Slaves faced tremendous difficulties, but even if they were free their life was tainted. The free black man was still living an oppressed life. ... Free Blacks were still segregated from society and were unable to enjoy liberties such as voting, and sharing restaurants or facilities. ... I as an American citizen am ashamed of the way we treated our own people, and am glad that we have overcome such hardships as a nation, and as a whole. ... America was not always a land of "opportunity," but more a land of "ignorance" we were forcing our own people into slavery and poverty. ...

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In January 1775 five regiments of Hanoverians became British mercenaries; three regiments were sent to Gibraltar to release British troops and the remaining two were sent directly to America. ... His Majesty's army was already in a precarious position; it was in grave danger of losing control of the colonies before the year was complete. ... Samuel Johnson quipped: "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of Negroes?" Even before Lord Dunmore's proclamation and the signature of the Declaration of Independence slaves had presented themselves to the Bri...

• Word Count: 1913
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In order to understand why these founding fathers would go to such lengths to separate themselves from Britain, after all they were committing treason by creating this Declaration, we have to go back in time to the French and Indian War, most commonly known in Europe as the Seven Years War, (1754-1763) and the aftermath. ... At first the British were frighten of the French who devastated their settlements but they were able to recover after William Pitt was at the command of the operations. ... Whatever may be the consequences, we must risk something; if we do not, all is over". ... Our...

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This linked people together and let people openly criticize the government, which they were not allowed to do before when Britain was ruling them before the American Revolution. ... In the south, if a free black was caught even playing cards with a slave, they were sentenced to "thirty nine lashes on his bare back" (48). ... Women started getting jobs as well because there were many new opportunities. ... The new jobs like this were all formed because of the Jefferson beliefs. ... After the American Revolotion Americans started to evolve into what we are today. ...

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The first line of the Preamble states, "We the People of the United States..."" ... White people at the time were not thinking of non-violent tactics because they were not being violated. ... The documents King took his teachings from were all well before his time. ... Racism helped his decision in helping his fellow race against segregation but if it were not for the great men before King he would have no foundation to follow in the fight for equal rights. ... Yes, we do live in a period where changes are taking place. ...

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Before we go through the events of the revolution, we must first look at the government and events that led up to the revolution. ... When troops were sent around Paris, mobs broke out and commoners stormed the Bastille, killing troops and freeing prisoners. ... After seeing what caused the French Revolution, we must now compare the form of government before the Revolution, and after the Revolution. Before the Revolution, the Estates General was a government ruled by the rich and gave no power to the poor. ... Before this type of historiography, other schools of thought completely ignored th...

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Before Latin America faced the injustice of colonialism, the Maya civilization including the Yucatec, Quiche, and Kakchiquels thrived in the land of their fathers. ... To fully understand the Latin American Revolution, we must identify the factors that influenced the American Revolution, and explore the other causes that led to the independence of the New World. ... English-Americans believed that they deserved the rights of any Englishman, including the right to be represented before the body which levied its taxes (Bailyn, 2012). ... Before 1789, France was ruled by the nobles and the churc...

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During the Reconstruction, blacks were first freed from slavery, ability to be considered American citizens, and finally granted the right to vote. ... The Declaration of Sentiments stated, "We hold these truths to be self evident that all men and women are created equal[ ]." The rally of women suffragists fought to be "absolutely free agents in the disposition of themselves."... I trust that our nation was not founded on exploiting labor, that's why we fought such a great war, was to end such immorality. ... Directly after the publishing of The Jungle, the Pure Food and Drug Act es...

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In the middle of April in 1803, shortly before Monroe's arrival, the French asked Livingston if the United States was interested in purchasing all of Louisiana Territory. ... Eventually, all 56 delegates signed the document, which ended with the words, "We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." ... From the time it appeared, the people of the United States were able to see, in writing, the ideals they were trying so vigorously to defend. ... Thomas Jefferson knew that Virginia was the only place where such a bill could be passed since dissecting sect...

