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    Adolf Hitler ruled Germany from 1933-1945 where he controlled the Jewish population through fear. Power is defined as “the ability to influence the behavior of others or the series of events”. Hitler obtained power by demonstrating the trait of being able to influence his believers‚ convincing them to carry out the task of mass killing. Fear is emotional‚ having an idea that something or someone is very dangerous and can be a threat to your and others health. Instilling fear such as public execution

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    The creation of the original thirteen colonies included much trial and error. Some of the colonies failed from the very beginning‚ others seen a little success followed by failure‚ while a select few achieved success from the get-go. Many of the colonies held different values‚ some overlapping. Religion‚ freedom of religion‚ profit‚ money‚ success‚ and education was some of the values they placed the most stock in. Each colony viewed these values differently; which‚ contributed to their failure or

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    The American colonies differed greatly from one another. Although they were in the same region of the land‚ some had better farming than that of others and some had better trade routes than the other colonies. No two colonies had the same agricultural needs. Georgia’s agriculture is different from Rhode Island. They also differed by the use and need of slavery. Slaves are needed more in agricultural areas than trade areas. That doesn’t mean that the northern colonies did not have slaves; it just

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    There are many factors that led the colonists to declare their independence from Great Britain. The colonists didn’t believe in any form of taxation. The Navigation Act‚ an act that required goods from non-English colonies to pass to America before being transported to America. The French and Indian War‚ a war between the French and their Indians allies and the British and their Indian allies. This war left Great Britain in a tremendous amount of war debt‚ in effect they made more taxes. The Stamp

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    The citizens wanted the ships to return back as they did not want to pay taxes on tea. On 16th December 1773‚ a group of men disguised themselves and sneaked into three British ships and jettisoned all the tea into the water. The second continental congress assigned a committee to prepare a document outlining the colonies’ grievances against the King and explaining their decision to break away. This document‚ called the Declaration of Independence was adopted on the 14th of July 1776. It announced

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    arguments. His first argument is how the colonies have no advantage of being connected with Britain. He then begins to say that reconciliation between the colonies and Britain would just make the problems occur once again. I agree with him because the American colonies would most likely end up being taxed by the crown repeatedly. It was not logical for England to be in controlled of Americans when they could easily mange by themselves. The only option was to gain full independence and nothing less. Paine

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    California context in 1821 Mexico won their independence‚ that meant that they had instant command of California‚ by they only started to exert control in 1825. José María de Echeandía was the name of the new governor‚ representing the republicans he liberated the mestizo to the frontier. But that does not meant that United States ( California ) was happy with it‚ actually they had a lot of ambition on getting back their territory. The spanish and their culture did not last a lot at the time‚ because Echeandía

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    the tip of South America‚ excluding Brazil‚ and westward to California and Alaska. Across the Pacific‚ it included the Philippines and other island groups. Eventually‚ much of the empire fell into other hands and in 1825‚ Spain acknowledged the independence of its possessions in the present-day United States (then under Mexican control) and south to the tip of South America. The only remnants that remained in the empire in the Western Hemisphere were Cuba and Puerto Rico and across the Pacific

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    and should be maintained‚ but despite the initial wishes the following decade produced such heated debate on the best course for the new government that it became known as the “age of passions.” These debates reached the people as the struggle to gain power came at the cost of the first protection of the Bill of Rights‚ the freedom of speech. The Federalist and Democratic Republicans emerged in response to the Hamilton plan and continued throughout the decade‚ becoming more pronounced‚ as Federalist

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    In addition to releasing their seat of political influence the Catholic Church lost its status of respect in Cuba when the bishops and priests sided with Spain during the war. With all of this‚ Spain still profited off of Cuba. Cuba’s war for independence was attributed to the social‚ economic‚ and political malpractice by Spain. Spain’s presence

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