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    Awareness‚ Not Taxes A new theory suggests that raising taxes on junk food and soft drinks will lower the obesity rate among the general population. However‚ obesity is not just a result of eating junk food‚ and obese people are not the only ones who eat it. Focusing more attention on the way junk food is marketed‚ increasing health education‚ and seeking to prevent diseases and lifestyles which cause obesity‚ will prove more effective than raising taxes. Those in favor of raising taxes suggest that

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    A1. The causes of the American Revolution were imposed taxes‚ taxation without representation‚ and the King implementing the Intolerable act. After the French and Indian War the British government lost a lot of money. So their way of collecting money was to impose taxes on the American colonists. These taxes included a tea tax‚ which was a tax on tea that was imported to America. With no representation in Britain the American colonist did not have a say in these taxes on goods‚ which had always been

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    Social Attitudes towards the Causes of the American Revolution A revolution is simply described as people overthrowing the government and replacing it with another‚ in the most common research source- Wikipedia. The American Revolution is by far‚ the most important historical event of the American history and a beginning of country of the United States. What caused American colonists to overthrow the differences of social classes and the need to break away from the English government and radical

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    people of the colonies. The unfair treatment and the poor representation in British Parliament resulted in the idea of a failed responsibility of the Crown to the people. The ideas and actions rooted in American independence all began with the town of Boston‚ the sharing of ideals and philosophies made possible by the Boston Harbor‚ along with the crucial help of Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. Boston played a crucial and meaningful role in The American Revolution providing the colonists with

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    More Taxes for the Rich The United States of America is the land of freedom‚ equality‚ and opportunity for each and every American‚ with the ability to live the “American Dream.” The American Dream suggests that anyone in the United States is able to follow their hopes and aspirations‚ succeed through hard work‚ and has the potential to lead a happy and successful life. Through hard work and dedication‚ reaching success and wealth is never too far‚ everyone receives as much as they put in. America

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    What led to The American Revolution? The American Revolution was caused by many things‚ but there are three main reasons that led to The American Revolution. The first main reason would be The Boston Massacre‚ then it would be the taxes‚ and the last reason is The Continental Congress. The Boston Massacre affected both the British and the Colonists. First of all the Boston Massacre created propaganda. Even though the British only killed five people the propaganda made it look like a massacre

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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 REASON WHY THE COLONISTS WERE RIGHT: The American Revolution was the major conflict that will forever change millions of people all around the world. The American Revolution was the major conflict because the Colonists were angry‚ they had no self government which made the taxes go up and the British made their own laws that the Colonists had to follow‚ and thought they were paying the government with no representation at all because they did not have a government to control all of the bad things

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    Sofia Canales Mr. Carr English 1301-P02 April 10‚ 2015 The question of fairness is based on the assumption that good is rewarded and bad is punished‚ by God or the universe or whatever (www.realizinghappiness.com). If life is unfair to everyone‚ doesn’t that make it fair to everyone? Unfairness between different people is the difference of environment between different lives. Each form of unfairness is different‚ making no one fair either way. Unfairness is the filler word for a difference of negatives

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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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