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    differences they came as together as one. This led to the harlem renaissance it stated that it started because “The main factors contributing to the development of the Harlem Renaissance were African-American urban migration‚ trends toward experimentation throughout the country and the rise of radical African-American intellectuals.”(The Five W’s of the Harlem Renaissance by Tom. Ford). BY moving into harlem NYC and sharing new ideas ‚ like art ‚ music and more‚ The Harlem Renaissance or the negro movement

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    John Adams John Adams first career in the state industry was a member of the resistance movement which was involved with taxes. He was involved with the parliament’s right to act which questioned the American colonies. A while after that Adams wrote A Dissertation on the canon and feudal law. Then resist and enacted the stamp act it rose revenue along requiring all people and documents a stamp. ("John Adams." Britannica School‚ Encyclopædia Britannica‚ 10 Nov. 2017. ) Later‚ Adams lead to the

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    tackle Cold War pressure‚ Eisenhower’s administration handled many daunting tasks during its eight years (Miller Center). Among these challenges‚ many consider the most serious challenge to be “the question of civil rights and equality of African Americans” (Smith 706). The biggest civil rights issue during the Eisenhower years would be that of segregation. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruled that segregation was inherently unconstitutional‚ leading to many to call for the end of desegregation

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    Have you ever done so much work and never given enough credit for it? This one man was never given enough credit due to fraud by Thomas Edison. This particular man was named Nikola Tesla. He had a mind ahead of his own time. Tesla was a Serbian-American physicist who was born on July 9‚ 1856 in Smiljan‚ Croatia. He was born during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father was Milutin Tesla‚ a preacher at the Serbian Orthodox Church. While his mother‚ Djuka Mandic‚ ran the family farm. When he was seven

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    Though the American Revolution may have been fought on the context of greater equality and rights‚ the rights of several groups of American colonists were compromised by the rest in their fight for independence‚ including women‚ slaves‚ British Loyalists and the lower-class of the society. WOMEN Most colonists who led the revolution‚ including New Englander John Adams‚ believed that most women lacked the necessary intellect or emotional make-up to deal with complex political issues‚ and were not

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    Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Essential Questions Jack Clark Period 4-5 1) At what point did revolution become inevitable? Explain with details. Revolution in colonial America became inevitable right after the conclusion of the French Indian War. Although victorious‚ this 7 year endeavor was extremely costly for Great Britain. Parliament needed to think of something quickly to fund the English war debts. Naturally‚ they decided to increase taxes on the colonies. It was these taxes (Stamp Act

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    The French and Indian War Impact on the American Revolution As Europeans settled the New World‚ they encountered difficulties that they had not perceived before. The first of which was the Native Americans who were not thrilled on the idea of giving up their ancestral land for European settlement. So‚ it was not a surprise when conflict arise between the Natives and the Europeans. Because the Europeans brought over diseases that were fatal to the Natives and had more developed weaponry‚ they were

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    The American Revolution was mainly provoked because of the unwanted high taxes that colonies had to pay so British can pay their war debt. The French Indian war was the biggest cause of the high taxes which lead to certain acts like stamp act and sugar act which was very harsh for the colonies as they had to give high taxes on daily use items and all this taxes was without permission of the colonies. Colonist were also angry as they had no representation in parliament so they were not able to provide

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    chose for my internal assessment is‚ “To what extent did the Soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution change the role of women in Mexico‚ in terms of societal importance?” The question essentially needs use of sources that assess the role of Soldaderas‚ as well as the impact after the war‚ in terms of views on the deserved role of women after the war. I decided to use two sources that correctly evaluated the impact of the Soldaderas post-revolution. The first source I chose is titled‚ “Las Soldaderas

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    groups where the third group was put in great debt because of high taxes‚ which was caused by the government’s spending problem. These all culminated with the tennis court oath‚ which was an event where the 3rd estate was kicked out from voting on how to deal

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