If the British had won the Revolutionary War‚ I would not be sitting here writing this paper and you would not be reading this right now. Americans would not be Americans‚ but British. America would not even be around now and there would be no 50 states. Most of our ancestors would not have came if the British beat the Americans. Our ancestors came for independence‚ land‚ and economic gain‚ they came for a better life then they had where they were. Based on Britain back then‚ it was not like America
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challenging time for the American people. Numerous factors led the Southern states to secede from the United States and form the Confederate States of America. More than a century after Robert E. Lee surrendered his soldiers to the Union‚ people continue to argue about how the Confederacy was defeated. In the past thirty years‚ historians have examined the most popular believed explanations for Southern demise (Beringer). Of course‚ there is no established belief to why the Confederacy lost‚ but
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1) Although racism as we know it is relatively new‚ I do believe it existed before the 1600’s - 1700’s. In certain ways‚ it’s part of our political culture. Our identities are shaped by race. Therefore there must have been a certain way to determine the differe nce between other cultures and ethnicities. Race separated people as inferior to superior with only color as separation. As we know‚ racism is relatively new but that doesn’t mean it didn’t exist before. It may not have been used negatively
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training troops in South Vietnam. Many of these troops were not professionals. These men were young‚ inexperienced‚ and were from America’s minority groups. This was one of their first mistakes - using troops who were not experienced or highly skilled. All they had was basic training behind them. US troops used helicopter gunships as well as aircrafts‚ allowing them to have total control of the air‚ this being helpful for destroying Vietnam’s jungle with chemicals like Agent Orange‚ killing large areas of
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Around the 1870’s Europeans came and started to takeover Africa. Before they even came‚ Africa had a very stable economy. After the settlement of the Europeans‚ they started taking all the wealth for themselves‚ which had demolished the economy of Africa. After the imperialism of Africa was seized‚ Africa became independent. With the Europeans weakening the economy they were already off on the wrong foot. At one point all the world was in poverty‚ but during that time Africa had the worse case
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factories. This capital was from trade profits and the cottage industry. England had a banking system with credit facilities. There were a number of people interested in making profits. They were fascinated with wealth. England had an abundance of cotton‚ used in the making of textiles. When the cottage industry and the manufacturing of clothing at home changed to the factory system‚ new machines were being created. Also‚ several -inventors of these machines were from Great Britain and contributed
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Throughout the course history‚ African Americans confronted many struggles with migration. Migration is commonly associated with positivity and new beginnings‚ but not in this every case. Southern African Americans voluntarily migrated‚ yet drew various resources and drawbacks. African Americans found difficulty in the South‚ ultimately made the decision to migrate. African American were in such poor circumstances in the South‚ so they had to use major strategies to obtained benefits‚ and face many
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The battle was fought on Senlac hill 10 kilometres away from Hastings. The battle started because when King Edward died‚ he left no heir to the throne. The men who claimed to be king were Harald Hadrada‚ Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy. This essay will decide why William won the battle of Hastings by looking at the tree following factors: William’s skill‚ Harold’s poor leadership and Harold’s bad luck. The first argument as to why William won the battle of Hastings‚ is that he had the bet
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Performance of North American‚ European and UK acquirers A study of synergy advantages: M&As during 1981-1999 in the Utilities‚ Manufacturing and Services industries Author: EUR study number: Thesis supervisor: Finish date: M.B. Gmelich 307381 Dr. W. de Maeseneire September 2011 ABSTRACT This thesis empirically investigates the antecedents of abnormal return and operating performance improvement through mergers and acquisitions in Europe‚ the United Kingdom and North America. The study
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Why does North Korea kill people? War with North Korea is a bad idea because thousands of lives would be lost‚ especially if nuclear weapons are used‚ North Korea has ICBM’s that can travel to the USA mainland.People cares about other people in North Korea. It’s not fare to kill people. .North Korea continues to develop ICBM’s‚ some can even travel far enough to hit the United States. Other countries would also be affected if war was to break out in North Korea. Kim jong un is a dangerous dictator
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