The two events in American history that I believe shaped America the most are the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. They both were periods of history in which there was a lot of turmoil‚ and for good reason. They both were bloody wars‚ but they showed how willing American’s were to fight for what they thought was truly right. The Revolutionary War showed how much Americans were willing to fight for their freedom against an oppressive and controlling government. American people were ready
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United States Civil War was the second American Revolution. Both wars’ focal point was to acquire freedom from their oppressive governments. The Civil War and the American Revolution possess similarities. Such as they had not many men‚ not that much money‚ and not that much firepower; but they still fought for independence. The American Revolution or the American Revolutionary War‚ some may call it‚ was started from a decade-long growing tension between Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and
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The American Civil War is probably the most horrific episode in American history. The two belligerents of the war were the Union army‚ comprised of the northern states‚ and the Confederate army‚ comprised of the southern slave states which had voted to secede from the Union. In essence‚ the North did not want the South to secede from the Union because the North relied on the South for agriculture. On the other hand‚ the South wanted to secede because they had grown tired of the federal government
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The American Revolution was fought for the grand causes of national rights‚ liberty‚ and economic control and resulted in freedom and unlimited trade. Like many revolutions‚ the Revolutionary War was an example of the outbreak of violence‚ which most often responds to heightened repression or extraordinary demands from the government against their people. The Revolutionary War was the first anti-colonial‚ democratic revolution in history. Americans insisted on representation‚ and‚ when the British
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I love history. Let’s just put it there. There is more to history than war and fame. There are the stories of ordinary people and the stories of the countries in their so called “boring times”. History does go on when we aren’t looking‚ that is just one of the rules of time. There also is always something interesting happening in these unseen eras. A great example of this is the pre-Civil War America. Here our country was in a state of unstable unity and it‚ like a radioactive atom‚ wanting to decompose
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June 19‚ 2014 Ray Raphael‚ The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord. New York: The New Press‚ 2002. Pp. 1-273 $16.95.ISBN: 978-1-56584-81502. Ray Rafael achieved a Bachelors of Arts degree from Reed College in 1965. After‚ he attended the University of California at Berkeley to receive his Masters of Arts in 1967. He then accomplished his Masters of Arts in teaching from Reed College in 1968. In addition to The First American Revolution‚ Rafael has published 17 writings
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© UCLES 2012 [Turn over 2 Option A: 19th Century topic WAS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CAUSED BY SLAVERY? 1 Study Source A and B. How far do these two sources disagree? Explain your answer using details of the sources. Level 5 Compares overall points of view of sources about the causes of the Civil War Level 4 Agreement and disagreement of detail or sub-messages
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The civil war has often been called "The second American Revolution‚" primary because many Americans actually thought they were once again fighting for their freedom and rights. While this is true‚ the Civil War itself was revolutionary. It was revolutionary in the political‚ social and economic conduct of the war. Each Revolutionary conduct of the war impacted America then and some still impact the world today. Politically specking The Civil War brought about new ways or revolutionary ways of taking
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The American Civil War was the first modern war compared to the Napoleonic wars because Union and Confederate armies waged a total war that encompassed mass politics and advanced technologies. “The Civil War combined the mass politics and passions of the Wars of the French Revolution with the technology‚ productive capacity‚ and managerial style of the emerging Industrial Revolution.” The Civil War was not only an example of a modern war but one of the earliest examples of total war. The Union
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Ballagh : Irish Immigrants in the American Civil War Understanding an immigrant’s willingness to fight for a country he has only called home for only part of his life is easier to comprehend when you ask‚ “What cause is he willing to die for?” In the case of the American Civil War‚ the Irish immigrant’s “cause” depended completely on perspective. While two books‚ God Help the Irish! History of the Irish Brigade by Phillip Thomas Tucker and Irish Americans in the Confederate Army by Sean Michael
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