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    The American Revolution‚ was a political upheaval that occurred from 1765 to 1783. During this event‚ the Thirteen American Colonies resisted the ruling of Great Britain therefore attempting and later succeeding at their independence and the founding of their unification as the United States. In the summer of 1776‚ the Colonies declared their independence‚ developed a rough idea for a democratic government and the British suppressed any rebellions and the idea of the Colonies’ independence. The decisions

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    Lobbying Congress | Estelle Stevens HSM 230 Kevin Bottomley | October 14‚ 2010 | Human services organizations have a mission to help improve the quality of life for those who need their services. If congress passes the bill to

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    The American Revolution began in earnest at Lexington on April 19‚ 1775‚ and was formalized with the passing of the motion for independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 2‚ 1776. We‚ Americans of the 21st century tend to take our freedom and constitutional protections for granted‚ but they were hard won‚ and the result which was achieved was never a foregone conclusion. Surely the United States would eventually have broken out of the British Empire‚ but the path might well have been

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    determination and overt hostility towards certain aspects of British rule and it was this unified determination that under girded the patriotic identity. The formation of policies such as the Declaration of Independence and the meeting of the first continental congress expressed by this identity provided the framework for the revolutionary war that followed. It was the patriot victory in this war that supplanted British rule in America. The American colonists’ travel to the ’new world’ was posited on the

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    recruits by promising them to rise in rank‚ acquire some money‚ and change their social status. 4. Why did Robert Morris’ plan to assuage the concerns of financial contributors to the Continental Congress anger the common soldier? Robert Morris to assuage the concerns of financial contributors to the Continental Congress angered the common soldiers because he gave no financial support to the common soldiers who were suffering in the cold‚ dying of sickness‚ and watching the civilian profiteers getting

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    When: 1763-1775 Who: British and the Colonist What: America leaving its Mother country. The fight between colonist and England. Where: 13 colonies Why: The colonies wanted to be free from the grip of the British and the taxing. So What: Made America the independent country that we live in today. How: Colonist had enough of the British and got their guns and fought the British to the death at concord England vs. America

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    The Declaration of Independence‚ written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress states the reasons why the 13 colonies of North America were separating from the British empire in July of 1776. The King of Great Britain ‚ George lll‚ interfered with the colonists right to self govern‚ and introduced legislation that affected the colonies. This levied taxes on the colonists‚ closed ports‚ and required them to quarter British soldiers. After many attempts to make peace‚ they

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    James Madison was the fourth president of the United States of America. He was a political theorist. He was born on March 16‚ 1751 at Port Conway‚Virgina.He died on June 28‚1836 on his tobacco plantation in Montpelier‚ Orange County‚ Virginia. His father is James Madison Sr.He was a successful planter and owned more than 3‚000 acres of land and dozens of slaves. In addition‚ he was an influential figure in county affairs. He acquired wealth by inheritance and by his marriage to the daughter of a

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    average joe even had the ability to rule himself was mind-boggling. While the Americans preached this idea and made it the backbone of their excuse for breaking away from Britian‚ in truth they didn ’t really practice it. All of those at the Continental Congress were upper class white men who owned land and held important places in their respective states. After the revolution was over‚ the upper class still ruled. There was not some earth-shattering‚ sudden and over-whelming clamor for national

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    proved to be a momentous year for John Adams. With Parliament’s passage of the Coercive Acts‚ Adams realized that the time had come for the Americans to invoke what he called “revolution-principles.”4 Later that year he was elected to the first Continental Congress. Over the course of the next two years no man worked as hard or played as important a role in the movement for independence. His first great contribution to the American cause was to draft‚ in October 1774‚ the principal clause of the Declaration

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