A Column of British Soldiers marched out on the morning of April 19‚ 1775 toward the town of Lexington‚ Massachusetts. A small band of seventy-seven colonial militiamen stood their way. The shot heard around the world occurred in this time period as the outnumbered Americans retreated‚ thus starting the American War of Independence. Six years later‚ on October 19‚ 1781‚ Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown‚ Virginia to the joint forces of General George Washington and French General
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The First World War had a profound impact upon British society. It swept away much of the old Victorian and Edwardian order and established many of the features we associate with modern 20th century Britain. Their triumph of winning the First World War changed Britain’s economy and society as they knew it‚ and with the countless casualties and the massive destruction the war had on Britain the return to peacetime conditions was not a soft landing. So how did the First World War change the economy
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Barack Obama`s victory speech The just reelected president‚ Barack Obama enters the stage a few hours after he announced his victory‚ supported by his family. He is going to deliver his victory speech which turns out to be one of his best speeches ever. It seems to be no ending to the cheering‚ but when the audience finally stops clapping‚ the first thing Obama says is thank you. He says that the task of perfecting the union moves forward‚ and that it moves forward because of the people of the
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Study Guide: US History (7-3) Unit #1 Test Topics Included: • North American Geography • Early European/African Migration (who came‚ when arrived‚ reasons for migrating‚ where settled) • Great Exchange (including Triangle Trade‚ Middle Passage) • Early English Colonies (settlement‚ religion‚ government‚ economy) • Early technology in transportation and communication Study Resources: • US History textbook: Chap.2‚ all; Chap.3‚ sect.1-4‚ Atlas. pp. R4-R5 • In binder: Current Unit
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various reasons why the American Colonies were established. The three most important themes of English colonization of America were religion‚ economics‚ and government. The most important reasons for colonization were to seek refuge‚ religious freedom‚ and economic opportunity. To a lesser degree‚ the colonists sought to establish a stable and progressive government. Many colonies were founded for religious purposes. While religion was involved with all of the colonies‚ Massachusetts‚ New Haven
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Kong ESL speakers to understand American English than British English? Hong Kong people are using Chinese basely‚ English as a second language. English will be an official language for the Official documents or legal (Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee). Now a day‚ under the education of Hong Kong‚ students needs to be learned biliterate‚ it will be Chinese and English‚ also trilingual speak in Cantonese‚ English and Putonghua. Hong Kong as a British colony from 1841 to 1997‚ at that time all
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growth of the American colonies in the early 1600s and early 1700s‚ slavery might not come to a consideration. Slavery is commonly known as the ownership to a human being for the use of labor or cheap labor. Slavery will be always frown upon since the thought of just owning a human will always be morally wrong‚ but slaves did play a huge role in the growth of American colonies and allowing the colonies to prosper economically. Slavery was a common trend for large world powers like the British‚ Spanish
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African country of Kenya’s struggle and liberation from British imperialism. The first section will explore Kenya’s pre-colonial context to give a brief background of the country’s social and economic structure before colonialism. The second section will address the historical context and direct impacts of British colonialism. The third section will explore the social grievances‚ marginalization‚ and violence the country suffered to overcome British imperialism and to ultimately reach Uhru. The readings
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to do this is through policy change‚ including raising minimum wage. Although there are negative impacts to do with this change‚ the positive ones outweigh them. As Anita Huberman‚ the CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade said‚ “If you invest in your human capital‚ and you pay them a good wage‚ you’re going to be more productive and produce more for the bottom line of that business” (Boynton‚ 2016). British Columbia is on its way to reducing income inequality as its minimum wage of $10.85 an hour is set
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always remained 300 miles to the west‚ waiting for the US Pacific Fleet ships. On June 4th 1942 Admiral Chuichi Nagumo lost 4 carriers to the air units of the United States and the Americans only lost 1 carrier. Also on June 4th 1942‚ Nagumo launched 108 aircraft against Midway. The remaining Japanese aircraft Hiryu struck the USS Yorktown which was severely damaged. Japan couldn’t have any land-based support but the US could commit to about 115 land-based planes. The United States aircraft carriers
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