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    A revolution is the bringing of a new start. Like many other revolutions throughout the years‚ the American Revolution is the perfect example of the bringing of new changes. Effects a revolution can have not only on the people‚ but society as well‚ can be detrimental. The British government went into debt after helping the US fight for land. In order to pay for its significant expenditures during the Revolution‚ The Continental Congress had no choose but to accept loans from France. Other effects

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    Minor Assignment Chosen Question: (1) Compare the two articles and comment on how the Cold War impacted upon African Americans during the 1950s. Historically‚ the treatment of African Americans was atrocious: unfair and dehumanising. Throughout the 1950s‚ this racial discrimination was noisily protested against and the recognition from governments allowed the African American voice to reach its zenith. The Cold War and the intense ideological disputes between the United States and the Soviet Union

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    the East India Company was destroyed by these American colonists in defiance of the Tea Act of 1773. The main goal of the Tea Act was to aid the financially struggling British East India Company by reducing the excess of tea held by the company. Colonists protested to the Tea Act as they believed that it violated their rights as Englishmen to “No taxation without representation.” The Sons of Liberty boarded the ships‚ some disguised as Native Americans and threw chests of the tea into the Boston Harbour

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    Causes of the American Revolution Back in 1775 there wa a big war between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies. The thirteen colonies are known as the united states of america but back then they were the thirteen colonies because they belong to Great Britain. But after awhile the colonies got tired of Great britain of the rules and laws they would make that would benefit Great britain and it wouldn’t help the colonies. Some of the reasons the colonies made these laws for example proclamation

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    What effects did the American Revolution have on society today? The effects on America from the revolution were liberty‚ freedom‚ and self government. It made a huge impact on the society today. The Americans would not have as many rights today without the war. Pros of the American Revolution we have freedom‚ liberty‚ and a self-government. Because of the people who fought in the war had a lot of dedication and motivation. If we would not have had the war‚ we would not have influenced England to

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    One of the numerous transformations that happened circa the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was called The Revolutionary War known as the American Revolution. The American Revolution occurred in 1775 thru 1783. The American Revolution emerged from growing conflict between the 13 colonies of Great Britain and the colonial government. What prompted the American Revolution was that the British government needed to raise revenue by taxing the settlements which made the Stamp Act of 1765‚ the Townshend

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    the oath pledging their loyalty to the union‚ then they would be able to establish a new state government and apply for federal recognition. What did the freed people hope to achieve? What were their goals did they achieve them? • African-American slaves were adjusting to their newfound freedom. Many were told they would receive their own land after the war ended. General William T. Sherman enacted “Special Field Order No. 15” which 400‚000 acres of abandoned land was given to the freedmen in 40 acre

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    The Revolutionary War was not revolutionary for multiple reasons. Benjamin Henry Latrobe drew in November of 1797 a painting of men playing pool. This is the first reason why it was not revolutionary‚ because in document 3‚ there was a painting of men playing pool. This didn’t change as a result to the war because lots of men played before and after the war. In document 4‚ it stated the economical status of Colonial Legislatures. William and Mary quarterly stated in 1966 the status of Colonial

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    Majority of the women who worked in the factories were poor‚ young‚ unmarried or widows‚ women of the middle-class were privileged to stay at home to provide their domestic duties. Women were paid lower then men due to women were subordinate to them.‚ it did not matter what kind of quality the women produced. Any income women received legally belonged to their husbands and with that status employers were able to keep women’s wages low. Eventually women created labor associations because they wanted to

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    What caused the little country to voice its mighty roar and take on the world giant? The timing of the American Revolution was right for both the colonists and the British subjects in England. For the colonists‚ they felt that they did not have a voice in Parliament and the laws and taxes that Parliament passed on to them were unfair‚ unjust and illegal. This was the being of the frustration felt by the colonists‚ but it had not yet reached the boiling point. When Parliament passed the 1763 Proclamation

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