George Washington’s actions from 1753-1758 in Western Pennsylvania greatly affected the French and Indian war. In fact‚ he basically started it. George Washington himself was the spark that ignited the fire. He created this spark by raiding a peace party‚ killing Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville‚ and signing a document proving him guilty. One of the reasons George Washington is guilty of starting the war is that he raided a peace party. In 1754‚ Virginia’s Governor Dinwiddie sent George Washington
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The French and Indian War‚ was a war fought between France and Britain. The war was the product of an imperial struggle‚ a clash between the French and English over colonial territory and wealth. Great Britain claimed that the French provoked war by building forts along the Ohio River Valley. Virginia’s governor sent a militia to the French and Native American allies. The war started out badly for Great Britain‚ about 2‚000 British and colonial troops were defeated by the French and Native Americans
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control over the Indians and was effective in having them do what they needed them to do. Part of the policies that the federal government put into place included separating the Indians into reservations‚ interfering with their ability to roam freely. This caused the Native Americans to face suppression and poverty. Not only did their population have to deal with being divided amongst themselves‚ but also their land‚ the White settlers brought with them diseases that the Indians had no immunity
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Subject Name: Political Thinkers. Subject code: BAE 202 4 credits (60 marks) (BKID: B1443) Set 2 1. Explain Rousseau’s relation with the French Revolution. According to this testimony‚ it would seem that Rousseau’s influence extended through much of the popular and intellectual sphere. However‚ it also reached as high as the royal court. In a discourse before the Assemblée Nationale‚ Louis XVI goes as far as to attribute much of his difficulty in maintaining control of his empire to the
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The French and Indian War took place over 9 years. It was fought between the French and British with the help of Indians on both sides. The dispute was over the land in the Ohio Valley which was land crucial for fur trading with Indians. Both countries claimed the land‚ thus resulting in the French and Indian War which was a major turning point because it ended salutary neglect‚ therefore resulting in the Sugar Act and soon the Townshend Act which was crucial because this all then lead to the Revolution
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Britain and America had grown apart spiritually‚ economically‚ politically‚ and strategically. First is the spiritual situation; the Church of England became political institution. They rejected those who did not have the same faith as them. While in America‚ the Church was divided‚ democratic‚ and dynamic. It was open to everyone in order to attract more people. The American Church was more inviting and people could practice their religion even though they were different from the rest. Because of
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the Americas. We know a great deal about Columbus‚ of course‚ and about the Europeans and Africans who crossed the Atlantic after him. We know much less about the “Indians‚” as Columbus mistakenly called them—the people already living in America. But we are learning more all the time‚ so I want to talk about early contacts between Native Americans and newcomers. We now estimate that as many as seven million people were living in North America 500 years ago‚ and that their ancestors had been on
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On the evening of April 20th‚ 1889 a little after six‚ a child was born in the small town called Braunau Am Inn just across the border from German Bavaria. Born to a man and woman named Alois Schicklgruber and Klara Pölzl. Due to being an illegitimate child Alois Schicklgruber‚ in order to help the advance of his career choose to change his name from Schicklgruber to Hiedler‚ however it was recorded as Hitler in the record books. So in 1876‚ at the age of 39‚ Alois Schicklgruber became Alois Hitler
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Before the year 1763‚ many colonists were proud to be a part of England‚ but the year 1763 would juristically change that. England had used their militia from the colonies to aid them in the French and Indian war. England promised that after the war they would be given land west of the Appalachian Mountains. Then‚ there was tension between England and the Natives Americans‚ and that prevented England to give colonists their promised lands. The act that prevented colonists to move westward was called
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Britain and Japan are two nations that are thousands of miles away from each other‚ so they are not often seen as similar‚ but in reality they have many similarities. Both Britain and Japan are islands secluded from their continent‚ but their location was key to their success with industrialization and imperialism. Britain was known as the origin place for the Industrialization and Japan shocked the world with its rise to power. Both learned how to use their geography to their advantage. Critical
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