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    Q: Was the American Revolution inevitable or could it have been avoided? A revolution is an overthrow of a tyrannical ruler or political system. Colonial America‚ once abused by mother Britain‚ became a strong‚ independent country after the inevitable American Revolution. The British had treated colonists unfairly through the policy of salutary neglect -which was their way of keeping them under control by avoiding strict law enforcement (a positive outcome of salutary neglect was that it established

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    Was the American Revolution Inevitable? During the French and Indian War‚ the British defeated the French and became the national masters of the region of eastern and northern part of North America. However‚ the war was expensive toward the economy which resulted in the British becoming in debt. As a result‚ of the French and Indian War‚ the British expected the colonist to pay for defense and they passed a series of laws which were to help regulate the colonies under British control but eventually

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    have long and sharp knives‚ and they have long black tubes which they point at birds and animals. The tubes make a smoke that rises into the air just like the smoke from our pipes. From them come fire and such terrific noise that I was frightened‚ even in my dream. This was a bad sign for the Natives. A new type or people were coming with better technology‚ horses and a threatening appearance. Resources would have to be shared‚ and eventually the Europeans take all of it. Despite all of this‚ some natives

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    The American Revolution was Inevitable‚ because the British are constant taxing the Americans and the reason for the settlement meant to lead Revolution. From the very beginning‚ when the first separatist stepped on the New Land‚ he was looking forward to have a new life and a new start on this new land. The whole purpose for the New England colony is to change the way they lived in the old England. Also for the South colony‚ maybe at the very beginning‚ they came for an economy reason‚ more

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    I Was Never an American

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    “I was never an American. I was immediately a New Yorker.” How is Changez’s sense of identity altered over the course of the novel? Identity is as much about public perception as it is self-perception. In Mohsin Hamid’s novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist the reader is confronted with this fact in a bid to understand what it means to be American and Pakistani. The narrator Changez is unsure of who he is‚ and whilst certain personality traits remain‚ his sense of identity is changed significantly

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    There was multiple methods that could have been applied to prevent turmoil and chaos from happening‚ this could prevented the American Revolution. However‚ the American Revolution was inevitable‚ the amount of abuse that was inflicted on the people from the king himself took the basic liberties away from their society which soon led to the uprising. Also the ignorance that came from the political figures and parliament fueled the fire that was within the colonists‚ they finally took back what was

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    Franklin´S Autobiography

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    from The Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Arriving at Moral Perfection  It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time; I would conquer all that either natural inclination‚ custom‚ or company might lead me into. As I knew‚ or thought I knew‚ what was right and wrong‚ I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a task of more

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    Even with both the English and the Americans willing to compromise and make deals‚ it would have been very hard to prevent the War for independence. The American enlightenment‚ however‚ could have been stopped. A large majority of Americans wanted independence from England mainly because of the way they were being ruled. Of the Americans that wanted to break away were from many backgrounds‚ they came from all over the social ladder and from all over the world. If they didn’t all come together to

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    The Mexican-American War was the beginning of a legacy of hate between the Americans and Mexicans. During this era‚ America was growing commercially and industrially‚ leading to the need for more land to maximize the American profit. This Anglo-American necessity led to the Mexican-American War. Imperialism was indeed the corner stone for the entire Mexican-American war; Americans aimed to control the Mexican lands through direct control. Manifest Destiny‚ the belief that the Americans were to expand

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    for the Americans was inevitable. The spreading of the “good” word of God with the mindset of the “superior” race with the fact that America had to compete economically with other foreign countries had made imperialism not an option but necessary to America’s empire. Also with the other European countries also competing

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