From the 1950s to the mid-1970s‚ the Vietnam War was a conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam over political ideologies and imperialist beliefs. The North was communist and the South with the aid of America was anti-communist. While some may argue the US won because of pride‚ more infantry‚ more powerful weapons‚ I believe North Vietnam won because they came out in a better position. North Vietnam won the war because they reunited as one country‚ their tactics were better‚ and released
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How did Britain attempt to restructure its colonial empire from 1688 to 1763? Were the years of the early eighteenth century a period of “salutary neglect?” Britain attempted to restructure its colonial empire from 1688 to 1763. One of various attempts was constructing a more coherent administration. In 1696‚ a professional Board of Trade replaced the old Lords of Trade and Parliament created overseas vice-admiralty courts. This would help England control who its colonies traded with and the vice-admiralty
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In this time period America faced a lot with the wars. Some of our states were being targeted by British Soldiers in the war. In 1780 the patriots from America tried to push the British soldiers out of our country. The American soldiers were to tired and hungry to fight anymore. Most of the soldiers tried to escape‚ but couldn’t. According to General Nathanael Greene‚ he had never witnessed such scenes before in his life. General Greene was very discouraged when he arrived to the scene. America finally
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Inevitable Freedom The United States of America could have easily lost the Revolutionary War‚ along with colonists not constructing the Constitution‚ but also Colonial Representatives established as a self-governing entity within the British Empire. Amongst all odds‚ the Colonists managed to pull off their fight for independence from the world’s most notorious empire and military in the world at that time. If the British were to maintain consistency of their politics and policies‚ could the outcome
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throughout America and many were inspired by the Boston Tea Party‚ carrying out similar acts. The Boston Tea Party proved to be an extremely successful political protest at sea and proved to be one of the many events that led to the American Revolutionary War. John Adams‚ the second President of the United States of America wrote in his diary the night of the Boston Tea Party. He described the acts as “daring‚ intrepid and inflexible‚” stating the consequences were important and would be “lasting
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author‚ Richard L. Cain‚ JD BS PO Box 91016‚ Santa Barbara‚ California 93190 Phone: 818-451-3660 cainrl@tjsl.edu Richard L. Cain‚ JD BS Table of Contents This Thesis will provide an overview of the controversial sections of the USA Patriot Act as it relates to the First Amendment‚ Fifth Amendment‚ Sixth Amendment and Eighth Amendments of the Constitution. In addition this Thesis will summarize the Controversial sections of the Military Authorization Act which goes into effect May‚ 3
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For the south it was nearly impossible to win the war . The north had many advantageson the south‚ which created a large difference in the outcome of the Civil War. The North had a bigger population‚ better leadership‚ and Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was a leader of the union‚ and led them to many great victories with his decision making on generals to lead the Union. The north had many plans to shut down the south‚ though they often took longer than what was expected of them‚ so many of them were
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The USA PATRIOT Act‚ more commonly known as the Patriot Act‚ was an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush. This paper will review and analyze the stance of the government and where government is in the passing and regulation of the legislation‚ the original legislation as it was put into law‚ litigation that questioned and expressed concern about the constitutionality of Patriot Act and subsequent legislation due to the outcome of some of those lawsuits.
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territory or abroad‚ the major wars did not leave the black society without hope for freedom and more rights. Although initially the hopes were minor‚ and the thoughts of completely equal treatment were unrealistic‚ the black slaves and free black people recognized that political rhetoric could be used as a basis for their fight‚ and it has been used successfully through times‚ gradually leading to the abolition of slavery and emancipation of the black people. While the wars had different effects on lives
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Deborah Samson was a Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man and served for over a year in the revolutionary war. I think it was very brave of her to do that knowing how much trouble she could have got in. In Deborah Samson’s child and teenage years were rough because she lived in poverty. It didn’t make anything any better when her father left on a expedition
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