The Policies and Distractions that Caused the Revolutionary War The messy and disorganized British rule of the American colonies led to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. ... These policies and distractions were some of the causes of the Revolutionary War. ... Unwelcome British troops had remained in the colonies after the war. ... During these years of ineffective rule, the causes of the Revolutionary War emerged. ... All these factors highlighted the differences and miscalculations of the British and were the beginnings of the Revolutionary War....

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The haphazard and disorganized British rule of the American colonies in the decade prior to the outbreak led to the Revolutionary War. ... These policies and distractions were some of the causes of the Revolutionary War. ... Corruption and incompetence among governing politicians often made their rule over the colonies ineffective. ... During these years of ineffective rule, the causes of the Revolutionary War emerged. ... All these factors highlighted the differences and miscalculations of the British and were the beginnings of the Revolutionary War....

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This want for new territory, would cause boundary issues and fears to arise soon after the Revolutionary War with the fledgling government of the United States. ... Not long after the Revolutionary War, the government of the United States began to want to expand into territories that were occupied by European and Native American peoples. ... One of the reasons that the War of 1812 with Britain happened was fear of other countries would try to come and prevent America from expanding. ... Since Britain tried to halt the United States from expanding with the War of 1812, many politicians used thi...

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During times of war, families are often separated by long distances, and families during the Revolutionary War were no different. ... The excerpts from the private correspondence between Abigail Adams and her husband John Adams that are presented in For the Record span a period of seven years when the couple was separated due to the Revolutionary War. ... Adams that if one of the desires is to educate sons so that they can become leaders such as politician and philosophers then that desire should also be to have well educated daughters (Shi 152). ... As the male colonists developed the desire...

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Just as governmental institutions in pre-Revolutionary America were part of a larger grouping of institutions centering in England, so the pattern of political activity in the colonies was part of a more comprehensive British pattern and cannot be understood in isolation from that larger system."... He believes that those ideologies become the basis for the Revolutionary movement in the American colonies. ... Few British statesmen and politicians understood what this development meant. ... From the close of war in 1713 until the Revolution, the triumphs of England were a constant theme. ... ...

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In the beginning, however, Napoleon was born during a time of turbulent turmoil when French supremacy was raining wild on the island of Corsica. ... Napoleon's next campaign was to invade Egypt in an attempt to disrupt British trading instead of directly attacking the British fleet. ... Napoleon aligned himself with a politician named Emmanuel Sieyes who could help Napoleon convince the current government of a new idea- the three-member consul government (Greenblatt 29). ... However, as soon as he is declared emperor Great Britain again declared war on France. ... The first thing Napole...

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The Articles served as a written constitution for the people to put down their ideas during the years 1781 to 1789 but was plagued by numerous complications. ... They were losing credibility as a nation because they couldn't pay back the other nations who had helped them in the Revolutionary War. ... During the Constitutional Convention, delegates agreed on created fundamental changes but conflicting interests of the states led to compromises which when presented to the states, a Federalist-Antifederalist battle for ratification ensued. ... The whole idea of the United States was not to ...

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Socialism requires a revolution with three main stages: firstly, the emergence of a workers' movement committed to socialist revolution, secondly the achievement of political power and the expropriation of the capitalists and thirdly a period during which workers learn how to be owners and rulers and cast off the psychological and ideological dross of the past. ... From the political point of view, they sinned by the fact that they inevitably, invited the peasant to adopt the attitude of a small proprietor instead of urging him to adopt the point of view of the revolutionary proletarian....

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As Erica Benner (2013) mentions in Nationalism: Intellectual Origins, a German reaction to the revolutions in America and France, which "claimed to found new national forms of legitimacy on universal, republican principles" (Benner 2013, p. 45), which was when the confederation of German states in 1800, or the Holy Roman Empire, were collapsing due to the pressure of the revolutionary wars. Significantly, Napoleons invasion of Prussia in 1806, became a turning point for German philosopher Gottlieb Fichte to suggest substitutions to a nationhood based on republican concepts which was present in...

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The aim, in the aftermath of the Second World War, was to secure peace between Europe's victorious and vanquished nations. ... During the 1960's common policies, notably on trade and agriculture were established and on July 1st 1968, custom duties between the six countries were completely removed. ... This could have adverse effects on the otherwise sound economy of Britain. ... If Britain opts-out for the time being until the single currency has had a chance to both synchronise and improve the economies of the Euro zone, then it might be in a better position to offer advantages ...

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