Among the tensions that eventually led to the American Revolution was the Leisler’s Rebellion. Leisler’s Rebellion (1689–1691) was a political revolution in New York that began with a sudden collapse of the royal government and ended with the trial and execution of Jacob Leisler, a leading New York merchant and militia officer, and his English …
The League of Nations was an international organization founded on January 10, 1920, following the conclusion of World War I. It was established as part of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the war and was a pioneering attempt at forming an international organization aimed at maintaining peace and preventing future conflicts on a global …
It’s early in the month of April, in the year 1945. In a small, quiet little town somewhere out in the Midwest, a housewife hears the clatter of the mailman’s bicycle on the dusty sidewalk. Stepping out onto the porch, she blinks in the glare of the morning sun. There’s a single envelope jutting out …
The history of human rights isn’t that simple. The concept has been around for eons, really, but inalienable rights are only a recent development. Just how recent? Well, the legal recognition of human rights within the international community wasn’t until the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Even still, the moral principles that constitute our …
The Irish Potato Famine, or the ‘Great Hunger’, was the last great famine in Western Europe and one of the most catastrophic recorded in that region. It led to the death of up to a million people and the emigration of two million people from the island of Ireland. It changed Ireland and its influence …
Ida M. Tarbell, a key figure in the Progressive Era, gained fame through her investigative journalism in McClure’s Magazine, targeting monopolistic practices and the negative impacts of industrialization. Before her notable work on Standard Oil’s unethical practices, she was acclaimed for her serialized biography of Abraham Lincoln in 1895, showcasing her reformist spirit by highlighting …