The congressmen want war because they believe that this would be the only solution for defending their honor against the British. During this time‚ the British had imposed on their land‚ seeking to control trade and commerce across American waters‚ an aspect that did not sit well with the War Hawks. They believed that the only response that the British would listen to was war‚ hence the need to advocate for it. They also argue that war helped them to defeat the native tribes in America‚ and as such
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The American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War was a very important war. This war allowed the English colonies to gain independence from the country Britain. The war established an independent country which is now called the United States of America. Events leading to the war helped our nation form a new government ‚ a new army‚ and the idea that if a government did not serve the people well‚ then that government could be put away and a new government
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Why was Australia involved in the Vietnam War? Australia became involved in the Vietnam War for a number of reasons. The main reasons included the fear of the spread of communism‚ Australia’s alliance with the USA and Australia’s membership of SEATO. In the years after World War 2 Australians feared that communism would spread through South-East Asia and eventually to Australia. The fear grew more when China became a communist state is 1949‚ the reason why China became a communist state was
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the colonies since the American Revolution‚ and so‚ the Latin American wars were vicious and were sparked by ideas of independence. Thanks to Napoleon’s invasion of Spain‚ the rebels in Latin America had the perfect excuse to declare their independence. However‚ even though the independence movements happened at a relatively close time from one another‚ they were not necessarily link together‚ since they have their own heroes and history. We can separate the Latin American wars into three fronts: Mexican
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1. A) The Germans started launching attacks on American ships. Then they proposed a threat on the United States and then we declared war. B) Yes because we shouldn’t have hushed into anything and we did something about the boat attacks by making an agreement and then they proposed a threat and then we came into the war for a good cause. 2. A) President Wilson Formed The Committee on Public Information (CPI). The CPI did a lot by organized rallies and parades and published posters
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Thomas Corwin‚ "Against the Mexican War" (1847) Thomas Corwin was a Whig senator from Ohio. Many Whigs‚ especially northern Whigs‚ questioned the need for and wisdom of expansion. The Mexican-American War proved controversial and divisive. Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes because they would be used to support the war. That action and a subsequent essay‚ "On Civil Disobedience‚" became important precedents 120 years later during the Vietnam conflict. Corwin’s speech touches on key elements
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start arguably the most controversial war of our time and divide public opinion for years to come. The war on terror is used to describe this international military campaign that started as a reaction the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The term “war on terror” was initially used to describe the post 9/11 war in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda and the Taliban but was however expanded in 2003 to include the Iraq war. But this inclusion of the war in Iraq which had no links to the Taliban
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immediate cause of World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. However‚ various events throughout the nineteenth century created conflict between countries that fueled the start of the war. This essay examines these factors and their contribution to the start of the war. The factors discussed in the essay include nationalism‚ militarism‚ and imperialism. All these factors contributed to the conflict that existed between the two blocks that participated in the war. The essay also examines
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American Civil War For the four years between 1861 and 1865 American fought the civil war. Meaning our own war. The North against the South. The free States against the slave states. The war had to solved two questions left unresolved by the revolution. The first being‚ Could the United States be a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states? Or‚ could the United States be an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government? The Second question would be‚ whether this nation which had
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Civil Wars throughout the history of mankind‚ some “rebel” groups have successfully overthrown their former methods of government while others have been swiftly put to rest by their ruling party. Civil wars are still relevant because they continue to occur throughout the world giving political scientists incentive to study the causes of revolution and influencing factors on whether a revolt is successful or not. One of these aspects is government behavior during civil war. The American Civil War is
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