If the British had won the Revolutionary War‚ I would not be sitting here writing this paper and you would not be reading this right now. Americans would not be Americans‚ but British. America would not even be around now and there would be no 50 states. Most of our ancestors would not have came if the British beat the Americans. Our ancestors came for independence‚ land‚ and economic gain‚ they came for a better life then they had where they were. Based on Britain back then‚ it was not like America
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The period after Civil War is called Reconstruction. During Reconstruction African Americans were not being treated equally. African Americans did not gain their freedom after the Civil War. One way that African Americans did not gain their freedom was poll taxes which meant that they had to pay money to vote. Also there was the poll tests. Citizens had to take a test and if you were white you usually passed In Document J it stated‚ “....Had to take a literacy test and pay a poll tax of $1.50‚
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victory after victory in all the wars they had been engaged in. Their superiority was confirmed after defeating great nations like France and Spain which made its military the best in the world. The British had the urge to spread their dominance and so they extended their rule to the American ground. The Americans were on the losing end from the first time the war was declared‚ but an alliance with France strengthened its position and having the advantage of the war being fought in their backyard‚
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Conrad English 102 2 may‚ 2015 The Cuban Missile Crisis and Bay of Pigs The Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis happened during the Cold War. This was a tense event following World War II. This almost caused Russia and US to be involved in a nuclear war. Another symbol of the Cold War was the Iron Curtain which divided the Soviet Union after World War II from Europe by the Berlin Wall. Soviet Union built this this wall to prevent people from leaving the Soviet Union and prevent interaction with
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How revolutionary was the American Revolution?Outline Ⅰ. Assigned Questions How revolutionary was the American Revolution? Politically? Use evidence to support your answer. The American Revolution created the United States‚ it transformed from a monarchical society which the colonists were subjects of the Crown‚ into a republic which citizens become participants in the political process. The Revolution also gave a new political significance to the middling elements of society. Such as
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lithograph) Jackson refusing to clean a British officer ’s boots (1876 lithograph) He received a sporadic education in the local "old-field" school. During the American Revolutionary War‚ Jackson‚ at age thirteen‚ joined a local regiment as a courier.[5] Andrew and his brother Robert Jackson were captured by the British and held as prisoners of war; they nearly starved to death in captivity. When Andrew refused to clean the boots of a British officer‚ the irate redcoat slashed at him with a sword‚ giving
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slavery and has no human rights is a very sad situation. “The enslavement of an estimated 10 million Africans over a period of almost 4 centuries in the Atlantic slave trade was a tragedy of such scope that it is difficult to imagine much less comprehend” (Black Christianity before the Civil War‚1999). In the 1800’s that were almost 15 states‚ that slavery was legal in before the Civil War started. The actual slave population came from Africa‚ which they called the transatlantic slave trade
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Did you know that the Revolutionary War is like a parent and child fighting? The Americans (the child) are fighting the British(the parent) and the British keep giving them punishments like more tax. By December‚ 1777 over 1800 soldiers had died and by March‚ over 900 more soldiers had died. That means a total of over 2700 soldiers died in all‚ that is quite a bit of soldiers dying! The colonists did not even have good clothes or shoes and became very sick. I have decided not to reenlist for
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11.1‚ subsection: Lewis and Clark‚ it states‚ “Many Americans also dreamed of finding a Northwest Passage and opening the Pacific to American commerce and influence‚ including President Thomas Jefferson. In April 1803‚ Jefferson achieved his goal of purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France‚ effectively doubling the size of the United States. The purchase was made possible due to events
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Veterans Women African Americans What did they gain in World War II? The government passed the GI Bill‚ providing help to veterans with education and home purchases. Women in WWII gained experience in the work field‚ with careers in manufacturing war materials‚ running businesses‚ and other careers traditionally held for men. Many African Americans gained the confidence to assert their rights as U.S. citizens‚ and fight back against segregation. What challenges did they face at the end of the war? Before
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