World Civ. MWF 11:00 The American Revolution vs. The French Revolution The American Revolution never went through the radical phases that the French Revolution did. On the same hand‚ the nineteenth century French government was more conservative than the nineteenth century United States government. The American Revolution was a much more civilized than the French Revolution. Part of that was because of the simple fact that it was more of a political revolution. When trade brought prosperity
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The American Revolution was an extremely important event in history; social‚ political and economic aspects all helped develop a very strong revolutionary spirit within the colonists of America. It helped enlightenment philosophers like John Locke or Benjamin Franklin to step up and lead the revolution politically with great success. All these aspects made the American Revolution the historical landmark that it is today; it symbolizes the way that Americans came together to become independent and
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The American‚ Revolution took place in the 1700s‚ The French Revolution was a 1789 battle‚ and The Mexican Revolution occurred in 1910. Each revolution began with the people unhappy with the role the government was playing. Lack of representation‚ prices of food being raised‚ and unfair presidential elections. The people were unhappy with the unfair share of power among small groups of people without a say in how they lived. Laws were made without any warning‚ taxes changed without any type of consent
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For thousands of years Canada was occupied by a mixture of mongoloid peoples in different development stages between Late Paleolithic to Late Neolithic who had arrived thousands of years ago from Asia. The first contact with Europeans was when viking settlers tried to establish a logging settlement in Newfoundland. The vikings left for unknown reasons‚ possibly because the natives were hostile to viking presence. In the 15th century European explorers began to come to Canada and major French and
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The factors leading to the American Revolution were the effects of the Seven Year War‚ taxation without representation‚ the overwhelming distance from the motherland‚ and a general feeling of the colonists basic rights as Englishmen were being eroded by the colonial policies of the Parliament‚ the King and his advisors. In Canada and the United Kingdom‚ the Seven Years’ War is used to describe the North American conflict as well as the European and Asian conflicts. Winston Churchill called the Seven
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A1. The causes of the American Revolution were imposed taxes‚ taxation without representation‚ and the King implementing the Intolerable act. After the French and Indian War the British government lost a lot of money. So their way of collecting money was to impose taxes on the American colonists. These taxes included a tea tax‚ which was a tax on tea that was imported to America. With no representation in Britain the American colonist did not have a say in these taxes on goods‚ which had always been
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The Patriot Vs. The American Revolution As you watch the Patriot you see many of the battles fought during the American revolution. You also see the uniforms they wore to battle‚ and the guns they used and how they were used. But what you didn’t see was the fact that the movie doesn’t relate to the American Revolution‚ in ways that I’m going to explain in the next paragraphs. It was different because of the weapons they used‚ the way the slaves were being treated in the movie compared to in
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SLAVERY AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION During the American Revolution in the 1770s‚ African Americans soldiers participated in valor. Some were fighting for the Britain colonialists while others were fighting for American patriots in their struggle for independence. The slaves fought alongside their masters so that they could get human rights and freedoms enjoyed by other Americans. During this time‚ slavery was at peak‚ and most African Americans were under servitude and gross abuse of their rights
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Elsigai APUSH Ms. Shalimar November 10‚ 2012 FRQ The American revolution set the wheels into motion for the Women’s Rights movement‚ it helped shaped the lives of even today’s women. Between 1790 and 1860 the roles of women dramatically changed politically and socially‚ it brought on a new era for women creating a more empowered sense of womanhood opening up job opportunities and giving women a chance at equality. With the American revolution came an entirely new perspective of female ability.
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War never truly has one person or side at fault; each front brings something to the table. Nevertheless‚ the American Revolution is a conflict that raises major debate over who to blame. The American colonies were at a standstill. How could a new nation grow with such a controlling mother country always on its back? As a result of the French Indian War‚ the British had to pay for their colonies war debts. For England to pay for these debts‚ Parliament imposed multiple harsh taxes and acts on
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