During the late 1800s and the 1900s immigration became a very big part of U.S history. While immigrants were coming they all came for one reason‚ because there were hardships in the places they came from. Also when they arrived there were many hardships these immigrants faced. First of all‚ many immigrants came to the U.S because they had many hardships in their native countries. One of the reasons that many immigrants came was because there were “hard times and epidemic in Italy‚” this is shone
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The American Revolution was the revolt of the English colonies in North America that occurred between 1775 and 1783‚ which resulted in the establishment of the United States. The Independence of the United States is considered the first American Revolution (the second was the Civil War). It was a landmark in the Old Regime crisis because it broke the unity of the colonial system. The thirteen American colonies were formed from the seventeenth century. In the late eighteenth century‚ there were 680
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The U.S. has just won its independence from Britain. A new form of government needs to be instituted. Out came the Articles of Confederation. Under the articles the federal government had very little power. It was quite clear the articles would not last for long. The next form of government would be under the Constitution. Now the federal government would have considerably more power‚ but now the problem of forcing the nation to respect that new found power became more prominent. By nature when a
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Before the constitution we currently have today‚ the U.S followed the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was created to make a new government that was entirely different from a Monarchy; the governmental system that was responsible for corrupted leaders in wanting power for themselves. The Articles of Confederation a limited government‚ and many of the flaws consisted of: making it much harder for the thirteen states to pass laws‚ a poor central government‚ and having no stable
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The House of Burgesses was ruled by Parliament and the colonists had no right to choose what laws were established or what laws they would see fit. The first continental congress‚ a convention of colonists from 12 colonies met to discuss the unfairness of the British rule after the Intolerable acts were passed. The second Continental Congress met after the
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9/11 was one of the biggest terrorist attacks in US history. The attack killed "Nearly 3‚000 people from all over the world died in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon" (CBBC Newsround). It was planned by a man named Osama bin Laden. He was the founder of Al- Qaeda ‚ which was one of many terrorist groups in the world. Him and his followers planned to hijacked use a plane and crash the following places . The twin towers‚ World Trade Center‚ Pentagon‚ and some place in California
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The Civil War was the bloodiest war fought on American soil. The Civil War was a war against the North and the South. The first shots were fired in 1861 and the last were in 1865. However the three most important events of the Civil War were the Nat Turner’s rebellion‚ the Fugitive Slave Act and Bleeding Kansas. One of the bloodiest uprisings during the Civil War was Nat Turner’s Rebellion. Nat Turner and his followers set out to massacre every white person they came across. Turner’s rebel slave
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Some people may argue that Rome fell because of Invasions‚ but there are more to Rome’s decline than just invasions. There are many other reasons to Rome’s decline such as their weak leadership‚ economic problems‚ and much more that happened during this event that occurred. Without these problems‚ Rome would have been able to protect themselves. One of the many problems that Rome went through was their weak leadership. Each leader kept falling‚ which made Rome hard to control at times. Rome faced
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The Industrial Revolution started in England because of the extravagant amount of water sources and the country had‚ it also had a large amount of wool. The changes in farming and the many inventions that were made and the scientific thought put into the inventions greatly impacted the process of industrialization. Having a large amount of water aloud for more factories because they machines in the factories ran on water power. As for wool‚ farmers went from planting crops to living in the city working
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Bacon’s Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. The colony’s unconcerned policy as it related to the political challenges of its western frontier‚ along with other challenges including leaving Bacon out of his inner circle‚ refusing to allow Bacon to be a part of his trade with the Native Americans‚ and Doeg tribe Indian attacks‚ helped to motivate a popular uprising against Berkeley‚ who had failed to address
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