What Unifies Americans? The United States is a diverse nation of people with origins around the world. Since the nation’s colonial days‚ people have moved to the United States for different reasons. Most come to seek greater opportunities for themselves and their families. They come speaking different languages‚ having different beliefs‚ and practicing different customs. The differences lend themselves to different ideas about how government should function as well. With a population well over 310
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Should the American Government Bring Back Flogging? In his article “Bring Back Flogging‚” Jeff Jacoby advocates flogging as an excellent means of corporal punishment. Even though flogging has been “out of fashion for at least 150 years” he insists that flogging should be brought back to replace the more conventional method of imprisonment (193). In addition‚ Jacoby is convinced that flogging offenders after their first conviction can deter them from going into a professional criminal career
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AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH Lexical and grammatical differences LEXICAL DIFFERENCES • Vocab – most noticeable differences • Differ in: – total meaning OR – in one particular sense of usage OR – totally unknown in some varieties REASONS FOR VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES i) New objects & experiences encountered in N. America - new names – adapt or neulogism (i.e. create new word‚ expression or usage) e.g. corn (US); maize (UK) robin small red-breasted (Eng.) large red-breasted (US)
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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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How revolutionary was the American Revolution?Outline Ⅰ. Assigned Questions How revolutionary was the American Revolution? Politically? Use evidence to support your answer. The American Revolution created the United States‚ it transformed from a monarchical society which the colonists were subjects of the Crown‚ into a republic which citizens become participants in the political process. The Revolution also gave a new political significance to the middling elements of society. Such as
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Second World War proved to be the most devastating war of its time‚ witnessing a level of carnage previously inconceivable. However‚ for the vast number of Americans‚ most of who were on the home front‚ the war provided a very different experience‚ their only insight to it being through the “newsreel images that flickered across America’s theatre scenes.” According to statistics‚ of the 50 million people that died during the war‚ only 1 per cent of them were American. In America‚ the war “galvanized
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If the British had won the Revolutionary War‚ I would not be sitting here writing this paper and you would not be reading this right now. Americans would not be Americans‚ but British. America would not even be around now and there would be no 50 states. Most of our ancestors would not have came if the British beat the Americans. Our ancestors came for independence‚ land‚ and economic gain‚ they came for a better life then they had where they were. Based on Britain back then‚ it was not like America
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declaring their independence‚ the American people still faced struggles with the British. They traded with both England and France and were harassed by both because of their dislike for each other. Fed up with British harassment‚ Americans went to war with England for a second time in 1812. During and after the war‚ America went through changes politically‚ economically‚ and culturally. Before and during the war‚ the dominant political party was the Federalists. After the war‚ however‚ Federalist power
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needed this distinction because I thought in order to do this report I needed to relate to this person in some way‚ and as a member of the younger generation‚ with unique views‚ I thought this quality would make it easier to relate to such a person. My search became frustrating because I could not find any particular person who fit my rubric as ultimately fascinating. I wondered‚ "What exactly makes a person cool?" In my deliberating I analyzed that word‚ cool‚ and thought‚ "Who better to do a report on
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Was the American Revolution really revolutionary? Revolutionary is a great change that affects many people around the world that occurred because of an event. The American Revolution war ended a while ago but the Revolution is still happening. We are still changing in so many ways‚ making new laws‚ and changing presidents which change to country. Our country is still changing today and that is why the American Revolution is revolutionary and why the revolution is still happening today. According
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