Was the American Revolution really a revolution? A revolution‚ as defined by the Oxford English dictionary‚ is the overthrow of an established government or social order by those previously subject to it. Although‚ the colonists did overthrow the British monarch‚ there was not enough change in American society for it to be a revolution. After the colonists won the war with Britain‚ they created their own form of government. A foundation and basis for the newly formed government was the Articles
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Civil War played a very important role in the U.S. The American Civil War played a very important role in U.S. history. It was probably very hard to fight for our country‚ and for us. If the American Civil War didn’t end‚ we wouldn’t have peace‚ or a beautiful Earth like we do now. I think the American Civil War is a defining moment in the history of the U.S. Here are some facts about why I think the American Civil War is a defining moment in the history of the U.S. One reason why I think the American
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Haiti was inhabited by the Taino Amerindians‚ but 25 years after Columbus “discovered” it the spanish settlers wiped them out. So by the early 17th century the French established a presence in Hispaniola. This how Haiti got it’s big French influence. French is one of the biggest languages in Haiti. Haiti became one of the wealthiest colonies in the Caribbean do to the import of African slaves. The importation of African slaves is what makes the 95% of blacks in Haiti. The slaves actually built Haiti
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Jackson Spielvogel said‚ “Yet for all of its obvious impact‚ the American Revolution proved in the long run to be far less important to Europe than the French Revolution. The French Revolution was more complex‚ more violent‚ and far more radical in its attempt to construct both a new political order and new social order.” The French Revolution was extremely influential to the rest of Europe because it proved that a country could benefit from a republic. It also showed just how brutal a monarch could
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There are different schools of thoughts to explain why the revolution started‚ but out of all the schools I agree the most with the Imperial School. The Imperial School is the result of the clash of two empires‚ the British and the Americans‚ with different viewpoints. The British wanted to have control over the Americans while the Americans wanted to be independent from the British‚ a free nation. This clash in viewpoints resulted in revolution which later results in America’s independence and transformation
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Slavery is a huge part of American history‚ in fact‚ this whole country was built by the hands of slaves. Slavery started back in 1619 in Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ when the new American Colonists brought slaves from Africa in order to help out in the production of crops‚ mainly tobacco. Ever since then more American Colonists brought in more slaves in order to do their own jobs and the population of slaves grew throughout time. Slaves would be imported from Africa and would usually come in large ships
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Who was Mazzini and why was he important for Italian unification (How strong were ideas about Risorgimento in Italy by 1848?) Originally‚ The Risorgimento was inspired by French Rule: - Secret society - Particularly active in S. Italy - Naples= 60‚000 members - Elaborate rituals + unquestioning obedience to leaders - Mild aims (constitutional monarchy) - Mazzini felt their aims were aimless‚ no political opinion‚ no plan/idealism for future of Italy Giuseppe Mazzini 1805-72
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Why is the event still important today? On August 6‚ 1945‚ the United .States . dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb destroyed most of Hiroshima‚ killing an estimated 130‚000 people. Nicknamed Little Boy‚ the bomb had a force equivalent to 20‚000 tons of TNT. On August 9‚ a second bomb called Fat Man was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki killing roughly between 60‚000 - 70‚000 people. On August 15 Japan surrendered. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Gertrude B. Elion: Why Is She Important? It was the day Gertrude Belle Elion would share the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology with George H. Hitchings‚ a medical doctor she assisted. It was their use of innovative methods for developing drugs that people recognized as an important discovery. Elion is an American biochemist and pharmacologist. Elion’s goal was to alleviate‚ meaning to make less severe‚ human suffering from illnesses. Other than the individual drugs she discovered‚ she also developed
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Hawaii was important to the United States for its military potential‚ as well as many economic reasons such as its rich agrarian industry. Without Hawaii‚ the United States would have had to negotiate more for navy bases from which it could launch aquatic assaults on the Axis Powers and Japan. This significantly increased our participation in World War II‚ while decreasing our debt to other nations for allowing us to use their ports. The first settlers of the islands were probably Polynesians from
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