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    enlightened ideals. The Russian Revolution of 1917 was driven by a combination of many factors‚ including economic deprivation‚ social inequality‚ and opposition against the autocratic rule of Tsar Nicholas II. In addition‚ Russia had endured many more hardships and downfalls following the conclusion of World War I. According to The Making of the West‚ “the government’s incompetence and Nicholas II’s stubborn resistance to change had made the war even worse in Russia than elsewhere” (Hunt et al. 683). The

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    land Although Royal Proclamation of 1763 gave some protection for First Nations‚ British govt. wanted to gain control of their land through treaties As more Europeans settled‚ colonists accepted that lands west‚ north of Great Lakes = fur trade Immigrants wanted to farm the northwest‚ fur traders tried to prevent Colonists wanted fixed boundaries‚ land‚ etc‚ conflicted with culture‚ lifestyle of fur traders‚ who became allies of Aboriginals (they had little to gain‚ everything to lose) Upper Canada

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    remarkable perseverance and patriotism of the Continental Army‚ despite being outnumbered and less experienced than the British forces. The narrative highlights the critical role of George Washington’s leadership‚ not without his flaws‚ and the ordinary colonists’ extraordinary efforts in the struggle for freedom. By closely examining the battles and personal stories of the

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    The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) was not only a clash of armies but also a crucible of human endurance‚ hardship‚ and sacrifice. Beneath the lofty ideals of liberty and independence lay the grueling realities faced by soldiers who fought on both sides of the conflict. These men‚ many of them farmers‚ blacksmiths‚ and apprentices‚ were thrust into the chaos of war‚ where they faced extreme deprivation‚ disease‚ and the constant specter of death. Their stories of resilience and struggle reveal

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    Tim Pearl Carter Meyer Native Americans 12 February 2015 Indian Hardship and the King Philip’s War Almost 400 years later‚ we still know almost nothing about the original Thanksgiving Celebration that has become so commonplace in American Society today. Records show that it probably occurred in the late summer of 1621‚ almost a year after the Wampanoag Indians first made contact with the English Pilgrims. However‚ what we do know from this event is the rapid expansion and deterioration that followed

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    He used his writings to make the audience or readers informed about the hardships and struggles he encountered while in the New World. Bradford adopted an editorial approach in his work “The History of Plymouth Plantation” to provide event interpretations that educated or informed people that the New World was not “Heaven on Earth

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    To most Americans especially schoolchildren‚ the term "colonist" stimulates images of strong Pilgrims setting sail on the Mayflower or Arbella to land in the America’s—an impressive legend of hard-work and purpose. The records of John Smith‚ William Bradford‚ and John Winthrop‚ testify that in most cases the images evoked are true. Records have indicated that the main difference between the adventures of the Jamestown settlers and those of the pilgrims lies in the background of the settlers themselves

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    Alexandra von Paris ENGL221 0801 9/28/2010 Cotton Mather: Women Possessed by the Devil Importance of Gender in Colonial Identities One cannot discuss the gender role of women in America without talking about the misogynistic craze of burning witches in Salem in the 1690’s. Cotton Mather was a paramount figure during this time‚ whose writings on witchcraft‚ particularly in The Wonders of the Invisible World‚ fed the hysteria that led to many women being persecuted‚ and for some‚

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    opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” But the same idea existed since the colonist times. In 1630 John Winthrop give a sermon to his fellow Puritan colonists in which he detailed his vision of a society in which everyone would have a chance to prosper‚ as long as they all worked together and followed Biblical teachings. Eventually‚ the hope for equality of opportunity evolved in colonists’ mind into a God-given right. More than a hundred years later Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration

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    Although through the trial and hardships‚ from 1492 to 1877 the core of the american identity‚ the frontier had a constant presence through the years‚ but through the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth‚ the American Revolution‚ Declaration of Independence‚ Benjamin Franklins virtues‚ letters‚ Abolitionist‚ such as William Garrison‚ Fredrick Douglas‚ and the civil war‚ the definition of american identity as the frontier grew and developed into something that defines what it means to be an american

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