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    Revolutionary War

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    through. We showed England that as an army‚ we could beat them and gain our independence. We persevered in the face of strong opposition and the might of the British. But how did this all begin and why did we‚ as a colony want to put an end to this? One of the main reasons the colonists started rebelling was because they felt they were not being represented fairly in Britain. They wanted to have a say in how their lives were being impacted by laws set forth by the Brits. In 1765‚ colonists were forced

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    fact that they needed slavery and that it wasn’t as bad as people pictured it to be. For starters‚ the fact that the South depended on slavery was the number one reason why they didn’t want slavery to be abolished. The Southern economy would go down the drain because they depended on slave labor. Without the slaves there would be no one to work the fields. The cotton economy would collapse‚ the tobacco crop would dry‚ and the rice would be profitable. They also said that slavery existed throughout history

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    Unit 1 Test Slavery in the colonial America was greatly over-exaggerated. Only about six percent of the slaves traded during this time actually were sent to the colonies. The rest of the slaves were sent to the caribbeans. During the early 17th century settlers turned to African slaves as a labor source‚ more plentiful and less expensive than indentured servants. This created the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. England became a dominant slave trading power. The English provided slaves for Spain and

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    Slavery was practiced in the south beginning in the 1600s and ending in the 1800s. Southerners were always in favor of having slaves due to the free and intensive labor the African Americans were having to endure that white southerners were able to get out of. The economy of the south heavily depended on slaves for agricultural and economically purposes. Buy and selling slaves also went into the economics of slavery which then tore families apart. The emotional and physical damage of slaves was endless

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    Imagine if Julius Caesar was the president of the United States of America. Andrew Jackson is the closest comparison that could be made to having Caesar as president. His power as a president was great‚ almost rivaling the power of the monarch of Britain. Jackson’s power was so great that he even defied the supreme court. To achieve this power Jackson formed links with the public to get what he wanted and ignored the personal thoughts of his fellow associates and instead relied on the “Kitchen Cabinet”

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    Slavery

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    Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold‚ and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture‚ purchase or birth‚ and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse to work‚ or to demand compensation. Historically‚ slavery was institutionally recognized by most societies; in more recent times‚ slavery has been outlawed in all countries‚ but it continues through the practices of debt bondage‚ indentured servitude‚ serfdom

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    Why Was Matisse Important

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    Henri Emile Benoit Matisse was born December 31‚ 1869. Matisse was known for his revolutionary effects during the early twentieth century which are his expressive use of color. Examples of his revolutionary and expressive work are of portraits‚ landscapes‚ nudes‚ and interior views causing him to be the very influential. Matisse was inspired by post-impressionists Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh when he lived in Paris. Henri Emile Benoit Matisse was raised in the northern part of France. Matisse

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    REVOLUTIONARY WAR By Deborah Schick History 101 12/9/2013 The word revolution had been defined as overthrow of government: the overthrow of a ruler or political system. That is exactly what the Revolutionary War had successfully completed. There is no exact point during this period that would constitute the cause of the war. It could range from the French Indian War to the Stamp Act. Mainly the Revolutionary War began because there was a disagreement between Great Britain and the thirteen

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    and families safety. Having the “home field advantage” and the skills they picked up during the war with the French gave Americans an edge that the British didn’t have. Another thing that gave the American colonist an edge was American men were readily available to fight. The American’s had the ability to replace deceased soldiers when needed. The next thing that helped the Americans win the war was that Britain was 3000-mile across the Atlantic Ocean that stretched between the British isles and the

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    Slavery has been in America for many years now dating back to colonial times. By 1790 northern states had abolished slavery. Although the north had abolished slavery‚ the south continued to use slaves which lead to a sectional division between them. It was not possible for slavery to be abolished without leading to the war. Slavery was the basis of the southern economy which would make it hard to be abolished. The north benefited from slavery while they had used it. The division between the north

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