The book 1776 by David McCullough tells the story of the military aspects of the American Revolution. McCullough writes the book from both the British and American point of views‚ creating a better understanding of what both sides were undergoing during the war. Not only does he have a degree from Yale‚ but McCullough has also been awarded with the nations highest civilian award‚ the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In addition to this‚ he has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize twice. He has also written
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1776 Book Review Throughout history‚ one of the most memorable wars for Americans will be the American Revolution. This was a time when the thirteen American colonies broke off from the mother country of England and fought for their independence. David McCullough writes about the American Revolution in his non-fictional historical book 1776. This book helps readers better understand the conditions the soldiers and generals were in‚ the point of view from many of the generals‚ and some important
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The British government has always been a suppressing force over the colonists. The colonists have endured many different difficulties and impediments that the British has imposed onto them. Many of which‚ has affected the colonists greatly causing them to lash out at the unsatisfactory British imperial policies. The colonists over the course of history‚ has suffered through many unfair policies that at one point‚ they just couldn’t take it anymore. One of the many policies that the British implemented
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Salutary Neglect is an undocumented‚ British policy that avoids the Navigation acts and it’s meant to keep America colonies to only trade with Great Britain. This policy was created after Great Britain came to war with another country and required more soldiers in the fight. Therefore‚ the soldiers taking part of the Navigation Acts left to help be apart of the war. Since many of the British forces were fighting in the war‚ the colonies remained independent. Salutary Neglect also encouraged the American
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1774 and made five major decisions‚ one of them recommending that the colonies make military preparations for defense against the British in Boston. Minutemen prepared to fight‚ and on April 17‚ 1775 the American Revolution had begun with the battles of Lexington and Concord. With the Sugar‚ Currency and Stamp Acts‚ colonists became angered with the amount of British Taxation. In Virginia‚ Patrick Henry made a speech to the House of Burgesses‚ in which he declared the Americans possessed he same
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British policy towards EU integration ”Therefore‚ there is no straight choice about whether Britain’s political future is to be ’European’ or otherwise. This reflects not just the domestic complexity and combustibility of the debate about European integration‚ but also a profound sense of ambiguity about what the European Union is now and what it might yet become” (Colin Hay 2002). This quote describes Britain’s position and views towards the European Union very well in order to start my discussion
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#5: Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican values. Colonial exploration in the mid to late 1700s led to stressful times for some countries. Great Britain was one of them. Their American colonies caused them much grief as they tried to take over their society. The British imperial policies towards its colonies made resistance higher to British rule and their commitment to republican
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British Colonial rule destroyed Kenya’s traditional culture. Colonialism occurs when one nation takes control of another. This is exactly what the British did to the Africans. Even though the British created a developed civilization with many aspects they brought to Kenya‚ they affected the Africans politically‚ economically‚ socially‚ and culturally. The British colonization of Kenya destroyed the culture of the native people‚ but it established a democratic government and left Kenya a more modernized
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War finally ended in 1763‚ no British subject on either side of the Atlantic could have foreseen the coming conflicts between the parent country and its North American colonies. Even so‚ the seeds of these conflicts were planted during‚ and as a result of‚ this war. Keep in mind that the French and Indian War (known in Europe as the Seven Years’ War) was a global conflict. Even though Great Britian defeated France and its allies‚ the victory came at great cost. In January 1763‚ Great Britain’s national
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importance of three of the following as factors prompting Americans to rebel in 1776. Parliamentary Taxation Restrictions of Civil Liberty British military measures The legacy of colonial religious and political ideas The mistake that King George and the rest of Britain made was thinking that they could forever keep the colonies under their thumb. These were not the same colonists who came over as British citizens to set up forts. These men and women thought of themselves and American
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