You have all heard about the American Revolution‚ but have you ever wondered why it was called “revolutionary?” In the 1760s‚ Parliament started taxing the colonies to pay off the huge debts they made during the Seven Years’ War. As more and more taxes and laws were passed to take the colonists’ money‚ they became more and more angry. Finally‚ the colonies revolted against their motherland. They created the Continental Congress to make their own laws. The Continental Army‚ led by George Washington
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Martin Luther King Jr’s approach to civil rights was nonviolent civil disobedience protests. This meant that when they marched on Birmingham they let the police beat‚ release dogs on them‚ spray them with fire hoses and didn’t fight back. They just kept peacefully assembling and marching for their rights. He knew that if the northern media would cover the abuses they faced that it would end segregation in the south. So the march on Birmingham happened‚ and in front of cameras the children and young
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interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the bondissuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal. Bonds guide. Boom: A state of economic prosperity‚ as in boom times. Break even: This is a term used to describe a point at which revenues equal costs (fixed and variable). Bretton Woods: An international monetary system operating from 1946-1973. The value of the dollar was fixed
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Let’s go back in time. Let’s go on a journey where we can see and feel how things felt when discrimination was involved in our country. Many years ago‚ a majority of the whites would believe that blacks were nobody in comparison to the whites. Yet today this sort of problem occurs. A large amount of the whites would believe they were on top of every other being depending on their race. Most blacks were treated more like targets than humans. Some blacks were fortunate enough if they were treated with
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Did the Industrial Revolution Disrupt the American Family? The Industrial Revolution had a profound impact on American life economically‚ politically‚ and socially. It affected every facet of American society from the political and economic structures of the country to the family unit. Historians‚ however‚ have varying viewpoints on whether the Industrial Revolution disrupted the American family. One point of view‚ represented by Elaine Tyler May‚ is that it disrupted the American family because
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After the Civil War blacks were still faced with many different prejudices. Although they were now considered freedpeople and by law were entitled to all of the same rights as whites‚ they still had many limitations on the things they did or even owned. Many blacks were not respected or treated in the same manner as whites and the equality between the two races was still questionable. Under the 13th Amendment blacks were supposed to be freed from slavery and granted all the rights that whites had
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What are human rights? Human rights are the rights given to each person so that they may be treated with dignity‚ equality‚ and respect. These rights are given to people to ensure the foundation of freedom‚ justice‚ and peace in our society. However‚ human rights were not given as a birth right‚ but rather as a struggle that has occurred through many eras. As a result‚ many battles‚ conflicts‚ wars‚ and revolutions have been fought over this issue. The French and American revolutions are both two
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When I think of the civil rights movement‚ one of the great contributors I think of that helped pave the way is Dr. Martin Luther King. King fought social injustice against African American with grace and respectful for all. Martin Luther King wished for every race and culture to live in harmonious peace‚ which many people are still fighting for today. King stated that no one should be judged “by the color of their skin‚ but by the content of their character‚” word that encouraged us to look past
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American Revolution The American Revolution is a war to reckon with and was actually a significant event in the history of American and basically‚ if there was no revolutionary war the United States of America may not have been in existence. The American Revolution brought an end to the two centuries of British rule for most of the North American colonies and brought the modern U.S.A. The American Revolution was all about people that got tired of the stress of paying for big government and that
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benefit to the civil right movement‚ and helped to change the lives of thousands of people by fighting for equal rights. The definition of civil rights according to Webster’s dictionary is “the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress”. One of the awards that king received for his actions in the Civil Rights movement was the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Martin Luther King Jr believed that he did this not only
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