So I'm in an experimental class which has a really big impact on my future. We have to write blog posts analyzing cited information that has to do with certain time periods and topics. My topic is Foreign Affairs, and I am unable to find anything my teacher finds "Worthy." I really, really need help. Last week I made a 60 for a quiz grade by writing about the effects the Louisiana purchase had on American foreign affairs because it wasn't "quirky" or "Interesting" enough.
So my question, Do you know of any interesting documents that I could use for the 1800s in regards to foreign affairs? I would appreciate it.
I was initially going to write about how treaties tended to have secret tag-along treaties, but wasn't able to find any usable information because I couldn't find anything to cite.
The Trent Affair!
This is one of my favorite topics, actually.
So basically during the Civil War, the Confederacy tries to send representatives, Mason and Slidell, to Britain and France as diplomats. But before they can make it there on a British mail ship, Trent, Capt. Charles Wilkes (a craaaazy dude) of the Union Navy decides he is going to take the Trent and arrest Mason and Slidell.
The events that followed created an international crisis where the Union almost had to go to war with Britain as well as the Confederacy. There were many many tense months where no one was quite sure what would happen.
This should be a great topic for you.