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    attack on the United Sates, known as “9/11”. He had two planes crash in to our world trade centers and one crash in to the pentagon. One plane was taken over by our brave patriots and crashed in a reclaimed strip mine in Stonycreek Township, near Indian Lake and Shanksville in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, about 65 miles southeast of Pittsburgh and 130 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.. Osama had been on the U.S. ‘Most Wanted’ list of more than a decade. On May 2, 2011, American…

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    Preceding the French and Indian War relations between Britain and the North American colonies was previously strained. Although Britain allowed the North American colonies to govern themselves contributing little government and Political actives in the North America colonies affaires. Since the crowning of James II the colonies tension with Britain had grown. As a result insubordination established during the French and Indian war, between Britain and the colonies decreasing Britain’s chance at…

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    Siege of Boonesborough - September 7-17 1778 In 1775 Daniel Boone blazed his way into central Kentucky. He built a fort near the Kentucky River and christened it, Fort Boone. Soon American settlers began to move westward,they started settling at Fort Boone. With the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Hamilton ordered the British to arm the local Native tribes and Loyalists with weapons, and encouraged them to attack the American settlers in Kentucky. In February of…

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    Gandhi's Assassination

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    Western-educated attorney, the conductor kicks him off for being “colored”. He and another fellow Indian then protest by burning travel passports that all Indians had to carry. Gandhi is then arrested. Soon, newly enacted laws were passed the breached Indian civil rights. Gandhi then makes a speech urging that all Indians must resist the new laws in a non-violent manner. This principle is seen when Gandhi rallies many Indian miners, only to be put down by the British. Later, Gandhi travels…

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    transformed a social movement during British Imperialism. He enforced the ideas of non-violent, passive resistance and civil disobedience by meeting with politicians, fasting and launching campaigns to protest in order to regain rightful ownership of Indian self-government. Mahatma Gandhi once said that, “ Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of a man.” This quote is important because it…

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    The French and Indian war remains a very consequential war because it changed the fate of North America. Before the war, there was an “Imperial rivalry between Britain and France” (Brennan, slide 4) that had persisted for centuries. This divide was inflamed by conflicting claims to land in the Ohio river valley; where the British had settled and the French had built forts. The war began when general George Washington led an attack on France’s Fort Necessity. France emerged victorious here, but…

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    Little Nimrod is the killer because of the events that took place before the incident occurred.The first piece of evidence pointing to Little Nimrod being the killer are the dead birds lying next to the skid marks on the edge of the cliff. This is important because the birds are right next to wear C.C. Robin had been sitting before he fell. The birds seem to have been shot by a poacher, one of the things little Nimrod is. In the police report they stated that C.C. Robin had a heavy blow to the…

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    The French-Indian War The French and Indian War was one of the most devious, and devastating times for the planet. The French and Indian War was described as: … was the North American conflict that was part of a larger imperial conflict between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years War (The French and Indian War). During this time period, many countries were involved in a global war that stretched even to North America. Europe was torn between Britain and France as their allies…

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    Great Awakening Dbq

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    First of all, the war forced the British into a continued alliance with the Indians, specifically the Iroquois. After their first loss at Fort Duquesne, the English were forced to bring back Indian allies. However these Indians were cautious of the English as the influx of several thousand settlers “scared” the Natives due to the huge territorial acquisition that were being made for them to live on.…

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    Research Paper On Gandhi

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    retired from politics and resigned from the Congress Party to work in rural communities. In 1939 however, he came out of retirement when the British announced that India would side with England during World War II. They did not consult any Indian leader and the Indian independence movement has been revived. Gandhi’s mission was to receive complete independence from Britain. He decided to do a movement called “Quit India” to receive their Independence. Unfortunately, he was arrested again on…

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