Category: American History
Texas Revolution and Mexican American War
What is now the southwest U.S. previously belonged to the vast Spanish Empire called New Spain – which stretched from South America, north to Oregon and east to the Mississippi River. The capital of New Spain was Mexico City. Spain mostly ignored the land that later became the USA, concentrating on mining silver and gold
The 1619 curriculum
Fundamentally flawed Nikole Hannah-Jones, the founder of the 1619 Project claims Blacks should be placed at the center of the story about America because their contributions to America were so massive. The author claims blacks are responsible for America’s “economic might, its industrial power, its electoral system, diet, popular music, its legal system.” The author
America’s Conquest of the Native Americans
For several thousand years prior to the arrival of the White man, Native Americans killed thousands of other Indians, ran them off their land and made it their own. Indian tribes exterminated other Indian tribes. The whites crimes – such as the Trail of Tears was horrible and well documented. Indian massacres are not. Between
History of Spanish Land Claims in the New World
Mexico has no legal rights to any American or Canadian land Many Americans and nearly all Mexicans believe the southwest US historically belongs to Mexico. Some Mexicans believe most of the US and parts of Canada really belong to Mexico. These claims are not true. We need to set the record straight on Spanish land
Japanese Internment Camps in World War 2
Japanese Internment Camps in World War 2 The internment of about 110,000 Japanese Americans during World War Two has been a blight on America’s history since shortly after the war ended. The information in this article is not intended to justify FDR’s Relocation Order issued two and half months after Pearl Harbor. Rather, it gives
The Electoral College
The U.S. Constitution was designed to deal with the failings of the human condition. The Founders had many fears of the excesses of human nature, notably his susceptibility to corruption and his lust for power and control. The Founders viewed with dred the number of despotic states that had within living memory been free and
Confederate statues
The attachment to the Confederacy by some Americans is misplaced loyalty. The Confederacy was fighting to retain slavery through States Rights. How can you justify that?? After the North won the Battle of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Mississippi, Southern leadership knew the South couldn’t win the Civil War. Instead of negotiating an end to the war, they
Mexico’s secret War against the U.S.
1) Mexican claims of land theft by the U.S. are False Over the past two centuries, millions of immigrants came to America who were appreciative of America’s freedom and were very patriotic. In recent decades, a significant percentage of immigrants from spanish speaking countries, mostly Mexico, have entered our country and persued an anti-American agenda.
Manifest Destiny
The term “Manifest Destiny” is usually associated with the territorial expansion of the United States from 1803 to 1867, when the United States expanded from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean – largely defining the borders of the United States as they are today. The term “Manifest Destiny” was first used in 1845 by John
Slavery and the Founding Fathers
Slavery was NOT an American invention. Virtually every civilizations since recorded history began had slaves – including Africa. African kings practiced chattel slavery and African slavery was as bad as everyone else’s slavery.(1) African kings grew rich selling people from other tribes into slavery abroad. Some blacks who came to the US had been slaves