The American Revolution was a widespread coming together of angry colonists against England. Beginning in the late 1700s‚ after the French and Indian War‚ colonists started getting fed up with what they thought of as cruel treatment. What really fueled their rage was the unfair taxation. The French and Indian War ended with Britain in serious dept. Britain decided that it was about time for the colonists to pay for their war costs. So‚ they passed a series of laws imposing taxes on the colonists
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Ref. p. no‚ web links & 3 sources 1. To what extent did the American Revolution effect a fundamental change in American society? How far had Americans gone by 1790 in fulfilling the ideal of equality? What limited the pursuit of full equality in the new nation? Thomas Hutchinson‚ chief justice and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts‚ and his family were having dinner at the time on 26th August. 1765‚ the rioters got his house to destroy and to loot those properties. This riot was happening
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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 did create
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In 1787‚ the framework of the French Revolution was established through delegates assembling in Philadelphia during the American Revolution‚ which marked the end of the economic depression in America and increased central government authority. This made the American power increase from Montesquieu’s ideas of checks and balances and interest around the world. The American Revolution influenced the French through the numerous pamphlets and articles written about classical liberalism that Americans
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French Revolution was opening a new political era‚ another revolution was transforming economic and social life. This was the Industrial Revolution‚ which began in Britain around the mid eighteen hundreds and started to influence the rest of Europe and then the world. It was a rapid period that brought about radical changes. The Industrial Revolution is usually defined as the shift from agrarian revolution to one based on the products of machine manufacturing. As a matter of fact‚ the revolution was
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The Industrial Revolution had major effects that were negative because many people in the Industrial Revolution had no education.However‚ people were not able to go to school because all their time had went into work.Since people in the Industrial Revolution were unable to go to school their reading and writing skills were very weak. The Industrial Revolution had major effect that were negative because many people in the Industrial Revolution had no education. In document 1 William Cooper a
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2005 DBQ The driving forces of the American Revolution‚ Freedom and Equality‚ resulted in changes in the developing nation. Social changes included the push for racial and gender equality. Political shifts were exemplified by the formation of political parties‚ freedom of religion‚ and the boundaries of slavery. Economic transformations included the change from an agricultural society to one of manufacturing. Realizing that social‚ economic‚ and political changes was the way of the future‚ Americans
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World War I had begun. Nationalism‚ militarism‚ and imperialism all prompted the rivalry between nations which led to WWI. Nationalism‚ the love and support of one’s country‚ has always existed. At this time‚ however‚ it was so prominent‚ it helped cause the first world war. Since so much pride was devoted to countries‚ it made the possibilities of peace between past rivals less probable. People felt great loyalty and were willing to do anything for their country. In history‚ many wars have been over
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After the Industrial Revolution‚ new technology sparked a wave of factories and a new way to work. The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were filled with examples of social and economic struggle. In order to have more profit‚ owners then crowded workers into dangerous factories for long hours to work on machines. Conditions for workers were universally bad‚ with some better than others. Women and children suffered especially in factory work. Gender was also an issue-- with women facing mistreatment
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To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society? In your answer be sure to address the political‚ social‚ and economic effects of the Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800. Notes from Mr. Williams: This essay was given to 2nd period APUSH on their first in- class essay. Included were 10 documents (if interested in seeing them‚ please come into class). The DBQ writer needed to take ideas and topics from the documents‚ and ADD significant outside fact and
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