Lord North tried to restore the respect for the law by imposing the "Punitive Acts". ... He and his army fought for the defence of American liberty and led to America to independence. ... A new republic was born United States of America. ... The Civil War.zTeh major cause of this war was the situation of slavery which had beeen introduced into North America in early colonial times. ... It was indeed inevitable that the North and South could not survive in a nation without slavery, and it was clear that there would come a time when the North would no longer condone the institution. ...

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The causes of the American Revolution and the Latin American Wars of Independence were similar in many aspects. The Latin American and American independence movements were caused in part by similar economic reasons. ... Both the Americans and the Latin Americans resented the heavy taxation imposed by the mother country. ... Both America and Spanish America were restricted from free manufacturing. ... "The Hapsburg imperial state had settled into a comfortable inertia which gave the creole oligarchies in practice what was denied to them in theory: access to the North Atlantic trading system a...

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What changed and what stayed the same in the era of the American Revolution between 1775 and 1789? ... Although the colonies of British North America, on July 4 1776 felt strongly enough about the incompetence of British rule, to declare themselves independent of such rule, and fight a war to demonstrate such sentiment, the resulting state created from their revolutionary endeavours, and indeed, the revolution itself, seemed a mere step away, politically, from that of the state they were rebelling against. ... Until 1660 the colonies in North America had been left, basically, to their own devi...

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American colonists who sold tea lost money. ... Although there were abolitionists in the North, many northerners didn't care about slavery one way or the other. ... They were angered that they were not allowed to import further slaves from Africa and they resented the North for "interfering". ... The North and the South also had negative images of each other and different cultures. The South viewed the North as people who were heathens chasing money in big cities. ...

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American colonists who sold tea lost money. ... Although there were abolitionists in the North, many northerners didn't care about slavery one way or the other. ... They were angered that they were not allowed to import further slaves from Africa and they resented the North for "interfering". ... The North and the South also had negative images of each other and different cultures. The South viewed the North as people who were heathens chasing money in big cities. ...

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Foner, who wrote The Story of American Freedom, reveals three elements that promoted the notion of freedom according to Americans living in that time. ... Thomas Paine preconceived America gaining independence from England. ... The first included the westward movement whereby America adopted the notion of manifest destiny' that means that America had the divine right to conquer all of North America. ... This is the following stage of American freedom. ... America was unaware of the power of a man's mind and voice. ...

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The American Revolution marked the beginning of a new nation. ... Early American leaders wanted to free themselves from monarchical rule. ... They maintained a large Army and Navy and had colonies in India, Asia and North America. ... This war significantly affected the North American Colonies and ultimately led to British taxation over the colonies without representation. ... The Americans fought a long war for their independence. ...

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The American Revolution created a domino effect on the revolutions that occurred during this time, but it was not the sole cause of the Latin American Revolutions. 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. ... In the 18th century, North Americans had established an economy in which a wide range of productive activities took place. ... The American colonies declared their independence on July 4th, 1776, stating the 13 United States of Americ...

• Word Count: 1746
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On July 4th 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved and signed by fifty-six men, to whom they agreed to "mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor"; these men represented the thirteen North American colonies that were proclaiming their separation from Great Britain, founding the United States of America. ... The French and Indian war took place in America. ... However, the Americans saw right through this and wouldn't let the Dockers unload the cargo out of the ships. ... They consisted of six acts, among them were, the Boston Port Ac...

• Word Count: 1859
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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. ... Between 1680 and 1776 America developed into a politically and culturally diverse nation. ... The largest difference between Great Britain and America was that America lacked the aristocracy plaguing Britain. ... America and Great Britain also differed in other ways. ... This stemmed primarily from the fact that America had many slaves; most colonist owned slaves, and seeing this system firsthand assured Americans that they did ...

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Comparisons of the revolutions in Czechoslovakia and in America enable us to look in some detail at their attempts to vanquish two of the strictest regimes in Eastern Europe and in Northern America . ... Not all of the first American settlers were loyal to the British crown. ... With France removed from North America, the vast interior of the continent lay open for the Americans to colonize. ... It can be demonstrated also in the case of situation in Northern America. ... They sent British troops to "protect Americans" they said. ...

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Comparisons of the revolutions in Czechoslovakia and in America enable us to look in some detail at their attempts to vanquish two of the strictest regimes in Eastern Europe and in Northern America . ... Not all of the first American settlers were loyal to the British crown. ... With France removed from North America, the vast interior of the continent lay open for the Americans to colonize. ... It can be demonstrated also in the case of situation in Northern America. ... They sent British troops to "protect Americans" they said. ...

