board‚ but the sports weren’t the only thing that was happening in the 60s the Vietnam war and the Civil war was going on also racism was going on at the time to. Sports were a popular thing during the 60s there was baseball‚ football‚ and track was going on but there was other things going on with 1960 through 1969. The Vietnam War and Civil Rights were going on in the 1960s. The Vietnam War was the longest war in United States history. Promises and
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British views of the Revolution was initially favorable because of the belief that the Revolution would weaken an old enemy and transform France into a constitutional monarchy. The discussion was in the beginning was divided between the Pro group led by the idealistic Thomas Paine and the Anti group whose greatest proponent was Edmund Burke. In the early 1790s a political storm was felt in London‚ as politically marginalized groups sort to ride the wave of revolution. Thomas Paine was the most pro-French
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The Harm of British Imperialism The effects of British Imperialism were far more harmful than beneficial through both economic and social standards. The British imperialists harmed the Indians economically because of the exploitation of goods from India. According to a widely distributed World History textbook‚ the main goal of the British in India was to make money. The British officials in India forced the native Indians to stop growing their necessary crops and to focus entirely on cash crops
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INTRODUCTION In 1945‚ post-World War II‚ Eastern Europe was somewhat divided into two sets of states; Germany and its former allies (including Romania and Hungary)‚ and countries who had fallen victim to the Nazi regime (including Poland and Czechoslovakia). The continent of Europe itself was left in a ravaged and desolate state after the war‚ leaving its economies in disrepair; most notably in the East. Due to the dire social and economic situations in these eastern countries‚ there was a growing
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underneath the war ridden wasteland it is commonly viewed as today. The land is plentiful with natural resources and fertile soil‚ but war is destroying the country and its population. Not only is the Iraq war extremely devastating to the individual country‚ but the opposing terrorist groups‚ (especially ISIS)‚ have created a new type of psychological warfare for the world in the form of extreme and constant terror in other countries. Iraq’s intense foreign influence and their recent history of war have brought
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America than economic and in that way America came closer to a nation. British colonies wanted the Indians to change into Protestant Christianity which was a worry for the Church. When the colonies became stronger‚ more people in Britain began to move to America. The survival factors of American was the Great Awakening Religion was really important to English colonies. That is why different groups‚ the Puritans and colonists in New England‚ wanted freedom and independence and economic factors made
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America out of the Depression. After the conclusion of WWII American public relations faced volatile strain. The Cold War brew uncertainty of nuclear destruction‚ but also‚ civil unrest with current Jim Crow laws and women’s suffrage pushed the boundaries of equality. Further along the timeline‚ America became involved with Vietnam in relations to the spread of Communism. This war was controversial and
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large scale industry rather than small scale individual operations. The British Empire was expanding rapidly during the 18th century. An empire is a large‚ multi-ethnic state‚ whose political structure is held together by force. The British colonised most of Africa‚ North America‚ the Pacific‚ India and parts of Asia and South America. There were British colonies all over the world. The Industrial Revolution and the British Empire are dependant on each other. There would not be an Empire without
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asking for too much. The colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain. Britain treated the colonists unfairly‚ and used their limitless power to harm the colonists. Britain had complete control over the colonies and enforced their power through their armies. Document 5 states‚ “What is to defend us against so enormous‚ so unlimited power?...We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated [British officials]‚ or resistance
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The war between the British and the French over land was known as the French and Indian war. After many hard-fought battles‚ the British gained a lot of new land. The Treaty of Paris then gave the British the land as the French lost the land. To avoid further conflict with the Native Americans‚ the British passed the Proclamation of 1763. This said that no colonist could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. However‚ we did not like these restrictions. We did not like that the British had control
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