Revolutionary. It means involving or causing a complete or dramatic change. The Revolutionary war was revolutionary because the greatest army in the world (Great Britain) at the time was defeated by only thirteen colonies and it was the first time any country had enforced democracy. First of all‚ only thirteen colonies beat the world’s greatest army. When the other countries heard about this they were surprised. Second of all‚ was that the States enforced democracy. Democracy was only written by
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You are a free person right now. But if there was no one in the American Revolutionary Army‚ you would be a British person write now. So‚ let’s talk more about this American Army. The Major Leaders of the Army Some of the Major leaders in the Revolutionary war were: Richard Montgomery‚ Horatio Gates‚ William Howe‚ George Washington‚ Israel Putnam‚ Marquis de Lafayette‚ jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur‚ comte de Rochambeau‚ Nathaniel Green‚ and Daniel Morgan. There was a lot more leaders but these
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Walking towards what is considered a second home hours before the championship game even begins yields nothing but complete silence. The freshly- cut‚ green grass in the outfield glistens from its daily dosage of morning dew. A bare‚ dirt-covered infield yearns to be lined with fresh‚ white chalk. No boisterous fans are screaming‚ no coaches are instructing‚ and no teammates are cheering. Everything is still as I step onto the softball field and begin to imagine and prepare for what is to come
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The Revolutionary War was a time of discourse and fighting. The newfound American colonies‚ and soon self-declared nation‚ were conflicting heavily with their Mother kingdom. Slavery in the United States was on the rise‚ and the war was getting more brutal with each instance. Women’s rights were starting to gain traction alongside this. When soldiers were being deployed more and more‚ their wives‚ sisters‚ and mothers followed. Although women did stay home and take care of land while their husbands
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In 1756 the French Indian War‚ also known as the Seven Years’ War‚ was a battle between France and Britain over the control of the Ohio Valley and Canada. The French become allies with Indian tribes and fight the war against Britain‚ but are defeated. The British Empire started taxing the 13 colonies during the war to raise money for weapons and ammunition‚ this was called the stamp act. The stamp act taxed americans on newspapers and legal document in 1756. The 13 colonies didn’t want to be taxed
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The term revolutionary means something that has or had a significant effect or sudden impact on the society and human behaviour. After and during the revolutionary war if a citizen was rich‚ white and a man he would have benefited from the revolutionary war‚ such as being able to enlist in the army willingly. However‚ if a citizen did not fall into that category they would have gained very little from the war. Contrary to G. Wood’s idea in the Radicalism of the American Revolution that patriots carried
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~The following letter is not an authentic letter from a soldier‚ but a letter I wrote myself from a soldier’s perspective that describes what the ANZAC’s went through during WWI~ Dear Homefolks‚ I am currently having a short period of rest time and have time to write to you all to give you a feel of what we are doing and going through. I heard somewhere that the letters are being censored but I’m not sure if it’s true or just another story going around. I am doing well and eating like a horse
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and blooming countries at the time. Starting from the earliest years as the late 1500s‚ and continuing on‚ all three countries were soon to battle for claim of the new land. Only one country could triumph. Despite success‚ even the strongest can become the weakest. This was the search of riches and beneficial goods. These three countries all wanted to develop colonies which they could take the natural resources from and bring them back to their home country. The more wealth and resources your country
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A Fight for Independence America: The land of the free‚ and the home of the brave. We all know that if we look at America in the prime of its greatness‚ it was just this‚ the land of the free. It was free from oppression‚ from stubborn‚ and greedy laws‚ and acts that held us back. However‚ this independence did not happen overnight. It happened over the course of hundreds of years. America was‚ and still is‚ a nation of those who fought for what they believed in‚ and it all began in the prime of
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Dear Mom and Dad‚ Hey! I miss you all so much. Every day I think about you guys and the rest of the family! I’m sorry that I haven’t written to you all in a long time! A lot has been going in the past few weeks. The war out here in Vietnam is mostly what I expected. Our enemy‚ the Viet Cong‚ wants to spread communism throughout South Vietnam. In order to do so‚ they need to beat us. The Viet Cong knew that they had to engage in guerrilla warfare‚ which is a style of fighting that relies on the element
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