this other‚ more powerful country helps you gain independance. However‚ as soon as you win‚ the country that helps turns around and puts you in the same situation‚ just with them instead of the original country. This is what it was like in the Philippines! Before the Spanish-American war‚ the Philippines were a territory of Spain‚ along with some other countries like Cuba and Puerto Rico. Spain mistreated the people of these territories. They moved them into camps‚ that had shelters with no roofs.
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The American Revolution fundamentally changed American society politically‚ socially‚ and economically from 1775 to 1800. The effects of the Revolution were both positive and negative. The political effect of the Revolution was negative in that it left much conflict between different groups of people still living in the United States after the British formally left. Socially‚ the American society was affected positively as more people came together. The effect was negative on the society because
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The American Revolution The colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the revolution to a great extent. They discovered who they are and how to become unified progressively from 1750 to 1776 and the documents come from a first hand source as to what the colonists went through and how they progressed as the years went by. Although they wanted to get absolute separation‚ they were adamant on their attempts of becoming independent from England. By the eve
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by the eve of the Revolution. A great deal of the colonists’ identity is ascribed to the environmental factors which shaped their attitudes and beliefs. The egalitarian and self-reliant characteristics of the colonists were long instilled into American culture. Egalitarianism was due to the abundance of land that provided anybody with a chance of land ownership. Ordinary people could now vote in the colonies‚ a privilege most didn’t bear in England‚ and because of the large amount of people with
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the American People.” (Doc. B). In this document‚ George Washington states that America should have “as little political connexion as possible.” He also suggests that‚ “...by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe‚ entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition‚ rivalship‚ interest‚ humor‚ or caprice.” (Doc. B) This tells us‚ historians that George Washington knew what would happen if we were to interfere with foreign
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effects in their country‚ not positives. However‚ immigrants were not wanted by Americans. The context from document 4 states‚ “open hostility towards foreigners or immigrants was expressed in the form of anti-immigration pamphlet…In the pamphlet below the author is claiming immigrants will harm children run labor practices (unions).” This quote is an example of why Europeans should not immigrate to America because Americans disliked having immigrants because they were afraid that they will harm unions
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American policy changes through the good and rebellious Between the years of 1930 and 1941 american foreign policy changed how it worked and its goals. They changed because of the threats in the outside world and because of all the absolute need for us to get involved in the war. During this time the world war was restarting in Europe and was leaving no choice except for the United States to get involved in the war. People were dissolving treaties and fighting and the united states could not remain
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DBQ on American Revolution The American Revolution fundamentally changed American society in many different ways. Americans gained independence from Great Britain and began to govern themselves democratically and deal with their own dilemmas like slavery‚ internal revolts and rights of different groups of people without foreign interference. They utilized farming as the main labor but trade and manufacturing also picked up due to the end of mercantilism and the Navigation Laws. After the Revolution
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Mexican-American War was fought mostly because of Texas’s border confusion. When Texas won its independence from Mexico‚ they stated that the "great big river of the south" would be the border‚ but because of Texan’s vagueness‚ Mexicans thought the Nueces River was the border‚ while the U.S. and Texas claims they were talking about the Rio Grande. The reasons America was justified in going to war with Mexico is the fact that Mexico had not exert any governmental attention to Texas‚ many Americans were
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University of Phoenix Material American Imperialism Part 1 Complete the chart by identifying the following: Identify the countries or areas where the United States engaged in imperialistic actions during the period from about 1870 to 1914. Discuss why each area was important to American empire building (political‚ economic‚ and social). Explain America’s expansionist ideals. What were some of the factors that justified American imperialist actions? Identify the current political
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