European nations capitalized on advanced technology to expand their territories into the Americas‚ Africa‚ and India. The French and British established trading posts in India‚ which led to conflict. Queen Elizabeth the first was in power in England‚ sponsoring privateers such as Sir Francis Drake. The Portuguese settled in the southern and eastern coasts of Africa‚ and the Spanish gained control over Latin America. The Spaniards were able to conquer the Aztecs with such efficiency due to the weakened
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Pearl Harbor in the 1094’s. This attack hurt America great‚ but also made America a lot stronger. This attack shaped America into the great country I live in today. On the morning of Sunday‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ a strange plane flew over the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor‚ dropping bombs on eight of the American battleships. These strange planes were Japanese bombers that destroyed 180 American warplanes‚ 2‚400 American servicemen and civilians‚ and wounded
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present age without any knowledge about how women used to be treated‚ the assumption could be made that men and women are basically equal. Yes‚ men are a little stronger physically‚ but overall the two sexes are both equal. Things weren’t always so picturesque‚ though. Since people first settled here‚ on what is now the United States of America‚ women were thought of as inferior. Ever so slowly though‚ the men’s view on women began to change. The change started in the 1920’s but it was going
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group the votes. Most people don’t really say much much about political parties but when they do they usually ask. “Why did political parties develop?” and “Did political parties have any problems?”. These questions could easily be answered with some research. Political Parties have been in the United States since 1796. A big question that has been asked many time is. Why did America form political parties? This is because a lot of the candidates have many different views as seen in document one which
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was completely inappropriate and beyond unjust. The disrespectful actions taken by American settlers once they moved to Mexico‚ The beliefs of manifest destiny and feeling of superiority‚ and pure motivation to expand slavery are all reasons that America had no right in declaring war. Nevertheless‚ the clash between the two countries was wrong in itself. The tension in Texas was a huge
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do we all have liberty or is this just something that America says but does not follow. Liberty can be defined as the power to act as you please and to do as you please. The early American colonist and our founding fathers seen liberty as something similar but they seen it as something very different‚ too. Although it has changed and is still changing today‚ the idea of liberty to the early American colonist and our founding fathers built America in hopes it would make it better not to make it worse
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Ch. 29 THE STALIN REVOLUTION Political * Stalin was a military dictator whose radical ideas weakened Russia but industrialized it very fast and turned the people hard workers by oppressing them. * Stalin was highly paranoid and persecuted many of his top officials and supporters * People who moved to the cities‚ worked enthusiastically‚ and asked no questions could hope to rise into the upper ranks of the Communist Party * Cultural and social * Women entered careers and
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Revolution‚ the Industrial Revolution began to take shape in Britain and then spread to other countries like the United States of America. During the Industrial Revolution‚ many power-driven machines were invent‚ which was far more efficient in the industrial society. This brought greater
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Change is always difficult. Everyone has experienced some type of change in their lives for something as normal as changing jobs/schools or something more drastic as moving to a different state/country is something that we all have/will struggle at one point of our lives. As humans‚ we deal with change in different ways; some embraced it working through its difficulties. Others fall into denial and just flat out opposing the change. How did we get to this chaotic situation that we’re facing right
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get more involved with American lives. Also getting more involved in the American economy. Then an unexpected change within America was taking place. Minority groups within America started to gain a leeway within social equality. Whether these changes were for better or worse‚ the government involvement in American life then shaped how America is today. Now with WW2 officially over‚ America could focus more of its attention on the lives of the American people‚ or the only other superpower threat USSR
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