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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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    a government or ruler. These rebellions can be justified or also could be very awful and atrocious. One rebellin that was justified and had great importance of that time period was the Spartacus slave rebellion. this rebellion was started by a group of enslaved gladiators wanting the right to be free of

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    to war with Mexico was justified or not justified? It can be a struggle to decide. Mexico won its independence from Spain in the nineteenth century. Spain controlled most of Central America. Due to the extremely low population for such territorial extension‚ Mexico relaxed its immigration policies‚ as a result‚ allowing American settlers to help populate the northern territories. Their conditions to settle were self-explanatory. Now what do think? The United States was justified in going to war with

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    spite of their ideals‚ there was one entity stopping them from fulfilling and continuing their beliefs ; Mexico. Although Mexico was precluding their aspirations‚ it didn’t give the United States the right to go to war. Going to war with Mexico was not justifiable for multiple reasons. First‚ and foremost‚ the primary reason war was not justified‚ nor warranted‚ is because the Americans were on Mexican land that they were originally invited to inhabit. Once Mexico was declared free from Spain

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    Looking at the death penalty system in action‚ it is fundamentally flawed in use and there is a serious risk of executing innocent people. Many unjust convictions have shown that serious flaws such as: Lack of eyewitness identification‚ False confessions‚ and the access to have DNA testing have caused our countries criminal justice system to convict many innocent individuals‚ who were sentenced to death. The most disturbing fact individuals are faced with today‚ is that innocent people have

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    The United States’ decision to bomb two cities of Japan‚ which we’re Nagasaki and Hiroshima‚ was not at all justified. Many people know that Japan deliberately attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941‚ in order to strategically weaken the American Naval Base. However‚ the United States’ decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to push Japan to surrender the war . The bombing was unjustified because the U.S. military: targeted heavily populated civilian cities‚ deliberately

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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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    Was the bombing of Dresden and Hamburg justified? During the Second World War‚ allied forces targeted German cities for mass aerial bombardment. Two of the cities which felt the full brunt of RAF bombings were Dresden and Hamburg. This air campaign killed an estimated 600‚000 civilians and destroyed or seriously damaged some six million homes. The strategy used also came at a cost as Bomber Command throughout the bombing campaigns had 57‚143 men killed. The target’s for area bombing were chosen

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    the assassinations of famous people or presidents? Did you think about if it was justified based on their beliefs and actions? Well‚ I have thought about this with Malcolm X. Malcolm X assassination was not justified. He fought for civil rights and encouraged blacks to stand up for themselves. However‚ many people felt he made matters worse by not practicing non violence. Malcolm X‚ growing up‚ had a hard life. He was raised in Lansing‚ Michigan but then early in his adult years he moved to Boston

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    George Orwell essay was full of thoughts and denial. In the beginning of his essay he was against shooting the elephant. Once he saw the opportunity of acceptance‚ he decided to take action towards the elephant. Throughout this essay the author doubts himself. He feels a sense of guilt towards the end of the essay. Orwell had three perspective in this essay guilt‚ doubtful‚ and acceptance. In this situation acceptance took over his feelings‚ and this is why Orwell was not justified in shooting the elephant

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