(there are many) that helped the American colonies defeat the British in the Revolutionary War. Colonial forces were clearly outmatched by the British in sheer numbers‚ training‚ experience and equipment. Despite the clear advantage held by British forces‚ the American colonies managed to defeat them by making allies‚ using new innovative combat techniques‚ and by possessing the homefield advantage. A combination of all of these advantageous attributes allowed the American forces to overcome their superior
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second language of many countries therefore bringing the different dialects of the English language. British English is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere. The Oxford English Dictionary applies the term to English "as spoken or written in the British Isles; the forms of English usual in Great Britain". American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately
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111-D 3 March 2013 A World without Tobacco Every year the United States Federal Government puts millions upon millions of dollars into research proving how bad tobacco products are‚ warning the public through various forms of media advocating against tobacco use‚ cleaning up the pollution caused by tobacco‚ and penalizing the tobacco user by taxation in an attempt to make them quit. But my question is‚ if the federal government wants people to quit using tobacco‚ why not make it illegal? We see
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A Column of British Soldiers marched out on the morning of April 19‚ 1775 toward the town of Lexington‚ Massachusetts. A small band of seventy-seven colonial militiamen stood their way. The shot heard around the world occurred in this time period as the outnumbered Americans retreated‚ thus starting the American War of Independence. Six years later‚ on October 19‚ 1781‚ Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown‚ Virginia to the joint forces of General George Washington and French General
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The British are coming! The British are coming!" This infamous quote is by Paul Revere‚ a messenger of the Boston Committee of Correspondence. He managed to deliver the message to the townspeople as well as Sam Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming to confiscate their weapons. This warning soon turned into a historical event that put the Revolution into full swing. In 1764‚ a year after the French and Indian war‚ the Sugar act was passed. This act forced the colonist to pay a 3¢ tax
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how Native Americans used tobacco. At this point tobacco was not used recreationally‚ but as a medicine‚ or hallucinogen during religious ceremonies. The Europeans began using tobacco as a medicine until around 1560 when it began to be used recreationally. In 1561 the Queen of France (Catherine de Medici) declared it be called Herba Regina‚ which means the Queens Herb. Tobacco was introduced to England in the 1580s‚ and by the early 1600’s had spread all across Europe. In 1642 tobacco was officially
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Despite its racially diverse population and wide variety of distinct socioeconomic groups‚ American society maintains an astoundingly stable cultural narrative. While every nation must maintain a relatively steady societal identity‚ American ideology has traditionally favored conservative attitudes. While such a stance provides protections against radical infringements upon individual rights‚ it also leads to entrenched attitudes‚ polarized beliefs‚ and rigid resistance to progressive reforms. Absolute
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the Native American tribes that had been living peacefully there for centuries. The responses European settlers had to Native American tribes reflected their own cultural and economic viewpoints. As a result‚ the Native Americans’ lives changed drastically. The French had developed peaceful‚ mutually beneficial relations with Native Americans in the establishment of the French fur trade and culturally befriended them. On the other hand‚ the British tended to oppress Native Americans economically
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In the previous 100 years‚ the British had enjoyed victory after victory in all the wars they had been engaged in. Their superiority was confirmed after defeating great nations like France and Spain which made its military the best in the world. The British had the urge to spread their dominance and so they extended their rule to the American ground. The Americans were on the losing end from the first time the war was declared‚ but an alliance with France strengthened its position and having the
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Essay The perception of home by American‚ British and Russian cultures. A person’s home as well as his spoken language and festive clothes can tell us what culture he belongs to‚ because consciously or unconsciously‚ one usually keeps to one’s native traditions. For some people it is more important to have “a house which is made of walls and beams”‚ for others – “a home which is built with love and dreams”. It appears evident that “walls and beams” of a house do not play a crucial role in Russian
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