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    There were many factors that the colonists made when picking a side‚ some of the colonist were force to choose sides‚ changed their minds or switched sides and pick a side that benefits them and their self-interest. The American allied with France since France lost like four wars to British‚ so they contributed and joined an alliance. I believe it was a personal motive which is why they alliance and negotiated deals. The patriots wanted to elect their own government and the loyalists are those who

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    about if our founding fathers whether really were selfish then how is this country still standing. The colonist was mad that the British were taxing them without a say. They were also mad that the British for setting boundaries on what they could do. Even though the British helped them with wars and only taxed them to pay off debt‚ they were still in the wrong. The colonist were angry at the British and not giving them reprecipitation in parament. The colonist thought that they should choose what happens

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    1812: THE AMERICANS WERE JUSTIFIED Over the years The United States of America has forged itself a reputation of declaring wars. Ironically‚ declaration of war was most justified in one of its least acknowledged conflicts‚ the War of 1812. The United States was justified in its attack on British North America‚ which was a colony of Great Britain at the time. The reasons for this justification were Great Britain’s breach of Maritime rights‚ their support for the Natives‚ who were waging war against

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    Britain attempted to control through mercantilism and tried to increase tax on colonies‚ which resulted in the resistance from colonies. This eventually led to the outbreak of fighting to declare independence. The Britains believed in achieving a favorable balance of trade‚ they wanted the colonies to be prosperous because they wanted all of the exports to come straight to Britain and for the other colonies to receive a small portion of goods. Britain wanted to make as much money as possible out

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    the sheep. But what happens when the sheepdog doesn’t do his job? What happens when the sheepdog becomes a real threat to the sheep? What happens when Great Britain becomes a real threat to their sheep? The British are becoming a threat to the thirteen colonies and they have to fight against it. The colonists have been under the rule of Great Britain since the 1700s. But now the rule has started to collapse between the colonies now that they had been divided into three; Loyalists‚ Patriots and neutrals

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    Eli Davidson Professor Thur E-25 2-15-15 Not Breaking Away from Authority A writer can only become effective if he decides to value change and thus abandon the conventions of daily life and tradition itself. This can only happen too if there have been events in his or her life that triggered the decision to break free from what is traditional. Based on “The Achievement of Desire‚” Richard Rodriguez has not broken the hold of tradition over him‚ and that he has not become his own authority because

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    The Founding Fathers were justified in their actions of starting the American Revolutionary War against Britain. The Founding Fathers started the American Revolutionary War because of the excessive taxation‚ lack of parliamentary representation‚ and forced participation in the French and Indian War by Britain. The colonists attempted to work with Britain by boycotting and lobbying for representation but their attempts were dismissed by Britain. Britain simply continued to treat the colonies as

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    debated on. Contemporary definitions are of two main sorts. One distinctively modern‚ conventionalist‚ sort of definition focuses on art’s institutional features‚ emphasizing the way in which art changes over time‚ modern works that appear to break radically with all traditional art‚ and the relational properties of artworks that depend on the works’ relations to art history‚ art genres‚ etc. The less conventionalist sort of contemporary definition makes use of a broader‚ more traditional concept

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    Labor Unions: Were They Justified? > In the late 19th-century‚ a new theory in the field of business and production was emerging. Most commonly known as ‘Social Darwinism’‚ it was a parodical twist of the Darwin theory of natural selection‚ or the ‘survival of the fittest.’ The corruption and the dark sides of business were accepted as a natural process‚ and was not questioned or intervened. In a full-fledged Industrial Age‚ the average American citizen had to try his best to rise from his ranks

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    countries in North Africa‚ EXCEPT- Libya 8. Europe wanted access to markets in Asia on the 19th century to cell- products of Europe’s factories 9. The Opium War of 1839-1842 resulted in- opening China for increased trade with Great Britain 10. The nation that became “The Britain of the Orient” late in the 19th century was- Japan 11. The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising in China favoring- the elimination of foreign influences 12. Which current African nation is CORRECTLY paired with id 19th-century

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