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    The american dream is the ideal of people making goals and dreams that they want to accomplish in their life. Some people accomplish the dreams and goals they make for themselves.The american dream has changed throughout history.In the 1840’s there were many feminist fighting for womens rights. Some feminist are Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ and Hillary Clinton. All three of these feminist have accomplished their american dream. Stanton and Anthony fought for gender equality. Hillary

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    significance of the American Revolution to the colonists‚ slaves‚ the native populations‚ and the women. The American Revolution played a role for freedom‚ religion‚ the government‚ and political rights. The colonists had a long history of independence and the population was growing rapidly. The colonist was expecting the French to help because of their struggle against the British. The colonists fought‚ and gather more property to preserve their independence. However‚ the Revolution had momentous

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    The major changes during the struggle for independence and years after gave a “period of revolutionary significance” (Jones‚ 1995‚ p. 58). However‚ the American Revolution was not the same as the French Revolution of 1789 or the Russian Revolution of 1917 as it had no major changes in economic or reorganisation of the government. The Americans fought not to seek to establish a radical new social order but it was the first successful war of national independence in the modern period in which it ended

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    Interpretations of America The American Revolution: Moderate or Radical? Some historians argue that the Revolution was solely aimed at achieving the limited goal of independence from Britain. There was a consensus among the Americans about keeping things as they were once the break from Britain had been accomplished The Revolution was inevitably viewed as a struggle of liberty versus tyranny between America and Britain. The Revolution was “radical in its character‚” according to Bancroft‚

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    war of freedom The actions and events that took place between 1765 and 1783 were truly one of the most influential moments in our history‚ this chapter in our history is known as the American Revolution. The American Revolution also related to the war of Independence began when conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies‚ which represented the British crown. One of the moments that led us to the patriotic movement was the French and Indian

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    American Revolution or War for Independence? The United states gaining Independence against Britain is one of the most important events in American history. What many people call a revolution‚ others just call a war on independence. This an argument many have today when comparing the American war to other revolutions for example; The French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution. When analyzing whether it is a revolution it is important to form a definition of what exactly makes a war a revolution

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    African American History: 1865- Present Aneshia Y. Glover HIS204: American History Since 1865 Instructor Mohamed Khan April 29‚ 2013 African American History: 1865-Present African Americans had a very rough time in the early years. Not only were they looked down upon‚ but they were tortured‚ criticized‚ and belittled by those from other ethnic groups. Forced to work as slaves and having to endure hours and days of painful work and cruelty without ever having the opportunity to say a thing

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    Revolutions Throughout history there were many revolutions in the world. Some had huge impacts on what the world is today‚ while others were just dust in the wind. Some of the major impacts in this world was the American‚ French and Mexican revolutions. All of these revolutions were based on trying to earning freedom from tyrants. The American Revolution was based on getting freedom from the British. The American Revolution took place in North America when Great Britain sent a fleet of ship to

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    American History has been filled with countless of hardships such as wars‚ political division‚ and racial struggles. In the more recent months it seems that instead of moving forward and away from these past hardships‚ the country is moving backwards into a new time of division. The division is coherent with social tension and division within the political parties. If a person didn’t live through certain events‚ then it’s easy for them to stay in the same retrospective cycle. When looking at past

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    Study guide test #1 1. How did the "first Americans" get here and what account for the diversity of their cultures? How and why did Native-American concepts of land usage differ from that of Europeans?  What were the motivations that first brought Spanish explorers to the New World? What were they looking for? Which nations had the most success in creating a profitable New World empire prior to the 1600’s? How and why? Understand England’s failures in trying to get into the colony business. In regards

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