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    available to him. Where previous attempts had failed‚ James I successfully acquired sufficient numbers of tenants for the plantations. This did not happen immediately and took some time to fulfill. This occurred through allowing Scottish people to become tenants as well as the English. James I also didn’t completely exclude the Irish either: “His Majesty did not utterly exclude the natives out of this plantation ... but made a mixed plantation of British and Irish‚ that they might grow up together

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    Why would someone want freedom from the British if they are still living? Many people don’t like to be told what to do by others when the people by themselves could do what they want to. They would like to do what they think is best because no one knows the people as well as themselves. There are many that would want to control their own life because people could be more successful if they do what they enjoy doing in life. Having an education and getting your own career for that education could be

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    Why the British Should Have Won the War How did the British lose the Revolutionary War? They had more‚ and better‚ everything. Such as better soldiers and better training. This would surely give them and advantage. Also the greater amount of supplies should help. But in the end they still lost‚ it could have been for a few‚ good‚ reasons. These reasons are minuscule compared to the power of the British military. The British should have won the Revolutionary War because they had a far superior

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    for her to have John‚ she had to have his wife dead‚ the only way for his wife to die at the moment was to be accused of witchcraft. Abigail started to accuse people of witchcraft along with all her friends‚ she blamed the slave they had‚ and even some of the people she liked. Abigail kept getting her way and kept accusing‚ then she accused the Proctor family. John didn’t like Abigail accusing them for something she knew wasn’t true‚ so he tried to accuse her of witchcraft and for being two-face

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    HISTORY ASSESSMENT- WHY DID BRITAIN CHANGE THE WAY IT WAS RULED IN 1832? As the early 19th century progressed‚ Great Britain desperately needed a turning point as the gap between the rich and the poor advanced. At this time a lot of the middle or lower class members opinion did not seem to matter therefore were not taken into account. The rich seemed to have a firm hold on making decisions and rules that a lot of the time did not involve or affect their lives but as the decades went on‚ the poor

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    the same as George Washington did. Britain was bad company and the Founding Fathers felt that America was better off alone‚ and as its own country. The Founding Fathers were completely just in the way that they separated themselves from Britain‚ and had every reason to do so. Britain ruthlessly taxed the New World and made the colonists do their bidding. Nothing was free about this new life that the colonists sought. They were still bound by the chains of Britain even though they were hundreds

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    Focus Question 610 Key Terms Used: Industrial Revolution‚ Putting Out System‚ Free Trade Many events in Britain and other parts of the world in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century help contributed to industrialization. The evolution of manufactures in Britain was one of the most helpful and extraordinary events in human history. Many historians argued what could have caused such wide scale industrialization in England (611). One theory is that the people of England finally understood

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    held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper’s Hill‚ near Gloucester in the Cotswolds region of England. It is traditionally by and for the people who live in the local village of Brockworth‚ but now people from all over the world take part. The event takes its name from the hill on which it occurs. From the top of the hill a round of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled‚ and competitors race down the hill after it. The first person over the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese. In theory

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    Declaration of Independence is a treasured National document for The United States of America. Many people visit the National Archives Building in Washington‚ DC every day to get a glimpse of this national treasure. During many Independence Day celebrations across the Nation‚ the Declaration of Independence is read to crowds of patriotic Americans. Why is this document so important to the United States of America and the people in it? To answer this question‚ we must first examine why The Declaration

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    Britain Britain Laura The alliances that Britain belonged with and their primary allies mold history and the war’s that Britain battled. Although there were many concerns such as security‚ strength‚ and wealth that led Britain to gain alliances; Britain’s economic growth and revolutionary expansions of modern technology topped the list in countries of Europe‚ and major imperialist’s activities for Britain during the nineteenth century grew. In addition Britain’s

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