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    During the American Revolution‚ the British forced 13 It’s American Colonies to move to new lands with the Indians. Long after‚ the 13 colonies had settled in the new lands‚ the British King‚ forced the colonists to pay taxes without passing a law. Later‚ it resulted the American colonists to put their foot down and take control of the situation. It resulted in many events and many things ended up happening. Long after the French and Indian war‚ Britain became very poor‚ and they needed money. Britain

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    American media brainwashing people by TV The media has brainwashed Americans today into to believing what they want you to believe. It could be about what to wear‚ political views‚ or what to buy. The media affects everything you do whether you are aware of it or not. The TV. is the biggest helper to brainwashing people. Most people open it as soon as they get home and leave it on till they fall asleep. That’s about 8 or more hours. Even if you aren’t paying attention to the television its self

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    The experiences of the Native Americans and the Africans in the North American colonies during the colonial period differed greatly‚ but were also similar in many ways. The natives were just that‚ natives; they owned land that was taken from them by European settlers who came from a land faraway. The settlers came to the natives’ land‚ and were at a disadvantage because most of their people had died from diseases or hunger whilst crossing the ocean to find a New World. The natives saw how pathetic

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    American Dream

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    American Dream A life of freedom‚ equality‚ and opportunity‚ more commonly known as the American Dream‚ motivates people every day to achieve personal happiness and material comfort. John Winthrop‚ Judith Sargent Murray‚ and Ben Franklin encouraged this lifestyle by writing to the people of the United States explaining in their own way how this utopian lifestyle can be achieved. Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” was written on board the Arbella on the way to the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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    The Ugly American

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    12 may 11 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: BOOK REVIEW OF THE UGLY AMERICAN First published in 1958‚ The Ugly American became a national bestseller for its explanation of American arrogance‚ incompetence‚ and corruption in Southeast Asia. Based on fact‚ the book’s eye opening stories and sketches drew a devastating picture. Combining “gripping storytelling” with an urgent call to action‚ the book prompted the President at the time President Eisenhower to launch a study of our military aid

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    The American Dream

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    for achievement” which is easily connected to the idea of The American Dream. After all‚ isn’t America known as “The land of opportunity”? Most people came to America‚ and still come for that matter‚ in search of a better life through hard work and dedication to their cause. In “Chinaman’s Chance: Reflections on the American Dream” by Eric Liu‚ it is stated that “...it (the American Dream) does demand the opportunity to achieve progress-and values the

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    The American Cowboy

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    The American Cowboy The cowboys of the frontier have long captured the imagination of the American public. Americans‚ faced with the reality of an increasingly industrialized society‚ love the image of a man living out in the wilderness fending for himself against the dangers of the unknown. By the year 1900 there were few renegade Indians left in the country and the vast expanse of open land to the west of the Mississippi was rapidly filling with settlers. Cowboys represented a major part of the

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    American Exceptionalism American exceptionalism is not an assertion of common Americans. Rather it is a statement of the political establishment in the U.S. Political establishment in the U.S. tries to embed and implement the conviction that the U.S. is a “city on a hill‚” the “last best hope on Earth”. Stephan Colbert is very cute in portraying American exceptionalism sufficiently mocking the idea of “Americeptionalism.” At the same time‚ he reiterates his admonition that the U.S. is indispensable

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    The Quiet American

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    Victorino Mapa High School Quiapo‚ Manila The Quiet American By: Graham Greene Danielle May P. Basilio IV-4 Mrs.Ballinan I. About the Author Graham Greene was born in 1904 and educated at Berhamsted School‚ where his father was the headmaster. On coming down from Balliol College‚ Oxford‚ where he published the book of verse‚ he worked for 4 years as a sub-editor on The Times. He established his reputation with his fourth novel‚ Stamboul Train‚ which he classed as an ‘entertainment’

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    American Imperialism

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    27 The Path of Empire‚ 1890–1899 CHAPTER THEME Theme: In the 1890s new economic‚ political‚ and ideological developments sparked a spectacular burst of imperialistic expansionism by the United States. This movement culminated in the Spanish-American War‚ a conflict that began over freeing Cuba and ended with the highly controversial acquisition of the Philippines and other territories. The war signaled the arrival of the United States as a great power on the global scene. CHAPTER SUMMARY Various

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