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    brutal and indiscriminate slaughter of unimpeachable people therefore the use of the word massacre for this event is ambiguous, in truth, the Boston massacre should have been classified as a little dispute, brawl, or riot between mother country and colonies owing to the facts that; all the propaganda that was printed emphasized and exaggerated the actual actions taken by both the colonists and the British, the colonists made the first move, and the British only used what is known as self defense…

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    Seven Years War Effects

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    drastically affected the world. In this paper, it will analyze the ways in which the Seven Years War has greatly shifted the balance of power between nations and how the result of this conflict had greatly influenced the British to regain control of the colonies in hopes of growing a strong empire. While the Seven Years War had disrupted the economic power both across the region and worldwide, it had also caused the British to enforce unreasonable rulings during the Seven Years War, and further…

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    Acadia 4: A Short Story

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    The Infiltrator As the transport entered Acadia 4’s atmosphere, the friction of the descent unleashed an aura of dense orange flames. Eric Nels watched out the Portside windows as the blaze extended across his view of sight. Expanding, it appeared to ignite the rockish landscape below. As the craft escaped the boundaries of the atmosphere, the flames quickly subsided, revealing an unobstructed view of the surface below. Although, the rocky terrain of Acadia 4’s surface was easily apparent from…

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    Colonialism referred to a dominant country established its colonies in another nation. The dominant country had an absolute control over its colony countries. All the resources, the people or any other properties within the colony countries will also belong to the colonized nation. As a result, many colonies spoke their colonized country’s language and shared their culture. One example from the colonial period is Britain and its colonies such as India and part of Africa. This is somewhat related…

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    Reinhard states “it was against this backdrop that the eastern Mediterranean region saw the emergence of what must be described not as mere trading posts but as colonies” (Reinhard, 8, 2011). More specifically when the Spanish crown allowed other groups besides Mariners and merchants to include “Battle-hardened members” (Reinhard, 17, 2011) conquest starts to crystalize. The perfect example of this would be the…

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    There are a few main factors in a fifteen person colony to really consider when planning their future. These include: location, supplies, people, and tasks. All of them, coming together, are our best decisions that have been made to benefit the people. Addressing location, this was the core of some of the main decisions, since the landscape influenced the rest of the other categories the most. Selecting site three, we have open land for farming as well as hostile Native Americans that inhabit…

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    Patrick Henry our uncle,is going against the British. He has submitted a series of resolutions to the colony’s assembly,The House of Burgesses. His resolutions have denied Parliament’s right to tax the colonies and called on colonists to resist the Stamp Act. Newspapers have spread through the colonies with the resolutions. So far he has gained approval and support of the…

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    the colonies began because the people began to find that using them as labor workers were more economical. They were able to use them to their fullest potential for however long they wanted instead of having a time frame that’s listed on a contract. They would rather have a lifetime supply of plantation workers. 20. Slave culture continued to widely spread throughout all the American colonies and became more depended on. Enslaved Africans soon took over much of the population in the colonies and…

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    They ended up living as a sustained colony depending on each…

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    available in the colonies was uncommon in Great Britain and other areas of Europe, which led to adaptation problems with many of the people. The colonists did not have the equipment that people in Europe did, which led to new techniques and unique utensils. Throughout the different colonies, the food was usually unique to that area, because of the differences of economical and environmental factors that inhibited certain types of food from being available or grown in that colony. Unlike the…

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