It was dawn in England‚ Americans were fighting to live a normal‚ sane life with the strict rules of Great Britain. They were fed up with the unfair rights‚ so the 12 colonies decided to depart their political connections with Great Britain. They decided to throw the Boston tea party in December of 1773 where the Fairfax Resolves called for non-importation of British goods and the support for Boston. After this happened‚ they decided to hold a meeting attending the first Continental congress with
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As the United states acquired new land‚ there was not a precedent set regarding how the issue of slavery would be handled in these vast new territories. The map explains how much land was acquired and the spread of slavery throughout the years of 1790 to 1860. The Missouri compromise admitting Missouri into the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state‚ but also stating slavery would be prohibited anywhere north of the southern boundary of Missouri in the future. The Missouri compromise had
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Third Party candidates rarely win elections but they can split parties. They can also effect the outcome of an election. When a third party candidate is considerably strong‚ or when the race between the two other candidates is significantly close. During the election of 2000 Ralph Nader and other 3rd party candidates said the election was going to be very interesting‚ and so it was. People all over the world were very confused over who was going to be the next president of the U.S. During the election
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Some allies that helped the colonists win the American Revolutionary War were France‚ Spain. France and Spain helped the Americans by forcing Britain to focus its military and navy attention in different directions‚ and made them fight multiple wars at the same time. France and Spain making the British fight multiple wars helped the colonists because the British couldn’t focus solely on the war with the colonists. Another way France helped the colonies was by providing supplies and troops to the
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How Did The South Think They Could Win The Civil War? How did the South think they could win the Civil War? The Southern states were convinced at the onset of the Civil War that they would effectively protect their way of life and their rights. They were sure of this victory mainly due to these three reasons. First‚ the south had a great business exporting cotton to England. As the Southern U.S. cotton industries grew‚ foreign countries began to rely on the South for their cotton supply.
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Ionians revolt against the Persians and asked Greek to save them. The wars were Marathon‚ Thermopylae‚ Salamis‚ and Plataea. The battle of Marathon was the first war. The Greeks won the war against the Persians. In the war the Persians thought they could sneak attack Athens but the Greeks were waiting for them the whole time. The battle of Thermopylae was the second war. The Persians won the war against the Greeks. In the war the Greeks thought they could go in a tight spot so the Persians had to
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Lincoln (republican) takes the election by storm two hundred and twelve to twenty one over the democratic candidate! That’s fifty percent of the popular vote as the war grew stronger it was unlikely that Lincoln would win because previous losses at Bull Run and some other losses as well. Also that the Northerns were doubtful in Lincoln as the Southerners clung to this with hope. Many thought his loss could mean the end of war while Southerners held this hope but in the end Lincoln did get elected
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“They fought together like brother-in-arms. They died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a seldom obligation.” Admiral Chester A. Nimitz was apart of the United States Navy‚ describing how the men fought. Hitler was a man who thought that Germans were the master race. So in order to show everyone that they were‚ he tried to over through the world‚ one country at a time. Hitler started persuading Germany to help them become the master race. In no time‚ young men‚ and eventually
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Land reform meant landlords lost their power and their land was given to the peasants. The CCP also decreased taxes. However the GMD kept the landlords in power and were brutal to the peasants that disagreed with them. Due to the factors above‚ the GMD lost even more support from the peasants‚ whilst the CCP gained
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Q2: Block buster was the business leader for movie rentals for a long time until Netflix came up with a new business model and introduced an online Video/DVD rentals for lower cost and no late fees. Netflix was a forerunner (First in business) and rapidly gained ground on movie rental business. Netflix could efficiently reach customers and conveniently deliver movies to their doors with less overhead cost and bigger variety of choices. Putting Blockbuster stores in a tough position to complete. Blockbuster
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