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    American Revolution The American Revolution is a war to reckon with and was actually a significant event in the history of American and basically‚ if there was no revolutionary war the United States of America may not have been in existence. The American Revolution brought an end to the two centuries of British rule for most of the North American colonies and brought the modern U.S.A. The American Revolution was all about people that got tired of the stress of paying for big government and that

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    On the fourth of October in 1957‚ at approximately 2:29 pm‚ the Soviet Union did something unheard of. They launched the first artificial Earth satellite into a low-Earth orbit. This satellite was Sputnik‚ the Russian word for traveler. Although the Soviet Union launched this satellite‚ its impact on the United States was tremendous. For instance‚ the launch of the Russian Satellite‚ Sputnik‚ lead to the creation of NASA. Contributing factors like the U.S.’s continuous strive to come out on top‚

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    Did the Industrial Revolution Disrupt the American Family? The Industrial Revolution had a profound impact on American life economically‚ politically‚ and socially. It affected every facet of American society from the political and economic structures of the country to the family unit. Historians‚ however‚ have varying viewpoints on whether the Industrial Revolution disrupted the American family. One point of view‚ represented by Elaine Tyler May‚ is that it disrupted the American family because

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    The French Revolution had a humongous impact on the Romantic Period and the literacy community. This can be proven through writers and artists like Mary Wollenscraft‚ James Gillray‚ Thomas Paine‚ Richard Price‚ and Edmund Burke. All of these people were shaped and affected by the French Revolution and it is shown in their writings. James Gillary was a renowned British caricaturist and printmaker during the Romantic Period (“James Gillray”). He is known for his ways of using propaganda through his

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    American Revolution The American Revolution‚ also known as the Revolutionary War‚ was one of the most significant events in American history. Without it‚ the United States of America may not have come into existence. It was a long way in the making‚ so there were some ups and downs pertaining to this war. One of which was the disadvantages the American colonies had to face. It was a very tough war‚ but the outcome was the beginning of the American dream. The colonists had much anger toward

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    The military revolution that occurred in Europe from 1560 to 1660 arguably represented the first signs of modernity for European and Western armies. As Geoffrey Parker describes in his book‚ The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West‚ 1500-1800‚ European armies before this military revolution conducted a preponderance of their wars using siege warfare against highly developed fortifications reminiscent of the age . This preponderance‚ however‚ began to change in Europe

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    topics... democracy and liberalism" (Griffith‚ 1997‚ p.224). He had an influential impact on the founders of the United States of America. He was Trained in medicine‚ and also was a key promoter of the experimental methodologies of the Scientific Revolution. John Locke was born in Wrighton‚ Somerset. His dad was a legal counsellor and little landowner who had battled on the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War of the 1640s. Utilizing his wartime associations‚ he put his child in the world

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    commanded the Confederacy’s Indian Territory‚ raising troops there and exercising field command in one battle. He also was a talented poet and writer. Albert Pike was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ on December 29‚ 1809. He was one of the six children of Benjamin Pike‚ a cobbler‚ and Sarah Andrews. He attended public schools in Byfield‚ Newburyport‚ and Framingham‚ Massachusetts. His received an education that provided

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    the field of science‚ although he was also a mathematician‚ physicist‚ philosopher‚ astronomer‚ chemist‚ professor‚ and a farmer. Born in Woolsthorpe‚ Lincolnshire‚ England‚ Newton was said to have been the‚ “culminating figure of the scientific revolution of the 17th century.” (Westfall) He lived to be 84 years old; he was born on January 4 of 1643‚ and died on March 31 of 1727. He was born to parents Robert Newton and Hannah Ayscough‚ although his father died three months prior to his birth. Newton

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    States wanted to change the American society politically‚ socially‚ and economically drastically‚ but in reality the American society did not change. After the American RevolutionAmerican society did not change politically. In the political scene women gained no power in the government. (Doc. J) With women not gaining any political rights showed how much the American society did not change. Women not gaining any political powers showed how the American society did not trust having women with

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