The Stamp Act was a tax imposed by the British government on the American colonies. British taxpayers already paid a stamp tax and Massachusetts briefly experimented with a similar law‚ but the Stamp Act imposed on colonial residents went further than the existing ones. The primary goal was to raise money needed for military defenses of the colonies. The Act imposed a tax that required colonial residents to purchase a stamp to be affixed to a number of documents. In addition to taxing legal documents
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were written in 1777‚ the United States was a new nation fresh from a war for their independence. With that new independence‚ the United States was full of raw political ideals. To say that the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems facing the new nation would be too high of praise‚ The Articles resulted in a powerless central government and the lack of a global economy. The United States under the Articles of Confederation was more a country of thirteen nations rather
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The Great Depression was known for the worst economic collapse in U.S history. The great depression mostly affected the poor and middle class people. Innumerous of Americans lost their savings when the bank collapsed in the 1930’s.This left many deprived from their homes since they could not met rent or mortgage. There are many causes to the Great depression then just the stock market crash. Many blamed President Hoover and the stocked market but I believe the great depression would still be inevitable
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late 1800s to the early 1900s‚ imperialism was a prevailing affair in the world. Imperialism is a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force‚ and it was used in political‚ economic‚ and social ways. Since the 1400s‚ people have debated over the most prominent reason of the cause of imperialism. Some believe that political reasons started the enthusiasm to seize smaller nations‚ while others argue that its cause was economical or social. All three forces are
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History is often a quilt of information that is not always stitched together properly‚ but in the time period from 1914-1918 it is clear that world war one was caused by a single country‚ Germany. Evidence of this comes from the fact that Germany believed that war was inevitable‚ they were in the process of designing military strategies for a war prior to Austria-Hungary having any hostility towards Serbia‚ and tried to pressure countries into unwanted treaties. There is information to suggest that
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many different factors that can cause power to shift between superpowers over time such as: resources‚ population‚ and economics‚ military and cultural. Superpowers are define as: the capacity to project dominating power and influence anyway in the world‚ sometimes in more than one region of the globe at a time. At the beginning of the twentieth century‚ the British Empire was the biggest global superpower. The British became a superpower during this time due to colonial rule. From colonisation
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forth his governmental policies around the country. 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
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the USA 1945-1968 What do I need to revise? Civil Rights in the USA 1945-1968: Checklist 1) • • • African Americans in the 19th Century Reconstrustion Jim Crow Plessey v ferguson Understand position of blacks. 4) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Campaigns 1960-1966 2) • • • • • • The Early 20th Century 3) • • • • • Great Migration Great War Sense of Community The Depression NAACP Second World War Understand how these factors shape Civil Rights post 1945. 5)
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discuss decolonisation after 1945‚ specifically focusing on the experience in Hong Kong. I plan to look at and discuss the various aspects of the process of decolonization and the resulting consequences. I will analyse the aftermath of decolonization‚ which I believe created more problems than it solved. These problems include the lack of a working political structure‚ the complications that occurred in their struggle for freedom and the economic situation that the country was left in. It succeeded just
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were two superpowers‚ Athens and Sparta. They coexisted in Greece with their own span of power in Greece along with many allies. These superpowers were both very well known for their power and also their utter differences. They‚ of course‚ had tensions between them due to differences in their ways of life‚ especially their governments‚ and the rivaling each other because they were both the best in their own ways among all other Greek poleis. Tensions continued to build up and Athens was expanding
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