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    Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Brenchley History 1700 Davey Vakapuna History 1700 Mr. Brenchley Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27‚ 1858 in New York City. He is the son of Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha (Mittie) Bulloch Roosevelt. He was tutored privately‚ he graduated from Harvard in 1880 and entered Law school that same year but did not complete his degree. He was Dutch reformed‚ though at various points he was affiliated with Episcopal congregations. Married Alice Hathaway

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    and slaves in the revolutionary south‚ 1775-1782. The Journal of Military History‚ 73(2)‚ 635-637. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/195637365?accountid=28722 Grundset‚ Eric G. "African Americans of Massachusetts in the Revolution - Massachusetts Society." Massachusetts Society. N.p.‚ 30 June 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2013. Hochschild‚ A. (2006). Rough crossings: Britain‚ the slaves‚ and the american revolution. Publishers Weekly‚ 253(10)‚ 56. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/197099760

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    from the British monarchy. The Americans were outraged; however‚ the British were the ones to fire the first shot that began the war. Once the first shot was out‚ the war was bound to take place. The Boston Tea Party‚ The Battle of Lexington and Concord‚ and The Battle of Yorktown were all important occurrences that determined the fate of the colonies. We can argue about how we see this whole situation emotionally‚ and I say that the Revolutionary War was a positive reaction. I believe it was positive

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    The American revolutionary war‚ the war that started on April 19‚ 1775. The thirteen Colonies vs Great Britain for the Battle of freedom‚ independence and the new world. These people during the American revolutionary war helped made the success of the revolutionary war‚ these people consist of George Washington the general of the continental army that led them to victory‚ Marquis de Lafayette a french noble that helped the colonies by supplying them with money‚ supplies and french troops‚ Baron

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    start of the first English settlement in Jamestown‚ to the English Civil War‚ French and Indian War‚ the Declaratory Act‚ Boston Massacre‚ all built up to the final and main cause of the American Revolution‚ which was the battle of Lexington and Concord. ------------------------------------------------- When Jamestown was first founded only 104 men had endured the journey from England to the New World. Because the new colonists were unknowledgeable of the West property in America‚ they had chosen

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    Salem’s birth year is not certain he was born a slave in Framingham‚ Massachusetts. His owner‚ Jeremiah Belknap‚ named him after his hometown of Salem‚ Massachusetts. In America’s early years‚ Massachusetts‚ monitoring an insurrection by Blacks‚ made it illegal for them to serve in the military. When the need for soldiers increased during the French and Indian Wars Blacks were pressed into military duty. In mid-1775‚ the Massachusetts Committee of Safety recruited only free Blacks. Salem had been sold

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    A witch craze swept the small Puritan community of Salem Village‚ Massachusetts in 1692. It began when a group of girls gathered in the evenings in the home of Reverend Parris to listen to stories told by one of his slaves‚ Tituba. They also played fortune-telling games‚ which were strictly forbidden by the Puritans. One night‚ while trying to see the faces of their future husbands in an egg white dropped in a glass of water‚ one girl believed she saw the shape of a coffin. Soon after‚ the girls

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    Events Leading to the American Revolution The American Revolution was a gradual process. It did not happen overnight. We were gradually pushed there by the English. They first gave us the right to govern ourselves‚ and implement our own laws such as the no taxation without representation law in Pennsylvania. Only then to impose trade restrictions like the Navigation Acts‚ Sugar Act‚ and the Stamp Act. The British also set limits on where the Colonists could settle as in the Proclamation of 1763

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    What were the causes of American Revolution? There were many factors that lead to the American Revolution but a few stand out more importantly. The American Revolution was not just one happening that created a global concern‚ there were many factors that lead to it such as taxes that they were enforcing‚ and a few of these acts led colonists to believe their freedom was at stake. All of this and the opposition eventually led to the American Revolution. The beginning issues that lead to the revolutionary

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    What signaled the beginning of the American Revolution was the first battle on April 19‚ 1775 at Lexington. General Gage was in charge of the British troops that were in Boston. He learned that the colonists had hidden a large amount of weapons in Concord. They had planned on a surprise attack but the two sons of liberty‚ Paul Revere and William Dawns‚ warned General Washington of the impending British attack. When the Americans defeated the British at Saratoga it ended the British’s plan to separate

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