History of Maritime Soldiers The concept of employing Marines was not a new concept. ... Later, Rome had her separate legions of milites classiarii, or soldiers of the fleet. ... It was on October 26, 1664 that King Charles II, during the Dutch Wars between England and Holland, organized The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment on Foot by an Order in Council, which decreed: That twelve hundred land soldiers be forthwith raised, to in readinesse, to be distributed in his Majesty's Fleets prepared for Sea Service which twelve hundred men are to be put into One Regiment The...

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The soldiers of both the British and the Continental armies are given strong backgrounds that show both sides as human, as well as giving the reader a reason for how the Continentals eventually won, despite the Brits seemingly displaying every advantage. ... For example, McCullough highlights the lives of specific Continental soldiers, like the brave Israel Putnam, a "hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill, who at fifty-seven was known affectionately as 'Old Put'" (34) and small soldiers like Private Joseph Martin, who at 15 was rather excited for the war, enjoying the "mu...

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Having already seen and taken part in vicious bloodshed in the French and Indian War, Martin just wants to play the part of the good widower, taking care of his seven children and tending his plot of land. ... Being a war film, "The Patriot" has its share of vicious bloodshed--a soldier's head being torn off by a cannonball, lines of soldiers dropping like flies as they move in regimented suicide toward blazing muskets, an entire village being burned alive inside a locked church. ...

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A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he calls Theirs, and as the good people of this country are grievously oppressed by the combination, they have an undoubted privilege to inquire into the pretensions of both, and equally to reject the...

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A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he calls Theirs, and as the good people of this country are grievously oppressed by the combination, they have an undoubted privilege to inquire into the pretensions of both, and equally to reject the...

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The American Revolution benefited America today because there aren't any more unfair taxes; there isn't any more "quartering of soldiers," and many other freedoms that we, as Americans, enjoy today. ... The French Revolution fits the definition because the 3rd estate went against King Louis XVI and soon changed the country for the good of it's people. ... This is because the people of the countries that had the revolutions were treated unfairly that decided to overthrow their current ruler, established new freedoms, and altered history for the good of mankind. ...

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On October 5, the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, a good document all right, but only if it were followed. ... As more soldiers were needed to liberate the rest of Europe, France instituted history's first universal levy, the ultimate in state control over the lives of its citizens. ... Every citizen was required to carry an identity card issued by his local commune, called Certificates of Good Citizenship. ... A war was fought to be sure, and soldiers died in that war. ... After the Boston Massacre, when the British soldiers who had...

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During the war the Parliament enforced quartering acts which demanded that every colonists that could, would house British soldiers, no matter their side. ... There is a very good chance that if a central, strong, government had not been established in America this country would be extremely different from the America we know and love today. ...

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America's Revolutionary War is a subject that engenders perpetual curiosity. By any sensible reckoning, Britain should have won the war. England's army was the strongest professional fighting force in the world, supremely confident, and led by experienced, gifted commanders with a long and storied h...

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