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    We the American colonists are not rebels. All the colonists wanted to do was have religious freedom so they left Britain to come to the Americas to start their colonies and have their own governments and have their own religions. They also got tired of the king taxing them without representation and saying to allow that British soldiers are to housed and taken care of by the colonists and that really set the colonists through the roof having to take care of someone they didn’t even know. We the

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    the greatest POWER and success. Voltaire "Crush the infamous thing!" This man’s and other philosophes’ opinions on the CHURCH and CHRISTIANITY. Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ The Social Contract (1762) "All men are born free‚ but elsewhere they are in chains" states his belief that society "chains" people John Locke "Life‚ liberty‚ and property" Machiavelli " A prince should have only one end and one idea in mind‚ take only one subject for study‚ and it is war‚ its science and discipline; for

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    unfair and you were justified in fighting for? The American colonist did just that.The american revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1783. The american revolution led to the revolt from the colonist‚ and it caused america to break away from britain. Where the american colonist justified in waging war and breaking away from britain? The american colonist were justified in declaring independence from britain because‚ The british put soldiers into colonist’s houses‚ and made the colonist provide for

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    One consequence of the mexican-american war is the dispute of slavery in the U.S. “Soon after texas won independence from Mexico in 1836‚ the state legalized slavery. Free blacks and mulattoes were forbidden from entering Texas‚ which had once been a safe haven for runaways.” During the 1830s there had been a westward push of white settlements and slavery that brought significant numbers of new settlers to the region leading to conflicts between whites and Mexicans that occupied land had increased

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    In the early seventeenth century‚ relations between American Indians and European colonists were often characterized as much by collaboration and cooperation as by competition. However by the mid to late seventeenth century‚ brutal wars between Indians and colonists broke out in nearly every colonial region‚ from New England down to New Spain. While nearly all colonial regions endured worsening relations between the Indians and Europeans‚ the disputes occurred due to different reasons depending on

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    Effect of the american revolution what is the effect of the american revolution why these effects happened was to get rid of slavery The effects of the american revolution was a new look at the future groups excluded from immediate equality such as slaves and women would withdraw inspirations from the revolution the reason why the american revolution started was because american did not want slaves anymore while other countries and states wanted slavery to still be a thing so the revolution

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    Pascual Orozco‚ Pancho Villa‚ and Emiliano Zapata were the major leaders of the revolt. One cause of the revolution was that Diaz wasn’t following his countries rules‚ and the people didn’t think it was fair or right for him to do that. Madero started an uprising‚ and they met to restore the constitution of 1857. One thing that changed as a result was that Diaz stepped down‚ or out of power. Some positive effects of the Mexican Revolution was that people were finally getting what they wanted. The exact

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    Both the British government and the American colonists had different views on how the colonies should be governed. Their points of view shaped their actions prior to the Revolutionary War. The American colonists protested and rebelled against the actions of the British and the British continued to place laws and taxes on the colonists‚ feeling it was their right to do so. Ultimately‚ these disagreements led the colonists to seek independence and fight for their freedom. The 13 colonies and England

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    The Thirteen Colonies men and women were fighting in the American Revolution war in 1776. During the war women served in a participated in the war. Some even fought on the battlefield. Not just whites fought as well. Enslaved blacks weren’t ones who fought but free blacks along with them. Even some Europeans weren’t all on the British side. Europeans helped us fight this war. Without the French we couldn’t have won this war. During the American Revolution war 1776 women had numerous responsibilities

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    The American Revolution was as a result of the colonists questioning the intrusion by Great Britain into their progress. It erupted into armed conflict in the year 1775. The political upheaval that occurred in the thirteen colonies lead to the formation of the United States of America after the British were overthrown. The armed conflict ended in 1783 but the young American nation had a bigger task to set up a government. Independence was the beginning of America’s’ problems as the country faced

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