The war of 1812, an unnecessary war fought between Great Britain, United States, and France, was partly a result of the successes of Napoleon and his French army. America was officially neutral in the war between Britain and France, but trade with both. One tactic of the English was to restrict trade between France and any countries allied with France. ... So Britain wouldn't take over France? ... What won the politicians to the idea of an anti-British war were the prizes that a victory would bring: 1) Bringing Canada into the union, long an ambition of the northeastern elite. 2) Forcin...

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Due to over ambitious wars and extravagant spending on courts, Louis XIV and Louis XV had been successful in helping to bankrupt France. The cost of the wars was great in two ways. ... War broke out and France quickly became an Empire from the leadership of Napoleon. ... However, the wars caused great loss of life and destruction, and France's wealth was continually drained. ... It was issued to protect the colonies from the Indians and French in that land. ...

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Because of all of this reasons, people started becoming as the book says, "a threatening force in the midst of the war". ... (p. 86) Later, the French, who had helped the revolution by blocking supplies and reinforcements from the English, later gave land to the British in the west of the Appalachians. The Indians then united, and made war "on the British in what was called "Pontiac's Conspiracy" by the British, and "a liberation war for independence" in the words used by Francis Jennings."(p. 86) also, the Indians played a big part in the revolution, first fighting alongside the Fr...

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All the Indians are killed except Magua, who gets away again. ... Therewith Heyward leads a repulse of the engaging French. ... In my opinion, Cooper didn't appear to be taking sides with the French or the English as well as with the "whites" and the "reds". ... Part IV: Ideas, Concepts, or Summary Propositions I feel that the following four events were very crucial to the conclusion of The Last of the Mohicans: the war between the French and English; the attack of the Hurons against the Munro girls, Gamut and Heywerd (on the journey to the fort); the English surrender to the ...

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In the West, British were giving the Indians weapons so they could stand up to the white settlers. ... As a result, British violations of American neutrality rights on the high seas led to President Madison declaring war against Britain "War of 1812. ... With the ongoing battles between Great Britain and France in the early 19th century, the newly formed United States found itself thrust in the middle of this struggle. ... In 1810 Macon's Bill No. 2 reopened American trade with all nations, including France and Britain as long as the respects U.S. neutral rights and stop seizing s...

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(Brinkley, p. 44) During the French and Indian War, the tension between the English and Native Americans began to further develop. Nearly all of the North American tribes sided and fought with the French against the English. ... The Iroquois were hesitant to fight the French for a known fear of them. ... After the American patriots won the war, they (Americans) slaughtered 96 Delaware Indians for the attack on a white family. ... Indians took Ft. ...

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Before the American Revolution, the American colonists and the British army fought together in the French and Indian War. ... "[King George III, pg. 2] This brought specific harm to the colonists, because their reason for fighting in the French and Indian war was to win land. ... The Americans had fought hard in the French and Indian War, and they now saw what they believed to be rightfully theirs, given to the former enemy as an affront. ... The French now had the same resources and profitable goods that the colonies had, the Americans now had to compete for customers with France. The Pr...

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The American colonists and the British had just defeated the French in the middle of the 1700s in the French and Indian war. ... Although the colonist participation was held to a minimum, they had learned a powerful lesson from the French and Indian War. ... The basis for the Civil War was economic "slavery. ... Violence was justified in both wars. ... In the case of the Civil War, violence was justified to end a cruel institution. ...

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The American colonists and the British had just defeated the French in the middle of the 1700s in the French and Indian war. ... Although the colonist participation was held to a minimum, they had learned a powerful lesson from the French and Indian War. ... The basis for the Civil War was economic "slavery. ... Violence was justified in both wars. ... In the case of the Civil War, violence was justified to end a cruel institution. ...

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The settlers that came afterwards didn't have it much better, lack of land, the threat of Indian attacks, and the explosive situation with the French, made it hard for the settlers to build a life for themselves. ... Rice became a major good for exportation reaching 80 million pounds by the time the revolutionary war began. ... The land was very harsh however to those who came after most of the land had been taken up the only land that was available was controlled by the French, and Indians or it was fallow, and wouldn't grow fertile crops. ...