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It would be a century later before England would approve the formation of the colony Jamestown, where John Smith would become a prominent figure. ... He said, "Heer nature and liberty affords us that freely, which in England we want, or it costeth us dearely" (Smith 252). ... The Pilgrims suffered dearly for their dream of religious freedom, but they were successful and were able to live in religious freedom until their own religious belief began to fade. ... Thomas Jefferson had the dream of being a successful politician and also a free man from England's constant bullying of the c...

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Before his tragic death, he spoke one of the most important speeches in history, the I Have a Dream speech. ... Is it because we are said to be weak, educationally impaired or is it because of the difference in body parts? ... Although women were discriminated against, they were not the only ones. ... In the very first paragraph of King's speech, he references to "five score years ago" which is when Abraham Lincoln enforced the Emancipation Proclamation that declared all people held as slaves, within the rebellious states, were free (King 1). The Emancipation Proclamation, as K...

• Word Count: 1861
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The Declaration of Independence was written as a means of accusing the English King of wrongs before the world as a jury. ... Obviously not English law, the very law they were putting down. ... The colonies were already well beyond the point of explaining themselves to England, and England was well aware of the grievances that were felt. ... This portion of the Declaration of Independence lays out those principles of human rights that were important to the colonies and which they felt were being denied. ... Yet we are obviously, as voter turnout suggests and Jefferson wrote, "disposed to suffe...

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The years preceding the American Revolution in 1776 were filled with hostility and mistrust between the superpower Great Britain and its North American colony. ... Logically, this did not bode well with the colonies; the forced taxations as well as the accompanying condition that any suspected violators were tried in court without a jury were viewed as an obstruction of justice. ... In John Dickinson's "Letter 2" from Letters from a Farmer he writes, "If Great-Britain can order us to come to her for necessaries we want, and can order us to pay what taxes she pleases befo...

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We can see references to this inequality in both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, but we also see it, perhaps in a more pronounced way in the revolutionary literature of the time. ... In Virginia and Jamaica before laws were passed they had to be sent to England to be approved by the Privy Council . During the reign of King William all the colonies were forced to accept a royal governor. ... We can see the British model seen through American eyes in the writing of Thomas Paine. ...

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Before the declaration, there was something called "New Awakening" which seemed to increase the amount of people that believed in God; they had converted to believe in an evangelical God (Edwards, 1741). ... Like the bible says, we should love our neighbors the same as we love ourselves. ... So disregarding the religious wars that are taking place in the middle east, by following God's law rather than Man's law, government and religion combined, can live together in harmony if we were to follow the Creator's ways and act accordingly to our morals. ... They rescued ma...

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The colonists would not put up with it and they decided that no matter what the tax was on they needed to be consulted before they were taxed. ... Many Americans yearned to be free from the English and they knew they would have to fight for it. ... The war was brutal and bloody and there were more than three times as many casualties as there were in World War III. ... You see, there are many different events that contributed to the America we know today, democracy the way we know it did not materialize over night. ... There is a very good chance that if a central, strong, government had...

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It was agreed that the colonies would refuse to import British goods unless the grievances were righted. ... However before the Congress could meet again, on the morning of April 19th, 1775 shots were exchanged between colonials and the British soldiers. ... This entire sequence of events led to the birth of the Nation we now know as the United States. ... But perhaps we need to examine a little closer, just what these changes were. ... We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace, fr...

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It was the year that the Continental Congress, meeting in steamy Philadelphia, decided, "these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states.... Although technically a British victory, there were one thousand British casualties in the skirmish. ... Joseph Reed, Washington's adjutant general, wrote to the commander on December 22, urging him to take action: "Our affairs are hastening fast to ruin if we not retrieve them by some happy event. ... Washington again moved his troops, before the British could retaliate. ... According to McCullough, for the B...

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