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The American Revolution was caused by a collection of actions and feelings. Beginning in 1775, the American Revolution was probably one of the most influential wars in U.S. history. ... It was this disagreement that fostered the American Revolution. ... As days went by, Americans started believing more and more in the idea of republicanism. ... He uses this quote to help push his fellow Americans to rise to action. ...

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During the American Revolution John Adams deliberated the reasons and worth of the fight. ... Before the American Revolution, the American colonists and the British army fought together in the French and Indian War. ... Why would more people want to come to America if there was no room? As the colonists were trying to reshape their lives to fit this new law, the British Parliament passed the British North American (Quebec) Act in 1774. ... The American economy would also be hurt by this new law. ...

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In Joyce Appleby's Inheriting the Revolution, she discusses the lives of Americans after the American Revolution is over and when their new lives begins. ... Appleby shows that Jefferson's beliefs are one of the main reasons for many of the changes in America post-American Revolution. ... This controversy of slavery and anti-slavery would be a big part of their future and she discusses many different controversies that both the North and the South had. ... This was actually more supported by the federalists than the Jeffersonians and it ultimately divided the North and the South ...

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There were some conflicts with Indian-Americans and British. ... Americas were seen as land of easy living and fertile land. ... Native Americans were a problem too. ... Spanish in the South, in Florida had their own colonies and wanted to grow stronger and bigger, while French were also growing in the North. ... One can say that was the first sign of America becoming independence. ...

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Jefferson sparked change in the hearts of many men during the American Revolution. ... Spanish treaty that granted Americans the right to store goods in New Orleans. ... American expansion westward into the new lands began immediately, and in 1804 a territorial government was established. ... This document gave a renewed sense of purpose to the war that Americans had been fighting for over a year now. ... The most recognizable symbol of the University, the Rotunda, stands at the north end of the Lawn and is half the height and width of the Pantheon in Rome, which the primary structure of the u...

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David McCullough closely examines a year of near-mythic status in the American collective memory: 1776. ... The story opens in England, October 26, 1775, with King George III of England addressing the British Parliament on the war in the North American colonies. ... McCullough offers the British perspective on the events in faraway North America first, re-creating the debate in Parliament over the king's decision to quash the rebellion. ... McCullough is not content to focus solely on the Americans, however. ... In this struggle, the Americans fared less well than in Boston. ...

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To Lee, the asset that defined America was self-sacrifice for the better of all society. ... (Maier, 164) Richard Henry preached unity against this common cause among Americans. ... Lee's resolutions gave the necessary push toward the final debating among the American delegates. ... Lee's advancement had ultimately led to the birth of the United States of America. ... The first dealt with his opposition to aristocracies, which were still alive in the south, but not so much in the north. ...

• Word Count: 1997
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Thomas Jefferson: The Man, the Myth, and the Morality Slavery in America was created since the new world was first discovered. ... Discuss in details the origins and use of slave in America. ... Slavery has existed all through the United State at the moment in time and by 1760 there were about 325,800 African slaves in North America. ... Africans were the perfect choice of slave to farm in colonial American, because slavery had already existed in Africa. ... The enslavement of human clearly produces dissimilar opinions among many Americans, which in turn I think to be the start of the civil...

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Thomas Jefferson and his slaves children Slavery in America was created since the new world was first discovered. ... Discuss in details the origins and use of slave in America. ... Slavery has existed all through the United State at the moment in time and by 1760 there were about 325,800 African slaves in North America. ... Africans were the perfect choice of slave to farm in colonial American, because slavery had already existed in Africa. ... The enslavement of human clearly produces dissimilar opinions among many Americans, which in turn I think to be the start of the civil war. ...

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Imagine you are on a runaway trolley and you are on the main set of tracks that will hit five construction workers. Now, imagine you can pull a lever on the trolley so it takes the side set of tracks instead where it will only hit one construction worker. Your options are to A.) do nothing and let t...

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Damaris, and her husband, Sir Francis Masham, invited John to spend his last years at their brick Gothic-style manor house, about twenty five miles from London, in North Essex. ... During the 1720's, John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, two English radical writers, disseminated Locke's political ideas in Cato's Letters, a popular series of essays published in London newspapers, and these essays had the most impact on American thinkers. ...

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Together their philosophies define an age in American history. ... However, no state south of Virginia would follow and society in the north was still highly segregated. ... The African American push for freedom did lead to positive effects however. Their leadings led to the awakening of American women and their fight for equality. ... At this time many other southern American countries had their own revolutions and Spain was forced to take their troops out of this region. ...

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• Grade Level: High School