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The most important fact about the foreign policies during the American Revolution is the shift from non-interventionism before and after World War I, to its growth as a world power and global hegemony during and since World War II and the end of the Cold War in the 20th century and today. During World War II, America has utilized a type of foreign policy that is to what they called a non-interventionist until our 32nd president Franklin Delano Roosevelt had decided to show some support towards…

Throughout history, there have been multiple ways to govern a nation. Starting as early as the Ancient Greek system of democracy to the fearful monarchs who ruled Britain, different forms of government were set based upon the people who founded their nation. Although there have been a vast majority of harsh and unusual forms of government all over the world, one of the most cold-hearted forms of government was communism. Communism is responsible for causing the deaths of millions of Europeans…

Animal Farm was written by George Orwell and published in 1999 by Transaction Publishers. This novel takes place on Manor Farm in England. The animals on the farm revolt against the farmer because of his cruel and unfair treatment. They set out to develop their own society free of human rule where every animal is treated equally, they called it Animal Farm. At first, life on Animal Farm is everything they dreamed about, but eventually the society they create falls apart and life seems as it as…

1963 John F Kennedy did a speech to mark the detente with the soviet union during the cold war. It was written to talk call upon the soviet union to work with the United States to achieve a Nuclear test ban treaty and help relieve tension between countries. Early on JFK thought that a WWIII was gonna happen, so he began to write speeches to call out people and try and form peace with nations. The Commencement address at American University is also known as the “the Speech that Sealed JFK’s…

During the 19th century, Americans were facing the new industrial age that came with the rapid growth of business manufacturing. The rapid economic growth of the United States railroads, helped create new technology in the workplace. Therefore, companies were adapting to new technology and replacing skilled workers with new machinery. Skilled workers, were not being paid enough or losing their jobs to unskilled immigrants, women, and children; who were willing to take even lower wages to work.…

survivor of an alien attack, he remains inside of a building and becomes obsessed with the idea that he might be the last human on Earth. He finds a way to leave the building he is in and look for other survivors. Eventually he finds a veteran of the American militia, and they discuss their ideas about the invasion and the fate of mankind. The veteran explains that the aliens have been watching humans for millions of years, and that they will continue to kill the weakest of mankind. He claims…

A revolution took place in the centuries from the time of the Kamakura shogunate, which existed with the Tenno's court, to the Tokugawa, when the bushi became the unchallenged rulers in what historian Edwin O. Reischauer called a "centralized feudal" form of government. Instrumental in the rise of the new bakufu was Tokugawa Ieyasu, the main beneficiary of the achievements of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Already powerful, Ieyasu profited by his transfer to the rich Kantō area. He…

quotes that “An atheist high school student” was forced to stand for the “Pledge of Allegiance against his will” and was “a mistake rooted in ignorance” of his “1st Amendment protections.” (Rocha) In an article, “Atheist Poll Claims Over a Third of Americans Want 'Under God' Removed From Pledge of Allegiance”, “21.4 percent of Christian respondents, 40.9 percent of respondents professing different faiths, and 62.7 percent of those professing no religious affiliation supported removal”…

The October Crisis marked an important event in Canadian history in which the tension between Quebec separatists and Canada (particularly the federal government) still carries on today. The FLQ was a group of Quebecois who strongly believed in the separation of Quebec from Canada and the enforcement of a “distinct society”. Because of this rebellious group, they committed many violent crimes and thus they were considered a group of terrorism. The extreme happened in December when they…

In the year 1917, multiple revolutions took place including the october revolution and the february revolution. The cause for these revolutions is to end imperial rule from other interfering countries. The reason why the russian revolution started was because people were unhappy with their king, Nicholas 2 who believed in government corruption. Once the Russian Revolution started people started to gain more support and more benefits from the government. One reason why the russian revolution of…