Alexander Hamilton: first Secretary of the Treasury‚ Revolutionary War hero‚ and one of the most influential figures of the late 1700s. Even though Hamilton seems like an intelligent‚ wealthy‚ high ranking man‚ he did not start out that way. Hamilton wasn’t even born in the colonies‚ but he helped create the United States‚ and we still feel his impact today. Growing up‚ Alexander Hamilton lived an impoverished life and faced many hardships. His mother died and his father abandoned him‚ leaving
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Tanimoto . The words of Mr. Tanimoto‚ a Reverend who survived the atomic bombing in Hiroshima‚ is a parallel of my initial response to reading Hiroshima. I cannot fathom the atrocity that the victims and survivors of Hiroshima must have felt‚ but my immediate response to the book Hiroshima written by John Hersey was that the suffering of the Japanese could have been avoided if the United States would have enforced proportionality. The atomic bomb itself was disproportionate because it not only hurt the
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My topic is the atomic bomb. Two questions I have are one‚ why did the atomic bomb happen? Two‚ how did the atomic bomb change the world? The sub-topics introduce the Manhattan project. Japan refused to surrender‚ why the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? The atomic bomb was first used in warfare at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in august 1945‚ and the bomb played a key role in ending World War II. The Atomic bomb created the Manhattan project. The Manhattan
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Prohibition was put in place in the United States of America in the early years of the twentieth century to help protect society from the evils of alcohol. However‚ it is well demonstrated by multiple sources that the introduction of Prohibition acted as a double-edged sword. Although the government had good intentions in banning the sale and consumption of alcohol‚ Prohibition had a massive negative impact‚ with increased organised crime‚ detrimental effects on public health‚ and a diminishment
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last federal troops from the South. The importance of this election includes details such as the cause of the civil rights of the African American population being abridged in the South and further division of the North and the South. It also showed how corrupt and standing the politics of the time were‚ being
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Before everything for Canada was all sunshine and rainbows‚ many things were destroyed during events that had occurred just like how Maharshi stated “The purpose of creation is the expansion of happiness”. It was able to transform from a dream to reality because Canada grew into a safe‚ stable‚ and happy place. However‚ in order to achieve this many events occurred; such as the spanish succession‚ the seven years war‚ loyalists started settling in Upper Canada‚ and the Act of Union. the spanish succession
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event in United States‚ a lot of different suggestions come to mind‚ raging from the invention of the iPhone to the Civil War. I believe that the most important event was the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The dropping of the bombs saved over a million American lives‚ introduced America as a world power‚ and‚ if not most importantly‚ was the first steps into the Cold War. If the bombs had not been dropped‚ many American lives would have been lost‚ and the war could have dragged on
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1.0 Introduction Industrial Revolution was a period from 1750s to 1850s. It was first started in Great Britain particularly in England then spread to Western Europe‚ japan and northern America as well as rest of the world. This industrial revolution was a process where machines take over the functions of hand tools‚ thus‚ the production increase. Many new machines were invented by the inventors in this period‚ for example‚ James watt invented the steam engine in 1755 to pump water out of mines.
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I don’t believe we can have an army without music.” —Robert E. Lee. “If we’d had your music‚ sir‚ we’d have whipped you out of your boots.” — A Confederate officer at Appomattox to his Union counterpart”. The outcome of the Civil War was solely based on the North’s access to music. It gave both sides a way to express their views and differences. Music comforted‚ entertained and gave soldiers something to do other than worry about loved ones. At home‚ it distracted families from all the fears
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The election of 1828 changed America for the worst when Andrew Jackson was elected. Before Jackson became a president‚ he grew up like any other fatherless child. Him being fatherless and not having any male figures in his life‚ Jackson grew to be a very harmful man. Jackson was an evil‚ manipulative human being that created the spoils system. Jackson acted as a unpretentious dictator when he forced the Native Americans out of their original territory. Over-using his power to veto‚ Jackson destroyed
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