Demetra Vlahos APUSH Klaff 9/11/14 How should the events of the French and Indian War be used to reflect the legacy of George Washington? Britain and France had long been in competition for territory in North America. The land west and northwest of the Appalachian Mountains was valuable due to its abundances in waterways‚ fisheries‚ game‚ and beaver runs. As France expanded its territory and colonies along the Ohio River Valley‚ the governor of Virginia‚ Robert Dinwiddie‚ sent twenty-year-old
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to be the Indians’ territory. President Jackson decided to create a controversial treaty that would allow America to exchange the Indians’ land for a large piece of land in the Louisiana Territory. It was created on May 28‚ 1830 and sparked much criticism and support throughout the nation. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was justified because the Indians were enemies of America‚ they were given good land‚ and they were offered the government’s protection.
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I personally find it ironical that the critics argue that the College Board ignores great achievements and shared values between different political groups in the U.S history. One of the share values between the critics and the College Board is to equip high school students with the ability to learn how to ask historical questions and prompt reflections on historical events. While the critics point out how “politically wrong” it is to focus on “a radical revisionist view” in the curriculum‚ they
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Imperialism DBQ The late nineteenth century and early twentieth century United States expansionism was a continuation of past United States expansionism in the way that we would have the power to take over indigenous people’s land and were willing to sacrifice their lives but the United States was still not willing to grant the indigenous people citizenship. This new expansionism was also a departure from the old expansionism in that the United States began to expand‚ not within its homeland for
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Ryan Hsin 10/17/14 US History Period 2 Causes of the Revolutionary War DBQ A great things started somewhere. For a powerful‚ free‚ and role model country like the United States of America started somewhere. The journey of our storied revolution and transformation to one of the world’s premier powers have its roots derived from Great Britain. Unjust colonial rules implanted by the King of England acted as the catalyst for revolution amongst the colonies. Once a happy family‚ key events triggered
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INTRODUCTION The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea mega thrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday‚ December 26‚ 2004‚ with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra‚ Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake.[3][4] The resulting tsunami is given various names‚ including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami‚ Asian Tsunami‚ Indonesian Tsunami. CAUSES The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating
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Revolution; this war gave them freedom from England. Twenty-nine years later‚ America still had many problems with Great Britain even after winning the revolution. Presidents Washington‚ Adams‚ and Jefferson tried very hard to avoid a war with Great Britain. When James Madison became President‚ he felt that Great Britain was being aggressive. America was not declaring war‚ but defending itself from a war declared by Great Britain. The main forces that led America to officially declare war on Britain on
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1. I think the French Wars of Religion was more about religious differences because ever since the French nobles became Calvinists‚ they would show independence from the central power. It created the conflict between Catholics and Calvinists where power was the main struggle making religion become a way bigger issue. The last of the wars would be the war of the Three Henry’s where it showed the overall religious differences between the Catholics and the Protestants. Which this was between Henry III
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3. Minor Parties (third parties) have been a common feature of United States Politics a. Describe the point of view expressed about minor parties in the political cartoon above. b. Identify and explain how two rules of the United States electoral system act as obstacles to minor-party candidates winning elections. c. Minor parties make important contributions to the United States political system in spite of the institutional obstacles to their candidates’ success. Describe two of these contributions
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choose whether to wage war against Britain or call for peace. Citizens around the nation had different opinions‚ and the ideas from each citizen had ranged from creating a peace treaty or running Britain to the ground. At the time‚ Britain was one of the greatest world powers and was disrespecting America to many lengths. America needed to be justice for the pent up anger and in response‚ Madison had called for war‚ but after the war had ended‚ many had argued whether or not the war of 1812 had even hurt
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