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    unorganized‚ underequipped rebels into a formidable national army that defeated a colonial superpower. Indeed‚ Washington’s military leadership was instrumental in resolving the American Revolutionary War in the favor of the colonists. However‚ close study of the Continental Army’s progress during the war shows that in battle‚ especially early in the war‚ General Washington was regularly defeated and outmaneuvered by British forces. Tactically outmatched‚ Washington found success by strategically

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    The Middle Colonies By: Rhea The Beginning - Does anybody know what the Middle colonies were? Well‚ if not‚ this is the perfect essay for the job! From everything about the geography to the government‚ the religion to the climate‚ this paper is full of info. Was their geography good? The Middle colonies’ geography and climate were perfect for farming all year long. They had a mix of the New England and Southern features‚ with coastal plains‚ rolling hills‚ and lots and lots of mountains! The Middle

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    The war between the British and the French over land was known as the French and Indian war. After many hard-fought battles‚ the British gained a lot of new land. The Treaty of Paris then gave the British the land as the French lost the land. To avoid further conflict with the Native Americans‚ the British passed the Proclamation of 1763. This said that no colonist could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. However‚ we did not like these restrictions. We did not like that the British had control

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    The revolutionary war was a calamity away from Great Britain that allowed the creation of new groups to form for rights which date back from the revolutionary war up until now. During the revolutionary days the ideas of equality was profound to only be customary to white males throughout the thirteen colonies‚ with other groups of people it was found to be unjust idea. When the ideals of equality were brought into during the revolutionary war‚ few groups were not included in the social group including

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    The war between the British and the French over land was known as the French and Indian war. After many hard-fought battles‚ the British gained a lot of new land. The Treaty of Paris then gave the British the land as the French lost the land. To avoid further conflict with the Native Americans‚ the British passed the Proclamation of 1763. This said that no colonist could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. However‚ we did not like these restrictions. We did not like that the British had control

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    World War I (WWI) began on July 28‚ 1914‚ when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip‚ leader of a radical group whose purpose was to end foreign rule over Bosnia and Serbia. Austria-Hungary used the assassination as justification to launch a war on Serbia‚ blaming them for the radical groups’ actions. This regional conflict sucked in most of the great countries of the world. The

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    offensive success‚ and the A’s became convinced that these qualities were cheaper to obtain on the open market than more historically valued qualities such as speed and contact. These observations often flew in the face of conventional baseball wisdom and the beliefs of many baseball scouts and executives. By re-evaluating the strategies that produce wins on the field‚ the 2002 Athletics‚ with approximately US$41 million in salary‚ were competitive with larger market teams such as the New York Yankees

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    At the end of WORLD WAR 1 it was clear for all to see that this war had been the most deadly war in history. This was primarily due to the use of nineteenth-century military tactics with twentieth-century technology. At the beginning of the war‚ there was still the tradition to have cavalry as the main branch of the military service‚ and the commanders such as Sir Douglas Haig believed this war would be like the last big European fight‚ the Franco-Prussian War. Which had been fought in the same way

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    The New Invention to End the War Were the atomic bombs necessary to end the World War II? Hiroshima is one of the most well known Japanese cities in the world as it is one of only two cities experienced atomic bomb dropping. I went to Hiroshima a couple years ago and visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. There were many photos of victims of atomic bomb in Hiroshima which I could not even keep my eyes on for seconds as they were really awfully injured. “The hell on earth” is the only way I can

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    The Revolutionary War The Revolutionary War is one of the most famous events in history. This was how America had gained its freedom from Britain. The Revolutionary War went from 1775 to 1783. The Revolutionary War was fought because back in the 1700s‚ the British had taxed the colonists. The colonists grew angry at this‚ and they started to tar and feather the tax collectors. Later on‚ British troops invaded and battled in Lexington and Concord. This is the war that was fought because of taxes

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