Some say there is no place like home. Jane, a character in Jane Eyre, is thankful no other place is like the terrible home of her aunt. Jane is thankful that her mean aunt is convinced to send Jane off to school. Readers learn of the ups...

From a chapter on "Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests," this section of the chapter describes the purpose of the 1767 Townshend Acts and explains why many colonists protested the acts and the consequences of their actions.

From a chapter on "Early Globalization: The Atlantic World," this section explains the changes brought by the Protestant Reformation and how it influenced the development of the Atlantic World while describing Spain's response to the...

An examination of the civil rights movement of African Americans in the 1960s. Discusses the different forms of protest, the influence of Martin Luther King, Jr., the rise of Black Power, the Black Panthers, and Malcolm X. This is...

E-book page on the final era of the Vietnam War in which the Pentagon Papers were released, protest and conflict over the war increased at home and Nixon's Vietnamization began. Questions for discussion, glossary and link to primary...

A section on the turmoil of politics and protest surrounding the election of 1968.

This site features the author Martin Luther including the English and Latin versions of his nonfiction work "95 Theses," a list of 95 propositions for the Protestant Reformation.

This ebook version of General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union's The Happy Death; Or Memoir Of Mary Jane has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of...

Read the full text of Martin Luther's "95 Theses" that sparked the Protestant Reformation.

By reading this section from a chapter on "Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests," students will be able to describe the state of affairs between the colonies and the home government in 1774 and explain the purpose and results of the...

This section of a chapter on "Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests" discusses the status of Great Britain's North American colonies in the years directly following the French and Indian War, describes the size and scope of the British...

From a chapter on "Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests", this section explains the purpose of the 1765 Stamp Act and looks at the colonial responses to it.

From a chapter on "Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests," this section describes the socio-political environment in the colonies in the early 1770s, explains the purpose of the Tea Act of 1773, and takes a look at the Coercive Acts.

Chapter 8 of John Zvesper's book, From Bullets to Ballots, the election of 1800 and the first peaceful transfer of political power are addressed. Recognize suppression, protests and revolution which occurred at the turn of the century.

Learn about the development of the farmers' protest movement in the 19th century, and how it evolved into a political movement.

This passionate essay provides an informative history of the battles between Northwest Indians and the US in the 1960s over fishing rights and broken treaties.

An extensive site from the Library of Congress that covers all kinds of topics about India. Includes a very detailed history of British India under "Company Rule, 1757-1857," "The British Raj, 1858-1947," and "Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-59."...

Learn about the lives of the working class in Industrial America, what led to the formation of labor unions, and why labor unions were not successful despite strike actions.

Discussion of identity politics during the 1960s and 1970s in which underrepresented and marginalized groups organized to fight discrimination and challenge the established political and social culture. Page contains questions for...

Examines how Herbert Hubert responded to the crisis of the Great Depression and his personal belief system that caused him to respond that way. Also looks at how governments at other levels addressed the Great Depression, and why most...

In August 1963, more than 200,000 people marched from the Washington Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial for civil rights. Read about that day in this brief article.