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    The Patriot Vs. The American Revolution As you watch the Patriot you see many of the battles fought during the American revolution. You also see the uniforms they wore to battle‚ and the guns they used and how they were used. But what you didn’t see was the fact that the movie doesn’t relate to the American Revolution‚ in ways that I’m going to explain in the next paragraphs. It was different because of the weapons they used‚ the way the slaves were being treated in the movie compared to in

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    The AmericanRevolution took place in the 1700s‚ The French Revolution was a 1789 battle‚ and The Mexican Revolution occurred in 1910. Each revolution began with the people unhappy with the role the government was playing. Lack of representation‚ prices of food being raised‚ and unfair presidential elections. The people were unhappy with the unfair share of power among small groups of people without a say in how they lived. Laws were made without any warning‚ taxes changed without any type of consent

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    of the American Revolution? Well‚ I’ve got the perfect book for you! In the novel The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood‚ he explains the democracy and Revolution in a way that you haven’t heard it before! The author is a pretty wealthy man‚ who has a pretty good resume. He’s taught at: Harvard‚ The University of Michigan‚ Cambridge University‚ and a few others.(Wikipedia) The author’s purpose for writing the book was to educate the reader even deeper on the Revolution. The intended

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    Slavery: Negative for Slaveholders as Well as Slaves Throughout the 1800’s‚ slavery was a prominent issue throughout the United States. The nation was divided between the north and south because of the controversial topic of whether or not slavery should be abolished. Former slave‚ Frederick Douglass‚ wrote The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to show the hardships he faced while growing up as a slave. Although African American slaves were severely treated‚ the act of slavery also affected

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    The American Revolution was predicated by a number of ideas and events that‚ combined‚ led to a political and social separation of colonial possessions from the home nation and a coalescing of those former individual colonies into an independent nation. Summary The American revolutionary era began in 1763‚ after a series of victories by British forces at the conclusion of the French and Indian War (also‚ Seven Years War) ended the French military threat to British North American colonies. Adopting

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    Q: Was the American Revolution inevitable or could it have been avoided? A revolution is an overthrow of a tyrannical ruler or political system. Colonial America‚ once abused by mother Britain‚ became a strong‚ independent country after the inevitable American Revolution. The British had treated colonists unfairly through the policy of salutary neglect -which was their way of keeping them under control by avoiding strict law enforcement (a positive outcome of salutary neglect was that it established

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    of the American Revolution The American Revolution was a political battle where the thirteen colonies grew tired of Great Britain rule which led to the overthrow of British control and the founding of the United States of America. This battle took place during 1765 to 1783. The first major cause of the American Revolution would be the French and Indian War that took place in 1754. This war was considered the seven years war that took place between the French‚ British and North Americans. As the

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    Was the American Revolution Inevitable? During the French and Indian War‚ the British defeated the French and became the national masters of the region of eastern and northern part of North America. However‚ the war was expensive toward the economy which resulted in the British becoming in debt. As a result‚ of the French and Indian War‚ the British expected the colonist to pay for defense and they passed a series of laws which were to help regulate the colonies under British control but eventually

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    Intro ­ The French Revolution would not have occurred without the American Revolution  because the French saw to imitate the newly and successfully implemented ideals of the  enlightenment‚ as well as the American ideals themselves‚ and finally the debt that the  American Revolution brought on France.   ● The French Were attempting to imitate our new freedom‚  ● The Americans were the first to implement the ideals of the Enlightenment  ● They attempted to implement the American ideals of freedom and liberty

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    The American Revolution was Inevitable‚ because the British are constant taxing the Americans and the reason for the settlement meant to lead Revolution. From the very beginning‚ when the first separatist stepped on the New Land‚ he was looking forward to have a new life and a new start on this new land. The whole purpose for the New England colony is to change the way they lived in the old England. Also for the South colony‚ maybe at the very beginning‚ they came for an economy reason‚ more

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