The los Angeles Dodgers will win the world series in 2013 because of a few reasons: yasiel Puig‚ number 66 Clayton Kershaw‚ number 22‚ Era at 1.83‚ lead the national league in strikeouts and era‚ will win Cy Young Amazing Fielders Orioles rock because of Weiters‚ davis‚ Hardy‚ jones‚ machado‚ markakis‚ and mclouth‚ and Roberts and Valencia. George Washington (1732-99) was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the
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of Burgesses‚ and served for nine years. He was very involved in the patriot cause and was a delegate from Virginia to the First Continental Convention in Phildadelphia. He was commissioned by the Second Continental army. After the end of the war in 1783‚ he retired to Mount Vernon‚ his Virginian estate‚ and managed his plantation. In 1787‚ he agreed to accept an appointment as one of Virginia’s delegates to the Constitutional convention in Philadelphia‚ and was elected presiding officer. In early
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1. 1. Describe the financial situation of the United States in 1791. ∙The revenue had declined and the public debt was huge. ∙The American people were brashly (*hastily‚ rash) at temping to erect a republic on an immense scale. 2. 2. Characterize the American population at the time of the ratification of the Constitution. ∙The American population was doubling about every twenty-five years and the first census in 1790 recorded about 4 million people. ∙The population was still 90
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as a variety of other top government positions. The New York native drafted the state’s first constitution in 1777 and the following year was chosen president of the Continental Congress. He then became U.S. minister to Spain‚ helping to broker the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. Jay was appointed the Supreme Court’s chief justice in 1789 and established important judicial precedents. He settled major grievances with Great Britain with the 1794 Jay Treaty‚ and served as governor
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The Shaping of North America 225 million years ago-Pangaea “supercontinent” 10 million years ago- Rocky Mountains exist Appalachians exist Continents are separated 2 million years ago- an Ice Age envelopes the planet and the water level lowers 35 000 years ago- the Bering Land Bridge appears animals cross‚ followed by nomadic Asian hunters 10 000 years ago- the Ice Age ends nomadic people create civilization By1492 AD‚ the population grows to 72 million *only 7-10 million
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Fear set the tone for future events‚ such as the September Massacres‚ and how the reaction of the Revolutionary authorities to these events shaped rumours and beliefs in conspiracy‚ and created an atmosphere of intense anxiety leading to the Terror of 1793 and 1794‚ where mass summary
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and Ft Necessity o Braddock o William Pitt o Amherst and Wolfe o Treaty of Paris 1763 • End of Salutary Neglect • George III • George Grenville • Taxes that led to conflict (Stamp‚ Townshend‚ etc…) • Pontiac’s Rebellion and Proclamation Act • Sons of Liberty – Sam Adams • The first Conflicts – Massacre and Tea Party • Intolerable Acts • Continental Congress – 1st and 2nd • The American Revolution – Course and Consequences • Treaty of Paris 1783 C. The Beginning of America • The
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APUSH UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE Articles of Confederation: agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. The new Constitution provided for a much stronger national government with a chief executive (the president)‚ courts‚ and taxing powers Shay’s Rebellion: armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays
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benefitted the country as a whole. These people didn’t understand that slavery was morally wrong and went against the principles of democracy‚ and the Declaration of Independence; instead they worried about how slavery could benefit themselves. In 1793‚ the United States Congress enacted the first Fugitive Slave Act. The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of fugitive‚ or runaway‚ slaves within the territory of the United States. The first Fugitive
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Director: Steve McQueen Genre: Drama‚ Biography‚ and History Release Year: 8 November 2013 Describe: The 12 years is a film that is very sadistic. Since this movie is about slavery‚ the movie is not showing the human right. Treating people differently because they are black not white. Plot: 12 years of slave is based on a true story. It’s about an African American freeman‚ Solomon Northup who was taken in Washington and was sold to be a slave in 1841. Solomon Northup used to work as a violinist
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