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The Scientific Revolution which resulted in the Enlightenment had much significance that helped influence the American Revolution. the American Revolution was fueled because Great Britain started to control the American colonies through laws by restricting territorial expansion, imposing taxes, and ...

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This triangular trade produced much wealth for the Spanish as well as the English, Dutch, French and Portuguese. ... The French and English also began building forts to protect their own holdings from each other. The Seven Years" War, or the French and Indian War as it is known in America, was an attempt by the French and English to strengthen their own positions on three separate continents. ... Today America is the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth and is about to enter into war. ...

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Soon following the French and Indian War the colonies came into revolts and protests against the British due to the taxation. They wanted war against the British. ... Some of the Boston men dressed up as Indians and dumped the British tea into the water. Following this, the First Continental Congress met in 1774 and the Revolutionary war began in 1775 as the farmers fired the "shot heard around the world". ... It also stated "that Americans could indeed live with out a king, and that they would win the war". ...

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After we fought the British we started wars with the Indians, and eventually killed almost there entire race that lived in our country. After the Indians we started wars with our own people, and these racial wars are still be fought today, just thankfully less frequently. However, most of the wars fought in the last 75 years have been over seas, most recently being the war with Iraq. Yes we have a violent history, but our past violence is nothing compared with Germany's, which killed multimillions in both World War I and World War II. ... The French and British also have an incredibly...

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Our colonies are under constant threat of Indian attack from the west, but those threats have been minimized due to the distinct advantage of having the world's most glorious military protecting the colonies. ... Worse than that, another world power such as France or Austria could simply walk in and overthrow the newly established colonial rule, who would be using a greatly weakened military having just fought the British army. ... Any man who knows anything about war knows that this is impossible. ... Without the major cities America would be fighting an impossible war over a few farms...

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Indeed, the English 'Great Horse' seems to have been a native development of that British 'War Horse' whose strength, courage and aptitude for discipline are spoken of in high terms by the Roman legions at their first landing upon these shores. ... Regardless of it's ancient beginnings it is known that at two points in history the native mares of the Le Perche region of France were mated with Arab stallions, first during the eighth century and later during the Middle Ages. ... The Arabian was also bred to withstand long treks across the desert and the tribal wars, w...

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Irving was called the literary vagabond in England, Holland, France and Italy and frequently wrote using the creative tools of fiction to comment on historical background and events of American history. ... "He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians."... The story makes several references of pre and post situations of the American Revolutionary War. ... The effect of the Revolutionary War on this typical villager was to a certain extent significant, but wasn't influential ...

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The War for Independence only hastened the process along. ... As stated in class before the French and Indian War, many of the objects used in the colonies were manufactured in England. ... The war was not a speedy resolution to the countries problems. ... The period following the War for Independence was unstable and full of change. ... This was the notice that was given in literature that was published after the war. ...

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Portuguese, Dutch, British, Spanish and French traders all took part in the slave trade. ... Slavery took place in the mid 1800's (World Book,21) and before and during the civil war (Compton's, 7). ... The African's helped cultivate land and fought with native American's in the Seminole Indian wars. ...

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Davy Crockett fought under Andrew Jackson, who was also of Irish decent, during the civil war. ... Henry Ford is most well known for Ford Motor Company but very few people know that he was the son of an Irish immigrant who married during the American Civil War. ... At nineteen he left his family to join the French and Indian War. ...

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Hector John de Crevcoeur was born in France in the middle of the eighteenth century. ... He then traveled to Canada, served for a while with the French in their war against the English, and later passed over into the United States, to become a well-known American. ... He came back to France, and while he was there, his home was burnt down and his wife became a fugitive in the American War of Independence. ... The simple fact of not wanting to be recognized for a masterpiece shows how much his life developed from France to America. ... He fled to New York instead of going back to France in...

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