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    sides. The British had to fund the building of many ships to get overseas‚ weapons to all their soldiers and their uniforms. To help the British recover from past wars‚ they raised taxes for America. Britain charged America with Taxes like the Stamp Act‚ which made a tax on every paper product America bought. In return‚ the Americans refused to pay those taxes. Britain needed this money from previous war debt but it made colonist mad and they boycotted products. When colonist boycotted these items

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    An act of revenge or no? “ON THAT GLORIUS NOONDAY when Dulce Rosa Orellano was crowned with jasmines of Carnival Queen‚ the mothers of the other candidates murmured that it was unfair for her to win just because she was the only daughter of the most powerful man in the entire province‚ Senator Anselmo Orellano” (Charters‚ 2011‚ p.42). This first paragraph of the passage as well as the title of the story leads the reader to prepare for some sort of battle. The story goes on to

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    On March 5‚ 1770‚ in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ a mob of our patriotic colonists gathered around a British officer to confront him. The awful lad responded with violence! This fatal incident was caused by an uproar between our patriots and these British officers. This lethal massacre concluded with seven colonists dead‚ killing three on the spot. British Captain Thomas Preston‚ the commanding officer at the Customs House‚ ordered his men to fix their bayonets and join the guard outside the building

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    (1)In 1778 when English explorer James Cook came across the Hawaiian islands‚ he wasn’t aware of the battle he was bringing to the Hawaiian people. For the next 100 years the U.S.‚ Britain‚ and France significantly changed Hawaii. Diseases brought by these white foreigners wiped out 75 percent of the natives and all 3 of these countries looked for ways to influence the rule of this resource rich territory. U.S. imperialists began to succeed when they got Hawaii to sign a free-trade agreement to satisfy

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    The Boston Massacre‚ the said “start” of the revolution. What really happened? We know 5 died‚ 2 injured‚ and 2 mortally injured. And even before the Massacre‚ there was a fight between a colonist ropemaker and a solder. What we don’t know‚ is who shot first? Did the Captain order fire? According to a Theodore Bliss‚ “I did not hear any Order given by the Captain to fire”. This is a debated theory. Some colonists say they clearly heard the Captain call fire; while others say they didn’t even hear

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    ¨ Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes‚ our inclinations‚ or the dictates of our passions‚ they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence‚¨ John Adams. The Sons of Liberty have done many terrible barbarous things in our country. They caused the Boston Tea Party and refused to pay the taxes given to them by the government. The Sons of Liberty caused and created the Boston Tea Party. The party took place on December 16‚ 1773 on the Boston Harbor. They dressed as Natives to

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    The case is about Hadley who owned a mill‚ which used a steam engine manufactured by W. Joyce and Company to make corn into flour. The engine crank shaft broke and in order to get the engine running again the broken shaft needed shipped back to Joyce and Company so they could create a replacement. Then Hadley contacted Pickford and company‚ which is owned by Baxendale. Hadley paid Pickford to ship the broken shaft to Joyce and Company ASAP and was promised to deliver it by the next day. However‚

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    One chilly night on March 5th‚ 1770 war broke out between the Patriots and the Loyalists. It occurred on King Street in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Before this event took place‚ the British had decided to tax the colonists for many manufactured items acquired through trade. This caused an outrage in the populace of Boston‚ mostly for the impoverished people. Ever since then‚ the colonists have been boycotting and protesting against these inequitable laws. Then on this day the Patriots and Loyalists were

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    The French and Indian War‚ also called the Seven Years’ War‚ lasted nine years (1754-1763) and was centered around the Ohio Valley‚ northwest of the British Colonies. Although the official declaration of war wasn’t until 1756 small battles began to take place as American forces tried to take an important French fort called Fort Duquesne. As attempts failed and a stalemate settled over the area‚ Britain decided that instead of going directly to war with France‚ they would have a war in America‚ because

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    Thomas Jefferson is known as the writer of the Declaration of Independence‚ written in the year of 1776. The Declaration of Independence was a statement of the colonists’ freedom from the rule of the British monarchy. In the Declaration‚ Jefferson listed the inalienable rights‚ which were life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. The inalienable rights were the rights that were naturally given to man‚ and the British monarchy could not take them away. The key arguments that Thomas Jefferson made

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