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    Why was Charles Town Difficult to Settle? Imagine moving across an ocean on a dangerous voyage to go settle in an area that you don’t know. That seems a little intimidating. That is exactly what the British did when settling Charles Town. Britain wanted more land to expand their country‚ but other countries such as Spain also wanted to colonize in America. The British settlers claimed Charles Town and won over the colonies. Why was Charles Town difficult to settle? Settling is claiming new land

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    The Vietnam War and the United States The Vietnam War (1965-1975) was fought between the North and South Vietnam. The North was called Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the South was the Republic of Vietnam which was supported by the United States. The war was extremely costly‚ United States spending over $150 billion dollars. It started with good intentions that got lost in the lengthy battle for the North’s freedom and hopes that America would put a stop to the communistic presence from overtaking

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    The Trojan War is comparable to the Vietnam War mainly because the allies within each of the wars‚ the strategies used to conduct surprise attacks‚ and the length of each of the wars. Even though the Trojan War and the Vietnam War occurred during time periods‚ both wars lasted for over five years. The reasons for starting the Vietnam War are different from the reasons for starting the Trojan War. The catalyst of the Trojan War was Paris’ embezzlement of Helen from Sparta‚ while the catalysts of

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    States at the time of the major events in the Vietnam War was President Lyndon B. Johnson a senator from Texas‚ a professional politician. In November of 1963 John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson the vice president was sworn in to president on the air force one plane while carrying the casket of Kennedy. Johnson could then do what he wanted as president‚ he wanted to focus on civil rights‚ but he also inherited Kennedy’s commitments‚ obviously Vietnam. In Johnson’s first meeting in November 1963

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    The Vietnam War was a conflict between the communist‚ North Vietnam and South Vietnam. In the wake of the Second World War western fears of a communist expansion throughout Asia were running high. The United States was concerned that if North Vietnam succeed and turned Vietnam into a communist state‚ neighboring countries were also likely to follow. As an ally of the United States and Australia’s involvement in South-East Asia Treaty Organization and the Australia - New Zealand - United States Security

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    October 21‚ 2010 Saint Augustine v. Vietnam America saw many changes in the sixties as the younger generation found their voice. Amidst all the excitement and change the civil rights movement brought to the country there was still one haunting force that many Americans feared was lurking just outside of our boarders. Americans were plagued with the red scare‚ the extreme fear of communism. Americans trembled at even the sound of names of communist dictators such as Mao Zedong from China‚ and Nikita

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    The Korean and Vietnam war are very similar in that both were the US’s attempt to fight communism by waging war in a distant third world country. Both wars were unpopular in the US and both led to a lack of victory. In fact‚ remarkable similarities exist between the Korean War and the Vietnam War; from the US support of a dictatorial and corrupt anti-communist regime to its conception of communism as a monolithic entity‚ under which all communist nations were necessarily allies‚ rather than individuals

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    The North took victory in the civil war against the South. The North had several of advantages when it came to defeating the other side.The blockade. As the war progressed the blockade of Southern ports slowly became more effective‚ closing the ports and thus cutting off the vital supplies needed to fight the war. This includes medicine. The South had to rely on Europe even more so than the North for supplies with which to fight the war so by eliminating more and more ports into which the supplies

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    French and Indian War was started with Britain against the French and the Indians. Wars cost money‚ so after the War was over‚ the British King taxed the colonists an outrageous amount of money. On top of this‚ the colonists had no say in the taxation or really any laws referring to them. This was one of the many problems between the colonists and Britain. Eventually the Revolutionary War was formed after the colonists decided to break away from Britain. The colonies won the war‚ resulting in the

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    changing attitudes to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was the long struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify Vietnam and prevent the spread of communism. Australia was involved in the Vietnam War from August 1962 – December 1972‚ with approximately 60‚000 men and women serving. Australia was called to fight by the United States and on the request of the South Vietnamese government for assistance. The war was seen as necessary at first because of their fear

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