The Revolutionary War was a tragic and painstaking war fought between America and Great Britain from April nineteenth‚ 1775‚ to September third‚ 1783. The main conflict was over America’s longing for independence‚ and Britain denying them of this freedom. Even though Britain was at the height of its power‚ and the United States had a ragtag army and limited resources‚ America was the unlikely victor. While Britain appeared to have the upper hand‚ America had a few unpredictable advantages. First
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Why the British Should Have Won the War How did the British lose the Revolutionary War? They had more‚ and better‚ everything. Such as better soldiers and better training. This would surely give them and advantage. Also the greater amount of supplies should help. But in the end they still lost‚ it could have been for a few‚ good‚ reasons. These reasons are minuscule compared to the power of the British military. The British should have won the Revolutionary War because they had a far superior army
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The Revolutionary War was a period of time when America would free from its constraints of Britain‚ and become their own independent nation. The men‚ the soldiers in the war were credited mainly for the pathway to freedom‚ but what about the women who also made efforts? Most of the women who stepped forward to help out and pave the way for freedom were looked past‚ or down upon because women were looked to be subordinate to men. Though the Revolutionary War opened opportunities for minority groups
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In the revolutionary war slaves and their masters played an important role‚ which led towards the abolishment of slavery. After years‚ full of tension between the United States and Britain tensions erupted in the war of independence in 1775‚ which would last till 1783 (Conway‚1). “African Americans fought a revolution within a revolution‚” as Nash writes (266). This means that while the Americans had their revolution‚ slaves had their own for their freedom. The change is shown by the number of articles
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Struggle of the Revolutionary War The Revolutionary War was the most important war in American history and not only granted us freedom and rights‚ but also disrupted the economy in several ways. The fight for freedom came at the terrible cost of hundreds of thousands of lives and the destruction of property to which belonged to innocent hard working farmers. What many people don’t see or realize are the problems from after the war itself. There is no such thing as ending a war and then becoming
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World War 2 or the second Great War occurred from Sep 1‚ 1939 – Sep 2‚ 1945.At the beginning of the war The United States was a neutral party until officially joining the Allied Powers in 1941. The United States started off the war by producing and selling arms‚ food‚ and other supplies that would aid the European nations involved. This started off the economic boom needed in to come out of the biggest depression America has had. At the beginning of the war America was in a foothold it couldn’t come
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Marginalized groups were a major factor in the revolutionary war for both sides. Some of the marginalized groups left the war in a better position because of the side that they chose. Women were affected in multiple ways; most women felt sorrow from losing loved ones in the conflict‚ but women stepped up and played the role of the male figure‚ who was away and fighting during the war. As women assumed the male position they also joined large-scale protest against British rule in some occupied cities
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From the Revolutionary War to the 1920s‚ the role of women dramatically changed from when women lacked political power and representation to when women were finally granted the right to vote. Although the role of women did gradually improve in that women given more freedoms‚ they still socially struggled because they were seen as inferior and therefore to this day still receive lower wages than men. Despite the fact that women during the times of war lived to serve those in higher positions‚ their
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much power‚ violated the citizens’ natural rights‚ and there was no bill of rights. Who are the Anti-federalists? They were people who were against ratification. Most people that were anti-federalist were mostly farmers‚ so they were poor. Federalists were in favor of the ratification. Most people that were Federalist were businessmen and New Englanders‚ which meant they were rich. How did the British government have too much power? Under the Constitution‚ lots of power was taken away from the people
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through the Revolutionary war‚ meanwhile 757‚208 Africans were kept bound against their will in slavery (Braudel pp. 22). Many Americans died in the war to win their national freedom from England‚ slaves in turn felt they had earned just the same respect to abolishing slavery. The American Revolutionary war and American Slavery movement were wars fought to revolutionize American freedom and were for the same purpose of equal rights. There were many causes leading up to the Revolutionary War‚ which Americans
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