What it means to be an American Carrie Archer Mr. Mahaffey What It Means To Be an American My name is Carrie Archer I was born on March 4‚ 1891 at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights‚ New York. My father Clark Archer was a gynecologist and surgeon and my mother‚ Matilda Speldman‚ was a young woman of refinement. I am the oldest of six children including Barbara‚ Katherine‚ and two boys‚ Rogers and Lyman. The youngest child‚ a girl named Matilda‚ died at one year old. We children were respected
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What if the American Revolution never happened? In history classrooms all over the country‚ there lays an abundant amount of "what if" questions that pop into one’s mind when one learns. But has anybody really fully answered this question that so many people think about? In hindsight‚ a revolution seemed inevitable because of the way the British treated the Americans. But if the American Revolution never happened‚ obviously‚ America would not exist. But most importantly‚ the world as a whole
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of the American Revolution “We must all hang together‚ or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” Ben Franklin once said. This quote relates with the causes of the American Revolution. The quote relates to the causes of the American Revolution because Ben Franklin was referring that we either all stand together or as a country all stand as nobody. Throughout the American Revolution; political‚ social‚ and intellectual transformations changed the daily lives of the colonist. The American Revolution
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What motivated Americans to move west and what was their motive? Different Americans were motivated by different reasons to move west. Ranchers would move to more land in the west to raise cattle‚ particularly Texas and Kansas. These cattle ranchers would then ship their cattle back to the Eastern states to sell. They sold for much higher prices back east. The expansion of the railroad made it possible to easily transport the cattle east. Farmers were motivated because they could get free land
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The Mexican-American war is one of the most important conflicts that the U.S. had to this date. It is what seemed to be an inevitable war all due to the Jacksonian era and its aggressive manifest destiny. This war was against a new Mexican government who was unprepared‚ and they were almost blindsided by the States. They were hoping to become allies but they became enemies all too quickly. First they had one of their territories become independent‚ and then as they were trying to get it back‚ the
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The American Revolution was a widespread coming together of angry colonists against England. Beginning in the late 1700s‚ after the French and Indian War‚ colonists started getting fed up with what they thought of as cruel treatment. What really fueled their rage was the unfair taxation. The French and Indian War ended with Britain in serious dept. Britain decided that it was about time for the colonists to pay for their war costs. So‚ they passed a series of laws imposing taxes on the colonists
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The American Revolution was an event that defined our identity as Americans. In Elementary school‚ we are taught about how the Boston Tea party was the start of the Revolution; more specifically the tax the British implemented on tea. In Middle school we are taught about George Washington and how he fearlessly crossed the Delaware River on Christmas day‚ in freezing temperatures‚ in order to take the British soldiers by surprise. In college‚ we are told that what we have learned about the American
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Flies High: The American Flag America is a country full of patriotic‚ free spirited‚ opinionated‚ and passionate citizens. The United States of America has many symbols that portray the true nature of the country. Some of these symbols include‚ the Statue of Liberty‚ Mount Rushmore‚ and the Liberty Bell‚ but no national monument can compare to “Ol’ Glory” herself‚ the American Flag. Everyone that looks at this flag sees red‚ white‚ blue‚ and the stars and stripes‚ but many Americans look past its
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The open land‚ additional benefits and other existing problems encouraged Americans to expand westward. The American people began to realize that the future of the country lay in the development of its own western resources. There were many reasons that made the people face the grueling and dangerous movement west‚ but the primary reason was economy. "Like the Spanish conquistadors before them‚ the Americans looked beyond the Mississippi‚ they saw an open beckoning. Despite the
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The American Revolutionary War was the final phase of the political American Revolution though the colonists had precluded the rights from claiming the Parliament of Great Britain in overseeing them. In 1775‚ colonists had picked up control of the thirteen frontier governments. They established the Continental Congress to arbitrate with the parliament for their benefit brought about being pronounced as deceivers by the Congress and the states continued for the rebellion the next year. The need to
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