Tag: Essay

  • Past Writings

    // I have updated the website and added all of my past writings, including my old poems and essays. With plans to add new writings. I’ve been wanting to add these for a while, I finally found a way to do it in a clean and organized manner. I hope you enjoy the additions! https://roevance.art/essay/…

  • The Emancipation Proclamation – 2013

     During the first year of the Civil War there was great pressure on PresidentAbraham Lincoln to declare slaves in the United States free. To do so would have also improved the relations of the Union with foreign countries. So, for political, military, and diplomatic reasons the President was determined to act. The Emancipation Proclamation was…

  • The Alamo – February 21, 2008

    In a point of Texas history, revolution occurred. It started when Stephen F. Austin, a Texan leader, led American settlers into Texas, which at that time was located in Mexico, in 1821. Settlers poured into Texas. Stephen F. Austin went to Mexico City to try to gain Texas independence, but failed and was imprisoned.