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    events that have occurred in the United States is the American Revolution. The purpose of that is due to the many sources of its occurrence. The American Revolution was a war that was fought for the independence of Americans‚ a war that had various triggers. Many colonists were fed up with the treatment that they endured from the British and decided to rise up and fight for their strong cause. In short‚ the American Revolution was an uprising that was brought upon by unfair treatment of the colonists

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    Was the american revolution justified? What events caused to lead up to the revolution? Yes the american revolution was justified.When any form of government becomes destructive of the unalienable rights it’s the people’s right to alter or abolish it. These eventually came into mention due to taxes the british government put on colonists and their reactions to it‚ Which the government had to add acts but that didn’t stop the colonists. Taxes‚ Money that paid for it’s war debts in the 1760’s‚ the

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    of Marshall in 1947 was motivated mainly by the altruistic desire to help the economic recovery of Europe. The European Recovery Programme‚ more commonly known as the Marshall Plan‚ was the American foreign policy masterminded by US Secretary of State George C. Marshall. Its aim was to provide financial support to war-torn Europe‚ following the conclusion of World War II in 1945. The interpretations that I will be analysing argue whether the Marshall Plan was mainly motivated by the altruistic desire

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    Why was there an American Revolution? There are different ways of interpretation. Generally‚ it was agreed that the revolution originated in France and Britain about the war‚ ended in 1789 George Washington was elected the first President of the United States. One of the points on the two views of the American Revolution‚ the American Revolution in fact can not be regarded as revolutionary‚ because it does not dramatically change the entire colonial society‚ but simply replaced a distant government

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    The American Revolution was one of the bloodiest wars that we had in America and a lot of American soldiers and citizens died in the war.The American Revolution was not justified because the colonists started tarring and feathering the tax man‚ the British started taxing the colonists in not the right process‚ and the British say Parliament can do anything they want with the colonists. This explains that the colonists did non-professional things and the British did to because feathering the tax man

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    Bagos‚ Cedie History 172 12/11/14 American Revolution: Saved by the French Following the Treaty of Paris of 1763‚ Great Britain is left with a growing burden of debt that had to be funded which led to the series of taxes on the colonies passed by a parliament comprised of English lawmakers from Great Britain. Angered by a war burdened on them but had nothing to do with them‚ the American colonies (them) stipulated a number of outrageous protests and boycotts that left a demanding Great Britain even

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    1. American revolution caused by refusal to pay taxes impose by British. French revolution caused by food shortage and high taxation on the 3rd estate. Both revolutions‚ the revolutionaries wanted protection of private property and no taxes 2. New liberal movements emerged and nationalism was introduced during radical phase of french revolution. 3. Need for raw materials. Population explosion. Introduction of new technologies. 4. Caused peasant uprisings to decline. Women gained small rights

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    Economic Revolution Mid-18th United Arab Emirates University Scales : Dr. Duane Lacey * Faculty of Business and Economics ‚ UAE University (UAE) * E-mails: @uaeu.ac.ae * done by : Shaima Mahmoud Fahd Awad ID : Dr. Duane Lacey * Faculty of Business and Economics ‚ UAE University (UAE) * E-mails: @uaeu.ac.ae * done by : Shaima Mahmoud Fahd Awad ID : ( Adam Smith - scientific curiosity ) Intro : In 1800s century was a time of tremendous changes

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    Columbus had many reasons for voyaging out. In total he took four voyages to the “New World” each different and each with a different goal. He did run into some problems however. He faced natives who had never seen white skinned people before and he faced the dangerous crossing of the Atlantic. He had specific reasons for his motivation‚ he accomplished much and he dealt with those who doubted him in several ways. Generally scholars will say that the explorers of the new world were motivated by “God‚ Gold

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    The British could never have won the war for American Independence. The rebellion could probably have been crushed initially by firm action under a commander-in-chief who was not governed by a policy that varied from year to year based on conciliation and suppression and which imposed upon him the dual role of commanding general and peace commissioner. With the rebellion crushed it might have been possible to make a political settlement short of independence where the colonies could have remained

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