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    The many causes of the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan was justified and was a strategic attack. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan took place on two dates August 6‚ 1945 and August 9‚ 1945 and it attacked two cities of Japan and all of the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The main reason for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to justify that we are still the strongest country and United States wanted to win the war. President Truman at the time was the president. The first

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    and to give a cradle against the unlawful U.S. migrants who were causing problems. In spite of the fact that Moses Austin passed on and was not ready to see his goal achieved‚ his child Stephen F. Austin ventured into his shoes and guaranteed to do his father’s

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    In various points in history‚ governments have made regulations which many of the people refused to follow. During the late 18th century‚ prohibition of trade amongst separately colonized islands caused smuggling between these islands to become quite popular. Islands owned by the French‚ English‚ and Spanish each had different goods that were sought after‚ and thus‚ illegal trade commenced and was very successful. Supply and demand continued as it did because the smugglers stood to gain economically

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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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    AP U.S. History I Colonial Society in the 18th Century The British colonies in the 18th century had changed a lot since the 17th century. For example‚ in the year 1670‚ 90% of the population was English‚ and 4% was African. In 1770‚ 50% was English‚ and 20% was African. The colonies had become very distinct. The immigrants were 8% English‚ 8% Scottish‚ 15% German‚ 33% African‚ and 36% Scots-Irish. The characteristics of the colonies were diverse‚ as well. Colonial America was dominantly

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    Bacon also demanded for war against the Native Americans for he wished to gain some more land for new plantations in which farmers could work off of. Berkeley had refused to react to the claims of the people about how the Indians were committing murders and thefts on the frontier‚ he was making a good profit from trading with the Indians and was not ready for that to be ended by a war. Berkley’s refusal sparked Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676 which resulted in the burning of Jamestown

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    English1101 Dr.Eric Martinson Zibo Liu Oct 23 2012 Religion Causes Violence LIU 1 September 11th‚ 2001 was one of the most disconsolate days in the history of the United States. Around 9:00 A.M.‚ American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center‚ and United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into another tower after twenty minutes. About one hour later‚ another airplane‚ American Airlines Flight 77‚ hit the Pentagon‚ and United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field

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    interpret the law. However‚ this caused many problems; one such problem was the incident called Shay’s Rebellion. Shay’s Rebellion happened because many of the people that fought in the revolutionary war didn’t receive any sort of compensation as they were promised. To add insult to injury‚ the farmers experienced high state taxes‚ which consequently initiated the rebellion. Congress couldn’t do anything to remedy or suppress this rebellion because they didn’t have an army‚ they couldn’t collect any

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    scale due to the economic drive to finding new markets. Humanitarian ideology became influential in colonial policy‚ culminating in the release of the Aborigines Report in 1837. When the inquiry was ordered‚ Queen Victoria had just ascended the throne‚ Viscount Melbourne was Prime Minister‚ and Lord Glenelg was Secretary for War and Colonies. Approximately one sixth of the globe’s inhabitants were under Britain’s imperial rule and its political and economic relations continued to

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    other events all led to a rise in federal power. Post 1800 the federal government gained much ground in terms of power; however‚ this rise in power was not met without opposition of the people‚ for the Whiskey Rebellion and the Nullification Crisis were both revolts against the rise in federal power. Therefore‚ while the government was rising in federal power‚ it had setbacks in both the Whiskey Rebellion and the Nullification

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