The American Revolution represented a radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions. ... During the time before the revolution, there were several events that made a big impact, leading to the American Revolution. ... The American Revolution Familiarized equivalence and Liberation. ... I believe if it was not for the American Revolution, there would not a have been The Articles of Confederation. The American Revolution basically created a government under the Articles of Confederation although it was impossible to keep law and order. ...

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However, the religious emigration process from Britain to American had an effect on their decision making as a nation. ... Valuing the democracy over monarchy, America's founders could begin forming the laws of their land. ... In Britain, Catholicism was the main religion, so in some ways, it was incorporated into American way of life. ... Also, an American flag is folded into a triangle (to represent the Father, Son, Holy Spirit) when there is a fallen soldier. ... As a result of the American Revolution, Americans now had civil, political, and social freedoms they did not have under Brit...

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Should the Flag Follow the Constitution I think before you, the American public, can come to a conclusion on the matter of "Should the Flag Follow the Constitution," you have to look at the constitution at every angle. ... At this time in our history the original authors of the Constitution did not think that our American society would be as complex and as multicultural as it is. ... The reason for this conclusion is that the flag represents the American Revolution Era, to me, because the red represents blood meaning lives lost, the white represents freedom, and the ori...

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"George Washington was the richest man in America, John Hancock was a prosperous Boston merchant. ... The idea of a revolution really didn't matter to the poor, as well as slaves and women, who didn't have nearly the same rights and power of the above mentioned. ... (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. ... (p. 86) also, the Indians played a big part in the revolution, first fighting alongside the French, and later with the British, bu...

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I think that this amendment describes all of America because there are so many types of people in this country that express themselves daily weather it be talking on the streets or writing them on a piece of paper. ... This amendment came about during the American Revolution when the delegates produced the bill of rights. ... The American Revolution started because of the colonists had no rights for themselves and they were helpless from the British rule over them. ...

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I think that this amendment describes all of America because there are so many types of people in this country that express themselves daily weather it be talking on the streets or writing them on a piece of paper. ... This amendment came about during the American Revolution when the delegates produced the bill of rights. ... The American Revolution started because of the colonists had no rights for themselves and they were helpless from the British rule over them. ...

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The colonists grew tired of their lack of power towards their own governance, and in 1775 they began their fight towards independence, in an event we now refer to as the American Revolution. ... The period between 1775 and 1791 became a period of trial and error towards the new government, which would on the way alter the attitudes of many Americans. ... Unity was not present until the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, starting with New York each state gave away its land to sell off for the debt of the American Revolution. ... The attitude of Americans changed greatly after this new constitution wa...

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The film shows America in 1787 as a country in crisis. It portrays America as a newly independent nation lacking stability. ... America is turmoil; it owes money to countries who supported it during the Revolution but can't repay them. ... America would only survive and prosper as a united country. ... A More Perfect Union: America Becomes A Nation, is a film that whose main theme addresses the instability of America in 1787. ...

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Americans were quite fond of their new freedoms from Britain. ... The government could not pay off the debts it had incurred during the revolution. This left America's new army without pay for their services, causing discontent among soldiers. Also a frail army left America weak against other countries with stronger militias. ... The second time around was worth it in the long run for America. ...

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I think that they could have been defeated in another war because there still were British soldiers stationed in America because the Americans owed them money. ... There were many possibilities that could have put America under another country's control. ... I think that nothing would have changed as much since the American Revolution. ... If they did agree The United States of America could be a low, poor country instead of a world power. ... The United States of America one of the top world powers because we chose freedom. ...

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After the Revolution, the fledgling new nation of America had created the Articles of Confederation. ... The Northwest Territory, acquired after the Revolution, had been a vast area of land that wasn't surveyed nor organized. ... After years of blockade and other restrictions, the Americans could finally buy all the merchandise they wanted coming from Britain. ... However, the Americans were not profiting from this situation. ... They were the first attempt of the Americans for a government, but they neither achieved much, nor proved effective. ...

