retreated across the Delaware river by force. About twenty four hours after General Washington and his army arrived across the Delaware river he received information that 8‚00 troops were on there way to attack his army. When the American army heard this they wanted to bolt. However General Washington convinced his army to stay for six more weeks. General Cornwallis had split his troops into two sections. One section was led by General Cadwalader. The second section was led by General Mifflin. By January
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World War I was the First World War and is considered to be the “War to end all wars” or the “imperialist war” but as a matter of fact it was the first modern war. Nationalism played the largest part of the beginning of the war due to nationalist conflicts between Russia and Austria-Hungary. Militarism played a huge part in the war because everyone was more than ready to fight and it was obvious. The toll that imperialism had on the war was that Great Britain had the most spread empire
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The United States entered the Vietnam War for a number of reasons. Some reasons were good‚ others were not. One of the biggest reasons for the U.S. involvement in the War was to stop the spread of Communism. However‚ the U.S. lost a lot because of it. They underestimated the North‚ and ultimately paid for it. While the U.S. continually killed more troops than the enemy‚ they constantly suffered strategic loses. The North Vietnamese won through shifts in public views and psychological victories. The
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The increase in British supremacy in the Americas was the greatest impact of the French and Indian War because the it led to conflict with Indians and colonists. The British gained power by gaining territory. The impact of the war was tragic on the Indians and it became impossible for the Indians to preserve their autonomy by playing the empires against each other (Anderson 78). The French no longer controlled the land west of the Appalachians and the shift in power caused the Indians to revolt
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system and reported it. this lead to both countries to be in rival of each other. The United States and Soviet Union had nuclear missiles aimed at each other and had World War 3 in their near future until Canada intervened and diverted it. That is why Canada should be labeled an effective middle power during the Cold War era. Canada helped out alot with ending the Cold War by using their advanced technology‚ diplomatic skills‚ and with their peaceful mentality. Though the Cold War had some physical conflict
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source‚ the Declaration of War (1898) by William McKinley from the textbook “For the Record” by Emory Shi and Holly Mayer‚ we can see why the war was necessary to declare being directed towards the Congress of the United States. There were many different reasons why the United States sought to pursue the war in Cuba‚ however‚ it can be briefly summed up in three points. For one‚ due to the high amounts of capital invested into Cuba by America‚ the government pursued the war‚ hoping to see that there
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the scene for political upheaval‚ when California’s statehood threatened the balance of power. The argument exposed the intensifying resentment between the North and South‚ and publically portrayed the speed at which the nation was moving toward a civil war. A great pacifist known as Henry Clay offered a compromise that‚ like the Missouri compromise‚ would solve short term issues but change the views of citizens toward the Union in a detrimental manner. Clay’s compromise of 1850 marked the first of
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Post-Civil War during Reconstruction was also the era of Western expansion and industrial growth. There were many major changes‚ both economically‚ politically‚ and culturally. The West was seen as an opportunity as millions of acres could be used for development and profit. There were many positive changes throughout the expansion and the growth of Industrial America such as railroads‚ coal mines‚ oil refineries‚ and factories. Despite the positive advances‚ it was at the expense of many Native
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beginning of the USA’s extensive usage of war propaganda‚ and it was also the beginning of the vices of the USA’s war propaganda: exaggeration‚ misrepresentation and deception. As the USA became a more effective propagandist during WWII‚ war propaganda was even more corrupted by these vices. However‚ to conduct wars of such scale‚ the United States needed to sacrifice some level of morality in order to manipulate and harness public opinion properly. War propaganda’s purpose is to establish a common
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The U.S entry into World War 1 began on April 2‚ 1917 when former President Woodrow Wilson asked congress to declare war against Germany‚ stating‚ “ The world must be safe for democracy.” Four days later‚ congress voted in favor of a war declaration. Not only did Woodrow’s personal opinion affect the war declaration but‚ Germany’s actions as well for example The Zimmerman telegram‚ and also the use of Unrestricted Submarine warfare. The Zimmerman Telegram was a coded secret message from German
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