One has to readjust our vision if we are to understand the late 17th and early 18th centuries from Native perspectives. There was this multifaceted process of incorporation between the European newcomers and the Natives of Iroquois Confederacy and the Lenape people. […]
The Nazis could not win majority votes in the March 1933 elections. Nonetheless, they tried every possible means to establish dictatorship in Germany. And they succeeded. […]
The US Congress is so designed that the individual members of Congress have an incentive to serve their constituents, but they also have incentives to work with one another. They use various strategies to pass legislations that benefit them and their parties. […]
It is necessary to be in office to be able to achieve a particular policy change or exert influence over some part of government.
There are various tools and resources that the members of Congress use to get re-elected to office. […]
The members of the Congress have to balance between serving the needs of their constituents and working for the common good. This dilemma leads to constituents supporting their representatives but not liking the Congress in general. […]
Thomas Jefferson, though not interested in politics and commerce, did become active in American politics. However, he betrayed the Enlightenment principles he respected. […]
Young Thomas Jefferson was heavily influenced by the writings of the Enlightenment thinkers. These writings continued to be part of his favorite reading lists even in the later days of his life. […]
Thomas Jefferson went to the College of William & Mary where the curriculum was based on the textbooks written by somber Church of England divines. […]
In January 1933, the Nazis and Hitler manipulated the political circumstances in their favor. The party that had less than 3 percent of the vote in 1928, had managed to assume power in Germany. […]
Many factors severely constrained the Self-Strengthening Movement, leading to its eventual failure. This led to China falling behind others in industrial growth and suffering major losses. […]
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