Mike Chang 11/1/08 Mrs. Lee Global DBQ In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries there were two main forms of government. The two main forms of government were democracy and absolutism. Both of these types of government were effective in there own ways. Absolutism was the most effective type of government during that time period. Absolutism is when the ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people of their nation. Many rulers had a democracy government but absolutism
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" War on iraq was not justified" The 2003 Iraq War lasted less than three weeks. It began in the early morning hours of March 20‚ when American missiles struck Baghdad. By April 9‚ U.S. forces had advanced into Baghdad. By April 15 Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had vanished‚ and U.S. and allied officials pronounced the end of major combat operations. Although the war itself was short‚ arguments over whether it was justified had been made for months and years prior to the attack‚ and still continue
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Julie Giaimo DBQ Going back to 1619‚ Africans were bought to America and sold to Americans as workers. It wasn’t long before slavery became a controversial issue. Over the course of almost two and a half centuries the debate of weather to continue or abolish slavery went on. The supporters and the abolitionist had their arguments on how they viewed slavery‚ and the government played their part too. Those who supported slavery were for the most part southerners. Senator John C. Calhoun states
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Was the stamp act justified? If you were a government that had to tax people because they had to pay for a war‚ what would you do? Back in 1763 the colonists were just enjoying a good day‚ but then the government started to tax everyone because they had just fought the war and won‚ but when they won they realized that they had been dept because they had to pay for their soldiers and supplies. People say it was not justified because they don’t know how many soldiers lost their lives out on the battlefield
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their fight. Because slaves were banned from fighting with the colonists‚ and because The British Army bribed them with potential freedom‚ the African American slaves commonly fought for the British Army (Doc A). Many slaves fought their way to freedom with the British Army‚ but others eventually turned to support the colonists. In a way they were sympathetic to the colonists fight. After having absolutely no rights for so long‚ they could relate to what the colonists were going through. Britain was
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Can the bombing of dresden be justified? On the evening of February 13‚ 1945‚ a series of Allied firebombing raids begins against the German city of Dresden‚ reducing the “Florence of the Elbe” to rubble and flames‚ and killing as many as 135‚000 people.More than 3‚400 tons of explosives were dropped on the city by 800 American and British aircraft. The firestorm created by the two days of bombing set the city burning for many more days‚ littering the streets with charred corpses‚ including many
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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‚ however‚ were angry at Britain; they wanted
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Nicole Wengrofsky DBQ #5 When Jefferson assumed his presidency he faced several foreign policy issues. One was the issue of British impressing our ships; they would take sailors from American ships and force them to serve in the British navy. One particular incident referred to as “The Leopard Affair” pushed Jefferson to enact the Embargo Act of 1807. Jefferson created this act in order to avoid war with Britain and to appease the public. He knew we would be no match against the British navy
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1 Why did Whately (and probably most other English officials) feel that the American colonists should be willing to pay higher taxes to Parliament? Whately felt that American Colonists should contribute to the preservation of the advantages they have received. Document 2 According to Dickinson‚ what taxes was Parliament justified in imposing on the colonies? According to Dickinson‚ Parliament was justified in imposing the Stamp Act on the colonies. Why did he object to the Stamp Act and the
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Vietnam DBQ The Vietnam War began in 1956 but the United States campaign began in the early 60’s. The Vietnam War heightened social‚ political and economic tensions in the United States with events such as the Gulf of Tonkin incident‚ the Kent State massacre‚ and the war powers act. Then the drafting started. James Fallows describes how he witnessed fresh graduates from high schools were being drafted (Document F). Mr. King Jr. was very upset as he learned about the racial statistics about the
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