The turning point in my life was when my father‚ a veteran of the Revolutionary War‚ passed away when I was only 14 years old. My mother‚ now a widow‚ decided to move from Virginia to Tennessee where I would grow up and develop to become a political leader. Following my father’s footsteps at the age of 20 ‚ I joined the Army ‚ ready to serve for my country. The War of 1812 called my name where I served under the leadings of Andrew Jackson‚ which would earn praise and approval. My relationship with
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ruled only by themselves (Moss‚ 2010). Kennedy’s assassination was a turning point in the war for many reasons. Under Kennedy there had been talks about removing troops from Vietnam. Kennedy wanted to lessen American’s involvement into the war. When he was assassinated‚ this led to yet another leader taking charge of the war in Vietnam. With this came another’s opinion on what American’s involvement should be. At this point we were already on third president‚ now going into our fourth. I believe
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1. 1939 and ended nearly six years later on September 2‚ 1945. The war was long and bloody with nearly sixty million civilians and soldier casualties combined (according to nationalww2museum.org). There were five major turning points in World War II. The first major turning point in the war was the United States getting involved in the war. The United States didn’t want to go to war with any country‚ so they first got involved with the war when
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Throughout history‚ Thomas Becket has been regarded as Chancellor‚ Archbishop of Canterbury‚ Martyr‚ and Saint. He was a friend of Henry II‚ and when Henry II became King‚ he appointed Thomas Becket as his chancellor in 1154. Eight years later‚ as Becket and Henry II’s relationship grew stronger‚ Henry II wanted to gain greater control over the English Church so he appointed his chancellor Becket to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury as well. Although Becket was reluctant at first‚ he accepted
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World War One brought a variety of different turning points‚ both good and bad‚ which made Canada the nation it is today. One of these turning points includes the discrimination against the Ukrainians. At the time‚ Canada strongly encouraged immigrants from Eastern Europe to settle in Canada’s West. The British and Americans were most welcome however‚ under the new ‘open door’ policy‚ we were willing to accept Northern and Eastern Europeans; especially Ukrainians. Ukrainians were next desirable because
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General George Meade. There was approximately 75‚000 men in the Confederacy’s Army fighting under General Robert Lee. This is the most important battle because of what lead up to Gettysburg‚ what the three day battle was‚ and because they were the turning point of the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania was caused all because the president couldn’t kill a man and his Army. "In response to the election of the anti-slavery Abraham
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Purchase of 1803 be seen as the key turning point? The war of 1812 was followed by a period of exploration of the West which had been greatly expanded by the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. The process of expansion was huge and resulted in the original 13 states being 45 states by 1906. As well as the Louisiana Purchase‚ the Mexican-American War and the Californian Gold Rush of 1848‚ the Homestead Act of 1862 and the Exodus movement from 1879 were all key turning points which helped the process of Westward
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covering one-sixth of the globe. A series of events and ideas led to the October revolution‚ each significant in its own capacity. The abolition of serfdom in 1861‚ under Alexander II‚ and the reforms which followed were a ‘watershed’‚ ‘a turning point’ in the history of Russia. After being soundly defeated in the Crimean War (1853-56)‚ Russia was fully exposed to her backwardness in all fields- military‚ economic‚ social and administrative. The reforms under Alexander II‚ an aftermath of the war were
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production methods to complex machines. This period of time known as the Industrial Revolution. Started around 1750‚ the process of industrialization spread through the world in the following centuries. The Industrial Revolution was considered a historical turning point mainly because of the three major features involved in it which were the change of economic system‚ the development of mass production‚ and the form of different social classes. The change of economic system was strongly
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44 BC‚ Julius Caesar was murdered by a Roman senator in a conference room next to Pompey’s theater. The murder of Caesar is one of the most famous events in the everlasting Roman history of the endless history of Shakespeare’s famous play as well as contemporary stories. The assassination also proved a major turning point in many changes throughout the Roman Empire. Sixty Roma aristocrats participated in the plot to murder Caesar‚ and 14 Senators actually participated in the stabbing. Caesar was
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