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The change from the Articles of confederation to the Constitution in 1788 brought a division as to what kind of government should be set up in American, and some of its laws. ... French revolution, which made the U.S choose sides, thought their neutrality act, divided the Federalist and the Democratic-Republican favoring the British or the French. ... When the French revolution broke out in 1789, there was a debate on which side the U.S. favored though it stated to be neutral in the Neutrality Proclamation in 1793. The pro-French Jeffersonians were furious by this proclamation since the...

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The people who were part of Shay's Rebellion were told that they were acting in spirit of the revolution. From this, Americans went into a state of anarchy, confusion and slavery. ... After the Articles of Confederation were established, the American Revolution was brought to an end and states were kept united. ... The Treaty of Paris was negotiated by the Americans and the British. From this agreement, the Americans would let colonists suffer persecution. ...

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The ideas behind the revolution mainly about the proclamation, Britain's financial problem's and so on. ... These problems had spreader through the Revolution war and so on. ... So then it fell under of how the British had I would say took their weaknesses and the Americans took all of the British strengths. ... So they had leaders of older regions helping them out to fight against the federalist people the revolution part of anti-federalist. ...

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The purpose of "The Federalist" papers by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison were to explain and defend the Constitution against the critics that believed it was taking away the rights the Americans had won in the Revolution. ...

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Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and diplomat, and one of the most important authors of the U.S. ... Morris supported the rebel cause during the American Revolution. ... He was the most popular American in Paris. ...

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The American Revolution had already started with the Battles of Concord, Lexington and Bunker Hill. ... Some people think that if the King had accepted the petition the Americans would have fought for Independence nevertheless. ... The betrayal was not protested because of faith, but because of fear that America would be taken over by another country. ...

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The Constitution and The Founding of America. San Diego: Lucent Books inc. 2000 This was an important source to our project because this gives us important dates in the history of the constitution and the founding of America. For example: April 1775- first shots of the American revolution are fired in Massachusetts, July 1776- Declaration of independence is approved by congress, etc. ...

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This paper is on the book John Hancock: Merchant King and American Patriot, written by Harlow Giles Unger. This book discusses how John Hancock was not only a merchant king but also an American patriot. I will discuss his later years of life after the merchant years and how he became an American Patriot, and a founding father of this great country. Hancock's first big accomplishment here in America came when John Adams, with the support of Washington, elected John Hancock for presidency. ... To prevent the revolution from stalling, Hancock and other rich congress members made large d...

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Washington had many contributions to America and I will discuss the contributions that he made. ... When the French arrived in 1780 to aid America, Washington was able to capture Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown with the help of the French. ... That is why he chose to be neutral in the French Revolution with England. ... In 1793 Washington's cabinet members had many conflicts over the neutrality of America in the war between France and England. ... Against the British and Indians, two American commanders were defeated. ...

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It was here that he became active in colonial politics and interested in the revolution. . ... Another fault Adams found with the Constitution had to do with the fact that Americans had their differences. ... Imagine America without the Bill of Rights. Samuel Adams, anti-federalist, was a distinguished patriot and important in the shaping of America....

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After the American Revolution, the United States had to create a new government. ... The best thing that the Articles of Confederation did was show America that a strong, centralized government was required to prosper. The Articles of Confederation were developed because of the fact that the American people as a whole were afraid of a centralized republic similar to that of a monarchy like the British had. ... The American economy too became worse after 1781 when the Articles were ratified (Doc 7). ... In 1785, John Jay sent a delegation to England in order to convince them to leave the land...

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So another part that led up to the rebellion was the farmers in Western Massachusetts had been hit very hard by the American Revolution. ... Shays' Rebellion was a sign to many Americans, including people like George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, and Roger Sherman, that the country needed a strong, centralized government. ...

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Another unique feature of our constitution is that it is not as rigid as the American Constitution or as flexible as the British constitution. ... Another problem which is said that our constitution had is that the American Constitution stands for "brevity, restraint and simplicity", and our constitution is complex and long document. The comparison of this two different country's constitution with each other, it is wrong to compare our Constitution with the American Constitution. ... The problems which America faced after its revolution were few and simple and were different fro...

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