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    reason why America is independent today. Considering his impact on the independence of America‚ leading the colonial and continental army and making the first pushes to Americas Independence. He impacted both the French and Indian war and the American Revolution under his leadership‚ with the help of the many founding fathers of America‚ who also helped change it in many different ways including the Declaration of Independence which pushed the idea of a Independent America over the top. Washington’s

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    How did the dominican republic received the independence? In 1821 the Dominican Republic declared their independence from Spain. The Haitians(After they received their independence) invaded their neighbors and occupied the territory for more than two decades. But the Dominicans never accepted the Haitian rule and on February 27‚ 1844‚ Juan Pablo Duarte-considered the father of the country led a bloodless revolt and claimed back the Dominican autonomy. Fearing another Haitian invasion they submitted

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    After formalizing the Declaration of Independence in 1776‚ the thirteen American colonies had to figure out who they were as a nation. Although they had claimed independence‚ now the Framers had to figure out the foundation of the government. However‚ the ruling body at this point was the Continental Congress and in 1777 this Congress took an important leap to unite the former colonies by blueprinting‚ The Articles of Confederation. The Founding Fathers decided there needed to be a centralized governing

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    THE BRITISH MILITARY: HOW IT MAINTAINED POWER IN THE REGENCY ERA. The British Army‚ despite being made up mostly of volunteers‚ was one of the most powerful armies during the Regency Era. Such power is not easy to hold onto‚ but Britain managed it well through her extensive organization of the army and the functions applied to them‚ as well as the situation that Britain was being thrown into during this time. A major contributor to Britain maintaining its military dominance was the way that the

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    How and why did Hitler gain power in Germany by 1933? Following the collapse of the Weimar government‚ Hitler managed to gain dictatorship over Germany by 1936. In fact it took Hitler just around 18 months‚ between February 1933 and August 1934‚ so how did Hitler gain autocracy over Germany so quickly? I am going to start with how the Germans had fear of Germany becoming a communist country like Russia. At the end of the war‚ many people hoped that democracy would spread to most countries of

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    do not have representation in the Parliament.In response to this‚Thomas Paine wrote "The American Crisis" to persuade the colonists to fight for independence. George Washington even read this out loud to his fellow soldiers‚ rallying them to fight the Revolutionary War. There were five issues or events that had caused Thomas Paine to argue for independence. They are the taxes‚(the Sugar Act‚ the Currency Act‚ and the Stamp Act)‚ the fact that the Parliament stated that they had the right to make laws

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    ‘To what extent did the WSPU (Suffragette’s) help women gain the vote in Britain?’ Discuss. The Suffragette’s campaign resulted in the decimation of their cause and the prevention of the act being passed through. Their militant campaign delayed the vote and made even the thought of the act unrealistic. This is displayed by the lost supporters‚ the damage to property and people though militancy and how they provided the government with a valid refusal reason. It is clear to see that the militant

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    Abolition has existed forever but in the colonies‚ it wasn’t really something they thought or worried about too much even during the American revolution‚ because there wasn’t much of a slavery problem at that point in time. Lord Dunmore’s proclamation was such a huge deal because he pretty much insinuated that everyone were slaves to the king or the Penn family‚ they pretty much had to pick a side. The proclamation greatly influenced the Declaration of Independence because it not only pointed out that

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    The colonies that the British started in America‚ was for their own gain‚ it was to help create a supply of resources for them to receive as a return for helping them start anew. This was how it started‚ but what Britain did not realize was this was going to be the start of a new culture being brought forward to join forces as one. The British attempted to hold strict laws against the colonies so they continued gaining the most benefits. These British colonies in America were able to create a personal

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    rights of man citizens were gained in France. Although men gain the rights of liberty‚ property‚ and security; women did not (Lecture 2/15/16). A Vindication of the Rights of Women‚ written by Mary Wollstonecraft became a turning point in history. One could say that Wollstonecraft created feminism‚ which is the belief that men and women should obtain the equal rights and opportunities. In the source‚ Wollstonecraft’s purpose was to explain how men and women are equal. This type of thinking during the

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