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    The American Revolution occurred when the American colonists wanted to be free from Britain. After the war‚ the colonies had won and became their own country‚ but was the American Revolution revolutionary? The Revolution was revolutionary because it was the beginning of ending slavery‚ made people think about women’s rights‚ and America was free from Britain. To start off‚ slavery had begun to die off after the American Revolution. According to Document 5‚ slavery got abolished almost immediately

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt Did you know that Franklin D. Roosevelt married his fifth cousin Eleanor Roosevelt? Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in 1882 on January 30 at Hyde Park‚ New York. He was an only child and his parents were James and Sara Ann Roosevelt. He lived in Springwood‚ New York and was educated by tutors until he was fourteen. Then later on in 1896 he went to Groton School for boys. Then later on in 1900 he graduated from Groton and then went to Harvard. He later on got his degree in three

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    The Revolution era was both exciting and disturbing; some saw it as a great victory and progress for the country while others felt disturbed and uneasy with the changes it brought. Despite the disturbing parts of the war‚ it ended a myriad of years of British rule for the colonies and created what is now the United States of America. There remain to be a good amount of debates on whether or not the Revolution was inevitable‚ such as John Adams’ letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1818‚ which I will talk

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    Revolutionary was the American Revolution DBQ The American Revolution had been revolutionary. More political changes were made rather than social and economic changes. For example after the American Revolution women gained the same rights as men including the right to vote. The American Revolution was not a great social revolution. A true social revolution destroys the institutional foundations of the old order and transfers power from ruling elite to new social groups. The American Revolution

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    There are many dates involved in the history of America. Some are more important than others. But all of them have some small or huge events. Washington. Many say he was a great leader. Others say he had a huge impact on our history. Being the leader he was‚ Washington chose prominent political figures. He soon decided to chose Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State and‚ Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury‚ Henry Knox as secretary of war‚ and Edmund Randolph as The Attorney General

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    (1770s-1820s)‚ cover the American‚ French‚ Haitian‚ and Latin American Revolutions. Each one of these revolutions was inspired by the movement of the Enlightenment‚ which urged individuals to act with reason and agency. The first of these‚ the American Revolution from 1775 to 1783‚ demanded “certain unalienable rights…[of] life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness”‚ and that “all men are created equal” (“Avalon Project - Declaration of Independence‚ July 4‚ 1776” 1). The American Revolution influenced

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    Slavery was practiced in the south beginning in the 1600s and ending in the 1800s. Southerners were always in favor of having slaves due to the free and intensive labor the African Americans were having to endure that white southerners were able to get out of. The economy of the south heavily depended on slaves for agricultural and economically purposes. Buy and selling slaves also went into the economics of slavery which then tore families apart. The emotional and physical damage of slaves was endless

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    The American Revolution was ultimately caused by tension between England and America. It was a war that some thought could not be avoided‚ simply because of the civil‚ political‚ and economic unrest. However‚ if England realized that its colonies were severely unhappy‚ they might have been able to save their sovereignty. The people of America were unhappy about their situation. They were being taxed for almost everything – paper‚ tea‚ sugar – and without their consent. Because of this‚ many

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    WHEN PIGS FLY!!! Throughout the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ participants of the pilgrimage tell stories to entertain one another. These stories‚ while amusing‚ tend to have an underlying message‚ one being the Franklin’s Tale. The Franklin’s Tale is the most moral tale that has been read. It is not told to make the other pilgrims laugh‚ rather to explain an extremely important lesson. Throughout life‚ people say many things that are meant to be taken with a grain of

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    Slavery is an important part of American history because it affected both the north and south. Slaves were an important part of the economy for the south seeing as how it was an agricultural based economy and without slaves there wouldn’t have been such a rich economy. Slaves farmed and processed their cash crops such as cotton‚ sugar‚ and rice. Although‚ slaves were a main part in the southern economy slavery was not approved of by the all of Americans. There were activists that were for slavery

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