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    England colonist were made up of thirteen colonies who wanted to be independent. This group of people‚ who left their former country for various of reasons‚ were starting to get irritated at Great Britain. In general‚ the colonist were perturbed that the British government required them to pay a great amount of taxes. They were also upset about the fact that‚ the money wasn’t helping them out and the funds were going back to England. There was no way they could vote against these acts so they decided

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    colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth had several similarities as well as differences. The colonists of both colonies had an extremely harsh first winter‚ had treaties and traded with the Natives with an overall good relationship with them and who had both their Kings beheaded. The similarities continued over time‚ like building their own houses‚ having every colonist required to work‚ and not given what they were promised for going to the New World. Although the colonies of Plymouth and Jamestown have many

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    According to the English colonists’ perspective. This is what it means to be an American... To be an American colonist means that they lacked resources‚ they were profit seeking colonists‚ and no freedom because of King George II. The colonists were penniless back when blacks were slaves because of the lack of resources. For example‚ sufficient colonists faced difficulties in establishing food sources which led to them dealing with hunger. The next reason the colonists wanted to leave Great Britain

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    Letter to the Colonists

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    they are getting sick and dying off. I don’t understand why their people are being devastated by these diseases. The diseases have clearly helped us gain more land without having to fight them in long battles. We are trying to teach them about Christianity and religion‚ though they have their own beliefs. I have also noticed these native people didn’t know about most of the animals we have back home. They also have no clue of what a farm is‚ so we are going to teach them how to domesticate animals

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    rebellion against Britain. King George III and the Parliament have been wrongfully abusing their power; us colonists are tired of their exploitation and resent being treated as lower beings. Alice I hope you will understand what I am trying to say in this letter; that I am fighting for justice‚ do not think that I am throwing my life away‚ I hope that you will respect what I am fighting for. The colonist and I are above tyranny‚ we hope to make a more fair and just government and live in a country that

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    WHY IS THE DRC SO POOR? The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country well known for its money problems. Every day the country endures in work harder than most people in the UK can imagine‚ these problems can be sorted into three different sectors‚ historical‚ social economics or environmental issues. Poverty is most severe in the country’s rural areas where people are more isolated and there is little investment. The country has faced many unfortunate historical events in the past causing the country

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    year 1756 and the British had just won The French and Indian War. All colonists were now under British rule. The French and Indian War was a long fought war that lasted seven years meaning the war was expensive. The British Parliament then decided to impose a tax on paper to make up for the expenses of the war and to repay the British Soldiers. The Tax was fairly cheap (ten cents)‚ at the time‚ however‚ many of the colonists had just felt as if they had been threatened to pay such a foolish tax

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    that being different is cool‚ and to do what you do not what someone else does. When you join a band at the age of 13 you must be an exceptional musician. I’ve always heard that Michael Jackson was crucial to the music industry. Why was MJ so important? There are many things that inflict on how he was important. Probably the most relevant was that Michael was known for the different ways Wacko Jacko dressed‚ his particular dancing (the moonwalk)‚ that he did things his way. He was a strong person

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    started to heavily tax the colonies which lead to many events such as the Boston Massacre and boycott of British goods. But in this time period it was always England changing older policies and colonists complying with them. The colonists never strongly pursued the idea of independence‚ only to become a larger more representative force in England. The British were truly the revolutionaries leading up to the Revolutionary War‚ rather than the colonists‚ as seen by England’s significant change on America’s

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    Why many children run away from home? Outline I. Topic sentence: Running away from home can be very dangerous for a child. There are many dangers out there that children don’t often think about when they leave the safe arms of their parents. Even when they do know the dangers‚ they tend to think that nothing bad can happen to them. There are some of the reasons why children run away from home. II. First Cause: Abuse A. Physical B. Mental III. Second Cause: the drug use

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