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    The dominance of the parliament was a great milestone in British history. Hundred years before the inventions of stream engine, Britain was devastrated by the Civil War. The men fought against the absolute Monarch for their freedom. The execution of the Charles I and the later regime change known as the Glorious Revolution created a liberal economic and political climate. By the 18th century, the British parliament was one much great independent from its monarch in any other European powers.…

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    Point Pelee Assignment Point Pelee National Park is located in Southwestern Ontario and was founded in 1918, ever since then the park has been very popular with a visitor count of 300,000 in 2016. The park is approximately 7 kilometers long and 4.5 kilometers wide with a surface area of 15km2. Point Pelee National Park is full of beautiful wildlife and animals that you can’t just see anywhere, with rare and unique species known to that certain area plenty of people travel from all over the…

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    Leadership Throughout the Years A point guard yelling and making plays to win. And a New York legislature leading the government. All of these examples of leadership show that one person is willing the take charge and lead a group/person the success. An example of leadership is when a student is falling behind in their school work and the teacher is pleased to stay after school and give the student extra help on their assignments. Another way leadership could be defined is that someone is…

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    The Seven Years War

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    The Seven Years War produced a numerous amount of historically significant events in Europe, and also took place in the American Colonies as what we know today as the French and Indian War. The French and Indian War was a conflict between Britain and France due to contested land claims over the Ohio River Valley, which eventually lead to Britain's declaration of war in 1756. At the beginning of the war, the British suffered major losses. Though in 1758, the tables turned with the arrival of…

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    American Nationalism

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    Essay Test 91815 Ja’Yonna Steele A growing of respect , a new Era of Good Feelings , no political fighting, and the United States doubling it size. These are the things that helped the United States establish Nationalism . Giving America it’s own identity and making us a free nation. No king telling us what to do anymore or making us pay unfair tax prices. We are America , the home of the free and the brave . Starting with the war that changed the way other nations look at us , The War of 1812 .…

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    Alexander Hamilton was born on the island of Nevis, British West Indies on January 11th, 1757. Alex was born to Rachel Fawcett Lavien and John Lavien. John Lavien was an abusive husband so Rachel decided to flee their relationship with Alexander and his brother James who was older. Rachel remarried to James Hamilton. When Alex was 10 his father, James, left them with all his debts for Rachel to deal with. Alexander took his first job when he was only 11. Despite his best efforts Alexander’s…

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    King George III, as the rebellion in America was growing worse, he comes to the conclusion that “America must be made to obey” (McCullough 17) in 1775. Hence, why he sent little reinforcements. However, when those did not squander the rebellion he proceeded to send his best generals. Then, “war had come on April 19, with the first blood shed” (McCullough 19). And with that, the issue with America was to “no longer be regarded as a rebellion, but as a ‘foreign war,’” (McCullough 20). Now…

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    hopes were vanished. That battle changed our morale from being confident in this war to being the sad morale of a weakling. Our morale was at our lowest point and we were ready to give up. And at the battle of Trenton and Princeton, General George Washington brought our troops to fight for liberty. We fought against the British for a long time and…

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    The article "Submarine Warfare" by Bernice Holmes is a story of how they built the first one manned submarine. The submarine was used for warnd to carry suplies. The submarine was spectacular. The submarine looked like a turtle cause the inventor of it thought it was a good idea. Believe it or not it actually worked. The inventors name that invented it was David Bushnell, the reason he built this was because the british army wanted him to. In specific it was General Howe and Admiral…

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    weather, at Valley Forge, because of minimal supplies, shelter, clothing, and food. 2,000 soldiers died of malnutrition and illness. The significance is despite the Patriots facing hard conditions they remained at Valley Forge because of respect for Washington, honor and duty. In the fall of 1775 the Continental Army planned to build 4 warships, which were increased to eight by February…

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