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    Why Was 9/11 Important

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    There are many important important events in history. One of the most important to me is 9-11. That was crazy. On September 11‚ 2001‚ Osama Bin Laden was the stupid mastermind behind this attack. He had his men hijack 4 commercial planes‚ two of which crashed into the Twin Towers. The other two were planned for the Pentagon and the White House. They both failed for the Pentagon and White House. Some of the people on board of the plane put a stop to the hijackers and made them crash into a field

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    The failed revolution of 1905 was perhaps the most obvious example to demonstrate that the revolution of 1917 was not caused by WWI‚ because the desire to rebel was fully entrenched in society by 1905. The disturbance was cause by real problems and concerns such as hunger and human rights violation‚ exacerbated by revolutionaries‚ and was unsuccessful because the real problems of the agrarian and industrial sectors did not peak at the same time. Postcards commemorating the event‚ particularly Bloody

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    In 1789‚ St. Domingue was an extremely wealthy colony. The colony had become the richest colony of France and they also had the biggest market for African slave trade. In the late eighteenth century slave resistance began to become a more organized form. In August of 1791 a slave rebellion broke out‚ led by Toussaint L’Ouverture. It began a twelve year resistance to secure human rights. The Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave rebellion in history. The revolution resulted with the establishment

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    Why was there an American Revolution? There are different ways of interpretation. Generally‚ it was agreed that the revolution originated in France and Britain about the war‚ ended in 1789 George Washington was elected the first President of the United States. One of the points on the two views of the American Revolution‚ the American Revolution in fact can not be regarded as revolutionary‚ because it does not dramatically change the entire colonial society‚ but simply replaced a distant government

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    George Washington was a very important person in history... Some of the important things he did effected the outcome of Present Day United States. President Washington was born on February 22‚ 1732 in Westmoreland. He served as a Commander in the colonies during the American Revolution. Most people didn’t know but in George Washington’s time he was a spy. He found ways to use secrets codes‚ use invisible ink and find ways to decode them. How they used invisible ink‚ or known as lemon juice is

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    Johann Gutenberg’s printing press is one of the most influential inventions ever created. Gutenberg was a goldsmith/shopkeeper who invented what is known as the printing press. He completed the printing press by the 1452‚ when he began printing 200 copies of the Bible. He then sold those Bibles at the 1455 Frankfurt book fair. He made it because he wanted money from it. He made the printing press by combining ideas from the wine press and woodcuts‚ which were popular in China. He also created a recipe

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    One of his main goals was to make Cuba a landmark for investments both domestically and internationally. The business elites of Cuba and United States companies were main clients‚ who would help achieve Batista’s economic endeavors. Once in place‚ many companies focused on sugar‚ which was the main product that benefited Cuban Agriculture. However‚ the sugar business was not working efficiently to accommodate the Cuban economy. Batista’s regime motivated many revolutions most importantly the rebellion

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    northern France during the second half of the 18th century. Their lives were greatly influenced by major political ideas and revolutions such as the Enlightenment‚ which culminated with The French Revolution. Did these events improve their lives? Not necessarily. Yet‚ Élisabeth‚ their only daughter‚ managed to live the life of a

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    equality among men when you own slaves? This was a question that many in Haitians asked themselves in 1793. This would be a big contributing factor in what was to come in Haiti. An unprecedented slave uprising that would go on to become the only slave revolt which led to the founding of an independent state. Here we have two documents which give us insight on to the events going on in both France and in Haiti in 1793. The first of these documents was written in France on August 29th 1793. This document

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    When talking about The Declaration of Independence‚ you can’t fail to mention the reasoning behind this important document of American history. It all began when the original thirteen colonies wanted their independence from Great Britain. This led to a war‚ known as the American Revolution. It was a long fight for freedom that lasted eight years. However‚ a little bit over a year into the war‚ the Continental Congress appointed five men to draft a formal statement that will later become known as

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