United States. The people who wanted the war were mostly Democrats and Southerners. Southerners supported the war because they were in hope that more land would be acquired meaning more states would be admitted into the union as slave states. For this same reason the Whig Party opposed the war because they were abolitionists. Abolitionists opposed slavery so with the addition of new slave states‚ their hopes of making the U.S a slave free country were thwarted. Abolitionists such as Members from
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In 1765 the British Parliament began the battle that would soon escalate into something much bigger than England and the Amercian Colonist combined. It all began on March 22‚ 1765 when the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. The act included a tax on every piece of printed paper.These include birth certificates‚ legal documents‚ newspapers‚ licenses‚ even playing cards. During the time of the Stamp Act‚ the parliament was going through a difficult time with war debt. They were just coming
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The Neglect and conflict the colonists had with the british made an impact that would change the lives of millions. There are those who say the colonists were not justified for breaking away from the British because of the war they fought for the colonists. However the colonists were justified because the king violated the colonists rights‚ put the colonists in economic parallel and punished them instead of listening to their needs. Through The Enlightenment and the Great awakening the colonists
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• Why did Germany defeat Poland so quickly? The rapid defeat of Poland can be traced largely to the numerical and technological superiority of the invading German forces. Poland‚ while having a substantial military force‚ including an air force‚ was outnumbered by the Germans by almost a factor of two. In a battle of attrition alone‚ Germany already had a great advantage‚ one that the Poles could simply not match. This shortage of troop on Poland’s behalf was due in part to British pressures before
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The American Civil War is unique in that it is one of the only wars in which the -losers- wrote the history. Unfortunately‚ this was allowed because America (I call it America‚ not the North or the Union‚ because these ’rebel’ idiots today enjoy calling themselves "Patriots" while they sought and seek to destroy the country) wanted to heal the wounds caused by the war‚ which was caused by the South. McClellan may be one of the most underrated generals in history. He was committed to saving his
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So you would think people would get over Germany’s defeat during WWII? Nope. At that time‚ there was a chance for a new leader‚ Adolf Hitler‚ and his part ( Nazi Party ). Hitler was a great speaker who grab anyone’s attention to be honest. Hitler promised a specific group of people a better life; those who weren’t Jewish or gypsies. The Nazi’s were appealing; in the elections for Reichstag elections‚ in November of 1932‚ the Nazi’s lost by a lot of votes from the elections in July. Nazi Germany had
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In the War of 1812‚ blockades were some of the earliest tactics deployed by the British. While you would think that the U.S. Industry would not be affected‚ but it was. Imports and exports were blocked from ports‚ which made the industry slower and weaker‚ but more advanced. The U.S. industry could not trade overseas‚ and were limited in materials‚ and not in advances. The blockades closed off mostly northern ports at the beginning of the war‚ and all of the eastern ports at the end of the war
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Revolutionary War‚ fought in Massachusetts on April 19‚ 1775. British troops had moved from Boston toward Lexington and Concord to seize the colonists’ military supplies and arrest revolutionaries. In Concord‚ advancing British troops met resistance from the Minutemen‚ and American volunteers harassed the retreating British troops along the Concord-Lexington Road. Paul Revere‚ on his famous ride‚ had first alerted the Americans to the British movement. 2. Boston/ Dorchester Heights: Located in South
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United States whorefused to join. The composition of the Council was also criticized as a victors’ club in Germany‚ a capitalist club by the Soviet Union and a European club by others in the world. It did not help that the Council’s permanent members were given the responsibility to govern the former enemy colonies as mandates‚ which reinforced the imperialist label they carried.
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The British Colonisation of Australia Timeline: The Aboriginal Australian species originated from Africa approximately 200‚000 years ago and migrated to Asia 70‚000 years ago then continued to Australia 50‚000 years ago. Before 1788 only the Indigenous people of Australia - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders‚ populated Australia. In 1788 Aboriginal people inhabited the whole of Australia and Torres Strait Islanders lived on the islands between Australian and Papua New Guinea
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