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    War was the first world war that took place mostly in Europe and the High Seas, but also some fighting in America, South America, India and a few other places.The war was between one side including France, Spain and various Indian tribes against Great Britain, colonist and other various Indian tribes. The war resulted in the British being granted all land east of the Mississippi River. Unfortunately for…

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    American Revolution Dbq

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    give to the colonies.This made the colonies feel like king Gorge did not support the colonies after the seven year war. Instead, the colonies took as ternary from king Georg. Which was the start of what some colonies did not agree with the king of Britain and caused the colonial society closer and unity together in the American…

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    separation within the state in questioning if the the country has the ability to truly representing the values, beliefs and attitudes of society. While a British citizen holds the role of electing which political party will hold the majoring in the parliament, it is the leader within that political party which ends up becoming the Prime Minister. Even if there may be more a separation…

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    had ended. The war had left Great Britain in great financial debt this caused them to tax the colonists a lot more than the colonists had liked. The point of which the colonists were fed up with the taxes was when the British made the stamp act which put a tax on all printed goods, this same tax created the slogan “No taxation without representation” which meant that if the colonists were to be taxed that they should be able to be represented in Parliament in Great Britain. Eight…

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    The great British Empire lost a colony known as America during the Revolutionary War, which soon became a world power. The British and the Americans relationship, prior to the revolution, was peaceful, since the British did not intervene with the colonist. . Soon, the British became involved with many wars across the world, and raised taxes across the Empire, such as in America. Due, to British polices, colonist became very furious since they assumed they were taxed wrongfully and were not…

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    Sugar Act Definition

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    Sugar Act The Parliament of Great Britain passed The Sugar Act on April 5, 1764. It was created so that they could collect revenue from the British colonies and from America. Imported sugar and molasses were taxed. This negatively affected New England’s rum production. Sugar Act Definition (h2) In the 1700s it was highly lucrative to manufacture rum and this would mean great profits for Britain via taxation. Consequently they decided to create the Sugar Act and enforce it in their colonies.…

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    Russian Federation(hereafter Britain and Russia) have political and electoral systems which share some essential characteristics such as nominal democracy,(with both countries being considered democracies, by virtue of their holding elections) and influences of a monarchical past in modern policy as well as holding some fundamental differences such as contrasting geopolitical interests in areas such as the Middle East and different approaches to economic policy, with Britain employing a more…

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    Revolutionary War Dbq

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    eighteenth century America are what paved the road to the revolution. It started with The Navigation Acts and went downhill from there. British Parliament was making unruly taxations against the colonist, even though the colonists had no form of representation. This lead to the revolutionary war, which was a true underdog story. In-between 1650 and 1696 British parliament decided to pass a series of acts that cut down and restricted most of colonial America’s trade. These acts were called the…

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    as the Revolutionary War was a war fought from 1775-1783 and won by the 13 American colonies to achieve independence from Great Britain. There are various causes and effects of the American Revolution. Some of the many causes include; the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. One cause of the American Revolution was the Stamp Act. In March 1765, parliament passed the Stamp Act. The Stamp act was intended to raise money for the colonies. The act required the colonists to pay…

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    Jefferson say about the monarchy in their respective documents? Why does Jefferson focus more on the king than on parliament? Jefferson’s writing of the Declaration of Independence seems to be mainly directed towards both the British crown, as well as members of American government. The colonists themselves may be the audience but this is secondary to the governing bodies in Great Britain and the colonies. However, it does not discuss the issue of slavery. In fact, the word slave is absent…

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