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    Common Sense, the Declaration of Independence, and the Battle of Saratoga were major events that were part of the timeline of the Revolutionary War. Patriots1 put these events and others together like a puzzle, and the result was a brand new nation. However, this puzzle is incomplete without the important piece of George Washington successfully crossing the Delaware River in 1776. My goal in this paper is to explain the importance of the crossing of the Delaware River pertaining to the…

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    Good morning my fellow peers and judges; I am Ben Ries, this is my partner Matt Taggart, and we are standing before you to confabulate a contemporary point of question: is vigilantism justified when the government has failed to enforce the law? As the affirmative side, we staunchly believe that vigilantism is justified. The resolution that has been made needs to stay in place if the people of the world want equality. Not only the inhabitants of America, but the world as well need to awaken and…

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    After read all material for this forum, I can conclude about Colonial beginnings that it was a period of cultural transformation to American people and England people, period in which the influence of puritans and their ideas about God were strongly marked. Also was of big impact the exploration of the new world for England because they found much wealth and different landscapes rich in fauna and flora; all these occurrences affect the writing of authors because it is the immediate reality of…

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    strategy. Then someone came up with a new one. They said for them to capture New York, where many loyalists lived, so they could use it as a base. The British launched another plan and it was designed to split the New England off from the rest of the colonies. their battle of Saratoga was a crucial turning Point. There was another British army instead they had another plan. They wanted to seize Philadelphia and crush Washington’s army. Some of them went to cheapskate bay and marched to the…

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    American Ideals Essay In 1763, the British control over the colonies after defeated the French in the North American. The British raised taxes to the colonists also limited trade, and the British order the colonist that the soldiers could stay in their house. The colonies doesn’t want rules by the British King because their actions violated the rights. In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote a document about the Declaration of Independence. Americans have lived up to the ideals expressed in the…

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    The manorial system was a mutual relationship that affected the manor lord and the tenants; however, it was far more beneficial to the manor lord and only offered a few perks for the serfs and levies. The manorial system was very widespread and as feudalism was declining in all the western countries the classic manorial system was also evolving; yet, as the west was in decline the eastern countries began adopting a similar form of feudalism as a result manorialism was also increasing in a semi…

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    Consider Yourself “Enlightened” Everyone has some type of talent whether it’s running, juggling or singing. Do you believe talent is fate, God given, or it’s just in your genes? Well it seems some people don’t believe in any of these they don’t think people have natural born talent but instead get there success from the illuminati. Beyoncé and her family are a subjected to these acquisitions almost every day. This conspiracy theory is so far fetch I don’t see why anyone believes it. Beyoncé,…

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    In winter, the Konkow settled in widely dispersed patterns along river canyons, usually on ridges high above rivers and generally on small flats on the crest of the ridge, or half way down the canyon side. A village-community owned and defended a known territory, which served as a communal hunting and fishing ground. Some villages were located strategically atop isolated knolls in consideration of attack and defense. The Konkow followed an annual gathering cycle that made it necessary for them…

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    The Statue of liberty is built on Liberty Island, in New York City was completed on October 28th1886. The Statue of liberty used to be called the Liberty Enlightening the world. The meaning behind this statue is freedom. This meaning is, because Immigrates traveled to the statue of liberty to become free and have a better life. The sculptor was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, along with the architects Gustave Eiffel, Maurice Koechlin and Richard Morris Hunt and Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc. It took eleven…

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    American Independence

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    natives so that military expenditures could be reduced.” (Atack) During this time period, British is suffered greatly from the war against French. This is significance because British reason for peace with the native is to keep in check with America colonies and do not want them to expand their power. The American Revolution was inevitable as long as there is opposing force. “Institutional change will happen either when groups that favor changing become powerful enough to impose it on the…

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