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    plays a vital role in how spying develops. It is to be noted that a life of a spy is not always colorful. Several spies during the Revolutionary war are hanged if they are caught betraying the United States. This is not always the case. Benedict Arnold escapes to England. The life of a spy is different then what people imagine. Even the founding fathers of the United States of America played a drastic role in spying. Like John Jay the ‘Father of Counter Intelligence”. George Washington is known…

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    The war between Britain and the United States was not an easy battle to win as it had to took many lost to achieve victory.It took the United States many battles with the Brtish to get there independence. Both sides had fought hard and many people had died during the long bloody war. On May 10 1775, the Second Continental Congress that all thirteen colonies assembled was in Philadelphia. They had planned to meet a year ago during the First Continental Congress. During the Second Continental…

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    Rodat, and the producers were Dean Devlin and Mark Gordon, and the composer was John Williams. Some of the main actors are Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Chris Cooper, and Logan Lerman. This fictionalized movie is based on a militia in the American Revolutionary war who is helping the Continental army defeat the British so they can have independence. This film had three Academy Award nominations, it was also nominated for other awards and won many too. Critics scored this movie with 61% rotten…

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    Often times, the definition of a true “revolution” may seem rather skewed. Societies have the tendency to label certain changes as complete revolutions, even though not much among the people may have changed. The historian Crane Brinton believes that a true revolution is one in which there is “an overall restructuring of the political, social, and economic fabric of a society”. The definition that Brinton provides perfectly fits with the story of the American revolution. The American revolution…

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    When Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers, is mentioned, he is immediately associated with his work as the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, his avid support of the Federalists, his aid in the creation of American currency and the national treasury, and his undoubted conviction to uphold his ideals. Within the realm of these topics, controversy abounds, without even considering the nature of his death: he was killed as the result of a duel with Aaron Burr in 1804…

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    In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, the chapter “Knitting” occurs as the French Revolution is quickly approaching. During the chapter the reader is able to visualize the wine shop filled with revolutionaries awaiting the start of the action and becoming more and more tense. The mender of roads comes with Monsieur Defarge and tells the tale of how he saw Gaspard and how he came to his death. Afterwards the pair, accompanied by Madame Defarge, travel to watch a procession of the nobility…

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    Hero: “a person admired for bravery, great deeds, or noble qualities” (“Hero”). Many heros arose and helped others throughout the American Revolutionary War. During the years of this war, 1775-1783, what it means to be a hero became clear. A hero wasn’t someone who was just nice; a hero was someone who is brave,confident, and strong. These people became heroes because of the magnificent things that they did for this country. Three heroes who helped America beat the British were: John Paul…

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    skills, he finds out that his parents were not killed they were taking by the people. Samuel also found out that British soldiers escorted by Iroquois indians is who attacked his settlement. He also found out that the attack was because of the revolutionary war. While Samuel was on the trail trying to find his parents he found and eight year old girl that her parents were killed back at the attack. Samuel and the girl pushed to go to New York City, because that's where Samuel thought his…

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    The Crossing released on TV the 2000. It is about the book the crossing, which is about George Washington crossing the Delaware on a Christmas night and winning the battle of Trenton. This fill was directed by Robert Harmon, with a very low budget to work with he sat out to make this as good as possible. This movie was nominated for a couple of awards, and won two. One was the ASC award, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series/Pilot. The other one was Peabody…

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    Christopher Hibbert’s Redcoats and Rebels is a narrative that discusses the time in which the colonies rebelled against its mother country Great Britain and fought for their independence. This event is known as the American Revolutionary War. He discusses this war by taking an unusual perspective and looking into colonist behavior to see exactly how they won the war and why the British didn’t but all through the eyes of the British. Hibbert takes time to carefully look at the victories by the…

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