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varitey to show the theme of the story; bravery. The author creates this lesson to show that someones bravery can save an entire city. The theme in Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is bravery. Eliza, Mattie, and Stephen Girard all show multiple acts of bravery. For example, Eliza along with Mattie risk their lives to help fever victims. The author states; “The sights and smells of Eliza’s…

the causes of the American Revolution. This war between Britain and France ended with the victorious British deeply in debt. In order to pay off this debt, taxes were imposed on the colonies without their consent. Several tax acts such as the Stamp Act and the Townshend Act were passed in an attempt to pay for the war. This made the colonists angry as they were being taxed by a government that was so distant from them. They also protested against "taxation without representation."…

government where no one branch of government could threaten the freedom of the people (Teachout 40). These beliefs became the basis for the idea of separation of powers in the current US government. The three branches of government were created to act as a preventative measure in hopes of deterring any tendency for corruption. Fundamentally, Montesquieu’s realist philosophy differs from Hobbes’ argument for the lone necessity of an absolute monarchy. Similarly, James Madison’s beliefs towards…

own the same inherent, natural rights. This treatment was not given to the colonies which forced them produce the declaration. The Declaration of Independence presents, through grievances, the abuses toward the colonies by King George III. The cruel acts the citizens of the colonies experienced were truly horrific, some more…

Kalub Ellingson Douglas Research paper Nov/12/2015 Crispus Attucks “I dare you to fire” is what Crispus Attucks said and what led up to him dying, and starting the revolutionary war. This was just the beginning of a huge revolution. Crispus Attucks played an important role in the American Revolution by his role in the Boston Massacre. On the night of March 5, 1770, Private Hugh White, a guard on duty outside Boston’s customs house,was surrounded by a jeering crowd.He reacted by hitting one of…

Freedom can symbolize many things. Americans won freedom from the British. Women won the freedom to vote. Some people are still fighting for their freedom. But what if we did not have freedom? What would America be like then? When the colonists came to America, they built colonies. Brick by brick, city by city, they worked hard all day and night. Once the colonies were done, they finally had their own land. The king of England did not like that. He taxed all of their goods and would not give…

United States suffered a severe drought in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, and Kansas. Once a semi-arid grassland, the treeless plains became home to thousands of settlers when, in 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act. Most of the settlers farmed their land or raised cattle. The farmers plowed the prairie grasses and planted dryland wheat. As the demand for wheat products grew, cattle raising was reduced, and millions more acres were plowed and planted. The…

American Rebellion of 1776 The American Rebellion was an American war between Great Britain and the 13 colonies between the years of 1775-1783. Leading up to the rebellion , there was an uproar between colonists and British due to taxation, military issues, restrictions of civil liberties and religious and political ideas. These situations caused the insurgent 13 colonies to come together and revolt. Colonists felt unfairly treated and decided to take matters into their own hands. Parliament…

by restricting expansion with imposing acts, levying taxes unfairly along with colonial resistance, all shaped up the British-American relationship from 1754-1776. The Proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. This restricting expansion closed off the frontier for colonial enlargement. The east coast was becoming overcrowded, and many colonists wanted to move west for a better life. Later in 1765, the Quartering Act forced colonists to house and feed…

Even though the Magna Carta failed in it’s original efforts of being a peace treaty, it still made a strong constitution for people back then, and today. “ Most of the 63 clauses granted by King John dealt with specific grievances relating to his rule. However, buried within them were a number of fundamental values that both challenged the autocracy to the king and proved highly adaptable in future centuries.” The Magna Carta is seen through our gov’t and or documents. Without it we wouldn’t be…