DBQ’s – Questions and Answers Document 1 Why did Whately (and probably most other English officials) feel that the American colonists should be willing to pay higher taxes to Parliament? Whately felt that American Colonists should contribute to the preservation of the advantages they have received. Document 2 According to Dickinson‚ what taxes was Parliament justified in imposing on the colonies? According to Dickinson‚ Parliament was justified in imposing the Stamp Act on the colonies. Why
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profits or a gateway from rulers’ tyranny. Spanish explorers first came to the Americas in 1492‚ but did not settle until 1493. When Christopher Columbus first settled‚ the original plan was to extract the silver and gold to make Spain a wealthy country. But as the explorers stayed longer‚ they realized there was more they could do to be the strongest. Spain
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Many events led up to the war involving alliances and assassinations‚ but the confusion began when countries blamed other countries. Alliances‚ militarism‚ and colonization are the most important and effective causes of WWI. One of the main reasons war became global was the intervention of alliances. The Triple Alliance was caught between the Triple Entente causing disturbances. (A) Help from Russia and Britain got the entire continent of Europe involved. Because of so many alliances‚ each country
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World War I (WWI) was a hard fought‚ crude war that lasted just over four years. Nationalism‚ a group’s desire to form their own country‚ militarism‚ a group’s opinion of military use to gain power over another‚ and imperialism‚ a gaining of power due to conquering other countries‚ all played a big role in the beginning of WWI. However‚ this was not actually the cause of the war. The famous start of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Here are some other factors
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Thomas Corwin‚ "Against the Mexican War" (1847) Thomas Corwin was a Whig senator from Ohio. Many Whigs‚ especially northern Whigs‚ questioned the need for and wisdom of expansion. The Mexican-American War proved controversial and divisive. Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes because they would be used to support the war. That action and a subsequent essay‚ "On Civil Disobedience‚" became important precedents 120 years later during the Vietnam conflict. Corwin’s speech touches on key elements
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The Great War The Great War‚ also known as World War I‚ was a global war centered in Europe that began in July of 1914 and lasted until November of 1918. This war drew in all the worlds’ economics great powers‚ which were separated into two opposing alliances‚ the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies were based off of the Triple Entente‚ The United Kingdom‚ France‚ and the Russian Empire and the Central Powers consisted of Germany‚ Austrian Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. Many factors lead
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Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution was a war between Great Britain and the original thirteen colonies of America‚ in 1775. The conflict‚ was about how the colonies felt they weren’t being treated fairly by the Great Britain laws. There are different events that led up to the American Revolution‚ the three discussed in this paper will be the Boston Tea Party‚ the Stamp Act‚ and the Intolerable Acts. The Boston tea party was a protest against taxation. The Intolerable Act was
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The Civil war began on April 12‚ 1861. The southern united states broke away from the northern half of the united states. The south became a confederacy. The immediate causes of the civil war were states rights‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the expansion west. These were three of the main causes but what was the ultimate cause? One of the first main causes of the civil war was States rights. Southern states believed that they should have the say of what to do in their state. The southern
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“It is clear that fear‚ greed and revenge were the major factors that caused the Cold War” How far do you agree with this statement when analyzing the causes of the Cold War up to 1949? The responsibility of the origins of the Cold War often triggers questions among historians yet both powers should be blamed for taking part in it. The origins of the Cold War can often be associated with fear‚ greed and revenge. Through most analyses‚ the fault was often given to Stalin’s ambitions to expand
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Does religion cause war? On this planet Earth‚ there have been many wars fought over many different things. They can range from freedom‚ oil‚ and religion. There were many wars fought over religion. For example‚ the thirty years war. The thirty years war was one of the major wars fought over religion. It was mostly fought in what’s now Germany. The thirty years war was one of the absolute longest and most destructive‚ and brutal conflicts in European history. The war was mainly between Protestants
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