Jordan Martin Mr.Gainus Honors Social Studies 17 November 2014 Why were the loyalists reluctant to John the American Revolution? Bang! It was the shot heard around the world that officially started the American Revolutionary War in 1776. Many may say that the fighting of the war started the American Revolution‚ but it unofficially started when Britain began to do things‚ such as impose taxes‚ that made the colonists angry. These colonists were referred to as the patriots. Not all of the colonists
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DBQ At the beginning of the 1st century C.E .‚ when Buddhism began to spread from India to China‚ it encountered mixed results. Many Chinese had accepted the practice of Buddhism and stood by its policies when others were penetrating Buddhism’s absence from past beliefs and used it as a pushover for social and political problems. Still others stayed impartial‚ wanting to mesh the differences of belief systems in China to create a one of a kind Chinese culture. Documents 2 and 3 support the spread
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settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur?" Use the documents AND your knowledge of the colonial period up to 1700 to develop your answer. (1993‚ DBQ)** 3. "In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century?" (1983‚ question 2) 4. Early encounters between
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The end of the Revolutionary War brought about many changes in America. The abandonment of the colonizers by the British government left them with many new dilemmas. They had to basically start new societies from scratch. They had to figure out what type of governing system they would have‚ and what kind of society they would become. According to the information presented in historical documents about Wethersfield‚ Connecticut‚ as well as my own outside knowledge‚ American society became more
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women’s organization in existence that embraced the reform movement and led efforts for change. The National Council of Jewish Women‚ the National Congress of Mothers‚ and the Women’s Trade Union League are just a few among many. In fact‚ there were over one million members in the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1912. With these numbers‚ women could have joined together and gotten the right to vote‚ however they faced many challenges. Perhaps the largest disadvantage they met was disunity. Until
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World War I couldn’t have ended any worse. The way it was handled was wrong and as a result of that‚ a war even worse than before broke out. The three main causes of World War II were the ways France‚ Britain‚ and Germany handled it diplomatically‚ socially‚ and financially. There are sources that show the actions taken by the countries. After World War I France had made a treaty with the country of Poland that states if either country is attacked‚ the other will send aid and assistance via money
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beneficial consequences to the Soviet Union; however‚ the negative factors were so terrible‚ that they overwhelm the positive factors. To modernize the economy‚ Stalin came up with Five-Year Plans‚ which were plans that would rapidly develop the economy over a five-year period by setting up high production goals for heavy industry. In 1928‚ Stalin gave a speech before launching the first Five-Year Plan. Stalin said that they were falling behind other nations. ”We lag behind the advanced countries by fifty
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During the early 1920s‚ World War I had just ended‚ and many countries were not happy with the outcome. The Treaty of Versailles was a poor settlement to World War I‚ and left three particular countries unhappy; Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan. The Treaty of Versailles left many limitations on Germany‚ and failed to give Italy and Japan the recognition they deserved. During the 1930s‚ these countries decided to take action‚ and fight for what they wanted. Though both appeasement and collective security
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Between 1848 and 1861 there were many issues the northern and southern states of America were disagreeing on. These disagreements eventually led to the Civil War. The common myth of the Civil war is that it was a war fought over the issue of slavery. So if slavery was not the reason for the war‚ what was? The war was fought to preserve the union‚ to keep the United States as one. Understanding the reasons for the south’s secession and the war requires the examination of the opposing views of the
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slaves to the soil and to their creditors” (The American Pageant p. 487). Moreover‚ as tensions grew between freedmen and whites in the south‚ violence occurred making the south a “warzone” of race riots. Almost immediately after the Civil War was over riots such as that in Memphis‚ Tennessee in the May of 1866 occurred where “whites on a rampage of
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