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    forces were required in order to maintain the land. Because of Great Britain’s debt from the war, it could not afford to protect the recently acquired land. Consequently, through the Proclamation Act, the British ordered the colonists to continue their industries as normal and prohibited the use of the land the colonists spent the last nine years fighting for, and started imposing tax legislation that had previously been neglected (Doc F). This decree showed the weak British economy and prohibited an opportunity that could bring the colonists significant economic growth. Additionally, immediately after the war, colonists were not allowed to resume trade with the French, Native Americans, or any other islands not owned by the British. The new trade restrictions harmed many colonial industries that thrived off of French and Native American customers. Further attempts were made by the British to reduce the debts it enquired during the war. First, mercantilism was established, causing the colonies to import more than they exported, increasing the British’s profit. Parliament passed two acts, the Sugar and Stamp Act, taxing sugar, newspapers, and other paper goods. Unlike other taxes, these were attempts to make a revenue directly off of colonists, which the colonists had no opportunity to vote on. Consequently, colonists boycott British goods and purchase smuggled goods instead, ruining the mercantilist system previously imposed. The increase of boycotting damages the British…

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    the colonies and questioned the act of seditious libeling but also brought about the new notion of freedom of speech in the press. His courage and daring determination to challenge someone in such a imperative place of power was an inspiring moment to the people of the colonies and overseas in Great Britain. John Peter Zenger was a German Born, American Printer and Journalist who started the New York Newspaper named The New York Weekly Journal. Although Mr. Zenger started out his career with…

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    The 13 Colonies

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    13 Colonies The thirteen provinces that joined together to turn into the United States of America were yet a first's piece British Empire. They were the result of a wide and emotional development of England that started with the foundation of "estates" in Ireland amid the rule of Queen Elizabeth I and came to a crest with the triumph of Canada and the augmentation of British impact over India amid the 1760s. In the New World alone at the season of the American Revolution Britain had near…

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    AND PROBLEM SOLVING 1 PETRAEUS CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING 6 MG David H. Petraeus Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Ted J De Loy Mater Leader Course MG David H. Petraeus Critical Thinking and Problem Solving MG David H. Petraeus entered Northern Iraq with three distinct strategy goals. His success reflects his management style. MG Petraeus objective of restoring normalcy aided his achievement. A detailed look at MG David H. Petraeus’ strategic goals and…

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    What Is the Capital of Quebec? Quebec is a Canadian province that has predominantly French speaking citizens. This province is the largest province by area, second most populated, and second largest administrative division in Canada bordering Hudson Bay, Ontario, James Bay, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Ungava Bay, Hudson Strait, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Internationally, the province borders the US states of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and…

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    1776-77 Developments Essay

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    1776-77 Developments New Jersey Loyalist military units saw action in New Jersey and surrounding states. Lieutenant Colonel John Morris and the 300 men of his 2nd Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers provided artillery support for the British beginning in November 1776. They learned artillery skills on the job. Morris competed enthusiastically for recruits near his home in Monmouth County. They saw action near New Brunswick, Sandy Hook and eventually New York to supplement British forces.…

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    The New York Colony was one of the 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three areas, The New England, The Middle and The Southern colonies. The New York Colony was one of the Middle Colonies. It began as the Dutch trading outpost. In 1664, King Charles II gave the land in between New England and Virginia, to his brother James, the Duke of York. Dutch traders already occupied much of this land and landowners The English engaged and…

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    expansion in the British colonies in North America. When the colonists first arrived on the North American Continent in 1607, they established themselves in what they named Jamestown, the first official English settlement in Virginia. Virginia became a province in what was known as the Southern Colonies, along with Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia. Just north of these lied the Middle Colonies, which included Pennsylvania,…

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    St. John's College

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    The starting points of Fordham University can be followed to 1839 when John Hughes, the Bishop of New York, purchased 100 sections of land at Rose Hill in the Fordham area of what was then Westchester County for $29,750. Notwithstanding, he said, "I had not, when I bought the site of this new college...so much as a penny to begin the installment for it." After a nine-month crusade the most cash he could raise privately was $10,000, thus he went to Europe on an asking trek to get the assets that…

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    Mao Zedong had trouble gaining power and rising through the ranks of the Communist Party in the early nineteen thirties. With Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist army closing in on the Communist forces, the Chinese Communist Party was in need of a new leader. The Long March was the event that made Mao Zedong the clear leader of the Chinese Communist Party and later the People’s Republic of China. Mao Zedong, or Tse-tung, was born in a small, isolated village in Hunan Province on December 26th,…

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