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    rebellion against Britain. King George III and the Parliament have been wrongfully abusing their power; us colonists are tired of their exploitation and resent being treated as lower beings. Alice I hope you will understand what I am trying to say in this letter; that I am fighting for justice‚ do not think that I am throwing my life away‚ I hope that you will respect what I am fighting for. The colonist and I are above tyranny‚ we hope to make a more fair and just government and live in a country that

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    1. Exploring the Essential Questions EXPOSITORY WRITING How did geography shape the lives of the American colonists? Write a summary essay in which you consider how geographic factors shaped the development of life in the colonies‚ but also how it led to conflict‚ including conflicts with Great Britain. ldfkjgndkgjlfbncmvnbkldfgjnbskdfnbskljbnskjnwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww- wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww- wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww- wwwwwww

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    American colonists were going through daily struggles and government oppression‚ and we‚ as modern Americans‚ can sympathize with them. They strived for justice and freedom in a time where they were not respected by their own higher government. Although by eighteenth century the colonies were already off the ground‚ so to speak‚ they still struggled deeply with wars‚ trade restrictions‚ nutritional issues and hunger‚ taxation‚ and crime which ... The Seven Years War strained the American colonists‚ and

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    views of the Boston Massacre‚ the pro-colonist view and the pro-British view. Neither of the views are entirely accurate‚ the true events of that night are found in the ‘middle ground’ of the accounts. No matter how truthful one account is believed to be‚ it is impossible for it to be entirely accurate because they couldn’t know the intent of the opposing side. The popular pro-colonist view is that the colonists were completely innocent and that the British officers attacked them. Paul Revere’s etching

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    colonies. The colonists began to realize that they are not separate colonies with separate goals‚ but that they needed to become a single and unified nation in order to survive. The colonists also began to realize that they were not "British‚" but that they were their own people. "He is either an European‚ or the descendant of an European‚ hence that strange mixture of blood which you will find in no other country." (Document H). This mixed person created a new man‚ an American colonist. From the period

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    Why did the colonists expand westward? Well at the time the colonists were very close together on the east coast and many people wanted to explore their living westward away from most of the civilization‚ to make their own. I am thankful for westward expansion because I live in west. The westward expansion was a great help to everyday life. This had great exploration westward for the brave people that decided to endure this excruciating journey. The people that expanded westward had to endure great

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    ways of thought to the New World‚ which redefined materialism and spiritualism. The colonists’ lives and the civilizations they met were drastically altered by the new ideas‚ technologies‚ and faiths they carried with them. For example‚ ”English colonists brought to the New World particular visions of racial‚ cultural‚ and religious supremacy. Despite starving in the shadow of the Powhatan Confederacy‚ English colonists nevertheless judged themselves physically‚ spiritually‚ and technologically superior

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    The American colonists were patriots because they wanted to gain their independence from Britain; American citizens would see them as patriots because they formed this country. The American colonists thoroughly disapproved with being ruled and taxed. The colonists felt unfairly taxed‚ watched over‚ and ignored in their attempts to address grievances. Religious issues rose‚ and economics were the essence of many issues. The colonist didn’t pay near as much taxed as the people that lived-in Britain

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    General Lee planned to assemble his army in the town of Gettysburg which is 35 miles southwest of Harrisburg‚ Pennsylvania. When he got there he found out that the union forces had already arrived the previous day. Confederate forces were able to drive the outnumbered union army to Cemetery Hill. General Lee assigned Ewell‚ who had taken command‚ to attack but he declined because he saw that the union army was in too strong of a position. Over night‚ three more corps for the union came and strengthened

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    the debt of the British had doubled in a short time. The Cider Tax had proved highly unpopular and many people were getting eager to removed it. Britain was also running short of credit with banks. In order to curb spending the British government believed that further attempts to tax the homeland would fail. They decided to seize Opportunities for income such as taxing the American colonists in order to pay for the army protecting them. Before the war started most of the colonies had directly contributed

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