I believe that people are not as good at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they are impartial. Partiality is also an interesting topic on its own. If one is completely unbiased in everything he does, and remains objective with every decision he makes, where is the character of that person? If I treat everything …
Monthly Archives: November 2023
H8#45: The War of 1812
After the American Revolution, Britain still didn’t really respect that the United States was a separate nation. They still attempted to impose certain restrictions on the United States that they had no right whatsoever to do. For example, Britain attempted to restrict trade between the United States and France. This was not Britain’s problem in …
H8#40: The Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana was originally a Spanish territory. It had been claimed by Spain before anybody else owned it (other than the natives of the area). A treaty was made with France during the dictatorship of Napoleon that granted the area of Louisiana to France. The city of New Orleans sat on the border between territories of …
H8#30: The Bill of Rights and Amendments to the Constitution
The Bill of Rights consists of the first 10 amendments and were all passed at once. The purpose of the amendments was to refine the Constitution, and also make it possible to add to the Constitution later in the future. There are twenty-seven amendments as of October thirteenth, year 2023. I am going to summarize …
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H8#25: The Revolutionary War
The people of the British colonies were fed up with all the acts and taxes. The Intolerable Acts were the last straw. The Second Continental Congress was called to resolve this issue, and they sent a letter to King George III to request that the Intolerable Acts be repealed. King George laughed at this, and …