extraordinary challenges and changes during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While some accommodated to new circumstances, others refused to do so. There were significant debates between those who wished to reject change and preserve traditional lifeways and others who embraced the progressive opportunities. […]
American History
How the Allotment Act Dismantled American Indian Kinship Systems
Allotment conveyed the message that communal land ownership was un-American. Native communities were defined by taking a census and a tribal roll was created to determine who was eligible for a land allotment. Then a survey was conducted of the reservations and the land was subdivided into parcels. Finally, the government opened the surplus land to non-Indians. […]
American History
Assimilation of Native Americans through Education
The federal government wanted to replace the Indian culture with white culture. The Board of Indian Commissioners believed that civilization required a transition “out of savagery into civilization”. […]