A child of the American Revolution, John Quincy Adams was the first President of American History whose father, John Adams, also served a term as President of the United States of America. ... It was at nine years of age that JQA experienced, first hand, the American Revolution. ... It was within the first year of the war that it has been said that JQA learned of the harsh realities of growing up into a man, and later recalls in life feeling responsible "as the eldest son "for protecting his mother while his father attended to the business of revolution (The American Preside...

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After George Washington led colonial troops to victory in the American Revolution and was elected president he set up many precedents that had long lasting effects. ... Laboring against great difficulties, he created the Continental Army, which fought and won the American Revolution, "out of what was little more than an armed mob" (Web1). ... The United States had allied themselves with France after France was helped the colonists in the Revolution. ... The French were extremely unhappy with his decision because of their efforts in aiding the United States in the American Revolution. ... Th...

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Russia for the most part stayed dormant after WWII and spread communism around like the plague. ... Both Soviet Russia and the US had many stockpiles of nuclear weaponry, with capabilities of turning most of Planet Earth into a nuclear wasteland. ... With no actual military action during his presidency, President Reagan urged the Russian Dictator Mikhail Gorbachev to start giving up power, asking him to "tear down this wall", referring to the wall in Berlin" (Mann 37). ... There was a violent revolution in the former country of Czechoslovakia, where the rebels won and broke away from the USSR....

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Americans became concerned when the Latin American nations came into debt with European powers because they were often poor nations that were unable to pay and prone to revolution. ... Roosevelt mediated the conflicts between Russia and Japan to put an end to their war. ...

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Education Reforms: Are they really working? At the end of July 1903, Mary Harris (also known as Mother Jones), led a caravan of striking children from the textile mills of Lexington, Pennsylvania to the home of President Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York. Their purpose was to cal...

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Revolution against Great Britain was on the minds of many, including his cousin, Samuel Adams, a leader of this uprising. ... After Thomas Jefferson's two terms as president, James Madison took over and sent Adams to Russia, and later to London. ... Adams believed that liberty had been won by the American Revolution and that this liberty was guaranteed by the Constitution. ...

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In the face of the aggressive West-oriented autocracy of the Shah's ministry, the people of Iran turned to conservative Religion, establishing a Theocratic Republic of Islam via Referendum through the 1979 Revolution. ... Though these restrictions proved difficult to enforce due to fringe dealings with Russia and China and other trade through secret and non-sanctionable channels, the lack of Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction would indicate their success. ...

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Seward, Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson, purchased Alaska from Russia. ... Their conviction that they were not equals with the United States in the Union was strengthened when the American government directly interfered with a revolution in Chile in 1891 and a trade dispute in Brazil in 1893. ... Bunau-Varilla engineered a revolution and U.S. warships prevented Colombia from stopping Panama's attempt to break away. (In 1921, the U.S. paid an indemnity to Colombia in recognition of the U.S. role in the Panamanian revolution). ...

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This election is correctly described in history as "the revolution of 1800". A revolution is when something is completely changed or a balance of power is shifted by force. ... So for all intents and purposes, it could be said a revolution took place during the election of 1800, because from that point on the face of American government would never be the same. 2) The case of Marbury vs. ...

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The Islamic revolution, which took place in Iran, created the first major foreign policy problem for Carter. ... Reagan devoted a lot of his attention to reversing the affects of the Marxist Revolution in Central America and the Caribbean. After the Nicaraguan Revolution got rid of Anastasio Somoza, the United States accused the new government of aiding Marxist rebels in El Salvador. ... In 1990 Germany returned to being a unified country; in 1991 the USSR fell, and Russia as well as other Soviet republics emerged as independent states. ...

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The Treaty of 1814 was concluded between France on the one hand and Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia on the other after the first abdication of NApoleon I. ... Below his country, the Mexican Revolution was in full swing. ...

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In 1903, when negotiations with Colombia for a Canal Zone lease broke down, Roosevelt quietly supported a revolution in that country. ... Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Manchuria and Korea in 1905, Roosevelt arbitrated the dispute. ...

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In 1903, when negotiations with Colombia for a Canal Zone lease broke down, Roosevelt quietly supported a revolution in that country. ... Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Manchuria and Korea in 1905, Roosevelt arbitrated the dispute. ...

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