In the following paragraphs I am going to show how Hollywood portrays the Salem Witch Trails and the 1690's compared with what actual happened in history and that in the fil...
My fellow congressmen and senators, today we convene to discuss the repercussions of events that occurred nearly three-hundred years before our nation's birth; events that, h...
In 1953, Arthur Miller wrote his famous play The Crucible, in response to a fear of Communism that had developed in the United States during that decade. The "Red Scare...
In 1953, Arthur Miller wrote his famous play The Crucible, in response to a fear of Communism that had developed in the United States during that decade. The "Red Scare", as i...
A NOTE ON THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF THIS PLAY
by Arthur Miller
"This play is not history in the sense in which the word is used by the academic historian. Dramatic pur...
of the United States 1492 Present by Howard Zinn takes a realistic viewpoint that is not seen in many textbooks, and that is exactly the point. Zinn wri...
Brief History of the Virgin Islands
Early Inhabitants
The first residents of the present United States Virgin Islands (USVI) were the Ciboney, Caribs, and Arawaks. In 1...
Historically, Puerto Rico is only 512 years old. The island was discovered on November 19, 1493 by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New Wo...
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus is depicted here in his only state-sponsored (albeit non-authenticated) portrait, painted by Alejo Fernández between 1505 and...
The first known inhabitants of the modern-day United States are believed to have arrived over a period of several thousand years beginning sometime prior to 15,000–50,000 ye...