Narrative History of the United States from 1607-1865

Title: Narrative History of the United States from 1607-1865
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Thesis statement
This paper provides a narrative history of the United States from 1607 to 1865 via identifying the most important themes in the United States history. It will also touch on various concepts in the U.S history such as race, gender, religion and ethnicity and how individuals understand the development of the relationship between the government and the governed. In addition to that the paper will focus on the political, cultural and social phenomena that have continued up to the present day.
Introduction
No matter how American history keeps presenting individuals with new situations, it is discovered by looking back to the history even to the colonial times that U.S have met comparable limitations before .Conditions often change, population grow and shift, technology provides new resources and new demography alter the America face. However, no matter how a nation changes its always influenced by the past. The founding fathers, the puritans, the early settlers, Blacks, Native Americans, pioneer men and women among others from the recent and distant past, still speak to the Americans in clear voices about their contributions in making America a great nation in the world. Everything the Americans hope for, are rooted back to their past such as social, religious, economic development which proceeded according to particular patterns which are often intelligible when they study about their heritage. For example, the men who wrote their timeless constitution which was among the most political profound document ever presented by man .These men were acutely aware of what had happened before, thus fashioning a document that served millions of American yet unborn. This can be evidenced from the development of various acts. For example, various acts have been enacted by the government such as the Act for the Punishment of certain crimes Against the United states. The act was enacted by the senate and House of Representatives in the United States of America in the congress that was assembled. In general the acts states that, any person who will obstruct the government from performing its duty shall be punished by a fine that do not exceed five thousand dollars and also imprisoned for a term not less than six months nor exceeding five years. The Kentucky Resolution of 1798 delegated to the government the powers that reserved each state to its own governing. It also resolved that the powers not delegated to the United Sates by the existing constitution, or prohibited to it by the states are only reserved to the states respectively or to the people of that particular state. Another amendment carried out on the constitution in addition to the general principle, there was need to express declaration powers that were not delegated or reserved, as well as migration or importation of any person in any of the states existing shall think proper to admit and shall not be banned by the congress prior to the year of 1808 as commonwealth does admit the alien friends migration.[Henry J.Sage, ed, U.S History: United States History 1607-1865(Virginia, MA: Lorton, 2010), 1; available fromhttp://textbookequity.com/oct/Textbooks/Sage_USHistoryI.pdf;Internet;accesed 29November 2011.] ["An act in addition to the act, Entitled "An act for the punishment of Certain crimes against the United States,"(home page on-line );available fromhttp://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/sedact.asp;Internet;accessed 29 November 2011.] ["The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798," (home page on-line); available from /cons/kent1798.htm;Internet;accessed 29 November 2011.]
Relationship between the government and the governed
The development of the institutions in America formed the most important period in the history of America. It had extended a unique felicity of its citizens that was admired by other nations. As a result of the globe wide political and social change, it was important for the American citizens to understand their fundamentals of their constitution which had provided the Americans a practical and more enduring highest degree in terms of prosperity both in times of stress and in peace than other nations had ever had. The American president Mr. James Madison had searched for the truth that was found in self-governing and enabled his citizens to understand the great document (Constitution) that focused on the liberty, justice, prosperity and freedom. In his letter written to W.T. Barry, he informed him that any popular government without information that is popular can be best described as a prologue to a tragedy thus highlighting the importance of information. The United States of America representatives in the general congress appealed to the supreme judge to set free and make the states to be independent for the sake of its citizens thus making them to be able to levy war, establish commerce, conclude peace and contract alliances and also be able to do other things that an independent state can do.["The declaration of independent of the thirteen colonies," (home page online); available from/uslawdocs/declaration.html;internet;accessed 29 November 2011.]
Theme: Economic forces
The English colonies exercised an early form of capitalism which meant creation of wealth through investment. The growth of modern capitalism paralyzed the g...