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    The founding principles on which the United States were established belong to the ongoing human quest for political and religious liberty. That quest has been the central theme of Western civilization. When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620‚ they were seeking religious freedom. When the American Revolution was fought‚ it was fought for political freedom. The American Revolution is inconceivable in the absence of the context of ideas‚ which have constituted Christianity‚ such as Martin Luther’s

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    of the American Revolution. The Americans and the Britishers had equally contributed to the American Revolution. My understanding of the American Revolution was limited to the disturbance created by the British troops‚ but after viewing this film my understanding has extended to believe that colonists had triggered these reactions from British Parliament. The Stamp Act‚ a decision made by British Parliament‚ was to impose taxes on the colonies in order to gain more money‚ because England was in need

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    Revolutions English‚ American‚ and French     The three most prominent revolutions in recent western history are The English ’Glorious’ Revolution‚ The American Revolution‚ and The French Revolution. The despite these events being separated by nearly a century‚ several thousand miles‚ or both‚ all three of the revolutions share the same causes‚ were brought forth by the same idealism‚ and had similar outcomes in which a document was produced to secure the rights and freedoms for the future

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    The American Revolution ‚ while it may have been the first war that was started to actually put into practice some ideas that previously had only been talked about‚ did not have any ideas that were new. Nothing really changed as far as the average man was concerned‚ after the revolution. Slaves were still enslaved‚ Indians were still considered savages‚ women were not given equal rights and the governments were still basically the same‚ except now there were no royal govenors. Most of the main

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    The American Revolution‚ which lasted from 1775-1783‚ is quite evident as revolutionary‚ due to the social‚ political‚ and slavery changes. The official definition of a revolution is:a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system‚ but the way most people look at a Revolution‚ is a chain of new ideas. New ideas are always coming‚ and the reason the Revolution is always happening‚ is because of the R. Many figures from the past that were involved in the Revolution change

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    The term terrorism is defined as “the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce‚ especially for political purposes; the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization; a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.”(Dictionary.com). The huge debate is whether the colonists of the American Revolutions were actually patriots‚ or terrorists. If one was to go by this definition then yes‚ I believe that the colonists could be considered terrorists. However

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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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    C. Why was it revolutionary? The Industrial revolution was revolutionary since it established and renovated the US Economy. Although at first workers were given hazardous jobs for low wages‚ with the consistent flow of new inventions‚ workers were provided with more freedom and an increase in pay. New manufacturing processes were less hazardous‚ such as the automation and factories‚ which reduced child labor and consequently led to lower birth rates since children weren’t used to provide money

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    The political changes in democracy‚ republicanism‚ and liberalism have been thoroughly used to portray‚ in various ways‚ the development of the American political system. In particular‚ between 1824 and 1840‚ there existed a period of extraordinary growth and change for the United States. Still‚ Americans were able to effectively embrace the popular democracy while crises pertaining to popular rights dominated overseas. As a result‚ many economic and social variations transpired

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    2014 American Revolution or American Coming-of-Age? The American Revolution paved the way for many changes in the structure of the government and society of the United States of America. Because of the immense amounts of change the occurred after the revolutionary war‚ despite the fact that most of these changes were not direct results of the war itself‚ the common view is that American Revolution was a real revolution. In contrary to this view‚ the American Revolution was not a revolution because

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