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    “The Limits of Politicization in the American Revolution: The Experience of Westchester County‚ New York” analytical essay by Sung Bok Kim begins by highlighting and bringing attention to the issue of historians who glorify the positive aftermaths of war‚ instead of focusing on the disparaging and damaging effects of it. Kim claims that the “sociology of war” has become “a one-sided story” and he uses the example of the conflicts and battles in Westchester County‚ New York to illustrate the tragedy

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    The cause of the American Revolution took many events for the revolution to occur. The many events included Rebellions‚ Rebellions against the Government‚ and land disputes. Some events were more critical than others. The end of the Anglo-French imperial competition was due to Great Britain winning this war. It was seen as French and Indian war because French and Great Britain were always in competition for territory in North America. Great Britain challenged the French for territory. The 1763

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    The American Revolution is different from the French Revolution in many ways. The American Revolution was different and had different ways of doing things then the French Revolution. “On July 4 ‚ 1776‚ the Second Continental Congress approved a Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson”(321). What the quote is saying is that the American Revolution was about fighting for independence and how a lot of places wanted independence from somewhere or peace treaties. The French Revolution

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    The American Revolutionary war was a huge turning point in our history. The American colonies were ruled by the British Parliament. The British Parliament was harsh‚ they passed unfair rules‚ they made life difficult. The men and woman were forced to make a choice. Would they decide to fight for a new life? Would they decide to fight for a new independent nation? Believe it or not‚ many historians will tell you that the woman that backed these heroic men did play a major role in the American

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    The author‚ Gary Nash‚ completely reveals both authentic and social lessons. Nash retells the account of the American Revolution‚ muddling and radicalizing its center story as "a people’s upset‚ a change among the most heterogeneous individuals to be discovered anyplace along the Atlantic in the eighteenth century." The characters in The Unknown American Revolution "looked toward a redistribution of political‚ social‚ and religious power; the disposing of old organizations and the production of

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    I think that through all of the revolutions it was something like a chain reaction. One country had problems and the people decided to take action and do something about it. They revolted and made things better or worse for themselves. Through this other countries heard about it or saw it first hand‚ giving them the same ideas to so the same when it times became hard. I think when wars between competing European countries took place and the end result was something that the people in that area

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    Mullaney in “The French Revolution” n.p. claims accounted for about 98% of the country’s population) and the 2nd as well as the 1st estate built up of the middle and higher wage workers/families. Estates were rigid social classes that divided the country as stated before into lower‚ middle‚ and higher income families. The American revolution just taking place sparked an idea throughout the third estate and inspired daring and new minds like Jean-Pierre Brissot. The American revolution sort let them know

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    example of this is when the tea brought to the colonists were brought by the east india company was carried on boat. Lots of the supply routes were known so they got raided or attacked for their valuable goods. Transportation was important in American Revolution by transporting useful goods‚food‚supplies‚weapons anything that would help out the troops and townspeople of that colonies. There were a vast array of weapons that have been transported. Most of them were for upcoming wars and battles. Some

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    choice of words. In American history there have been documents that have had a tremendous impact on public opinion. Political rhetoric is extremely important because it can bring a society together for one common cause. When someone uses rhetoric effectively the reader starts to have a stirring in their heart because they feel inspired by what is being said. This usually leads them to take action and support the cause their referring to which in this case was the American Revolution. Thomas Paine’s

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    history there have been many important revolutions that have help to shape society as it is today. There are different causes‚ from political to religious‚ economic to social. Any revolution affects those in society‚ and creates changes for the people in the society. There are three important revolutions that took place in the late 18th century that changed the world for the better. The French Revolution‚ the American Revolution‚ and the Industrial Revolution all took place in the late 1700s. Although

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