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    constantly being abused by Mr. Jones, and Old Major decides to encourage a rebellion. His faith in Animalism provides the animals with confidence that their society could survive without humans. Old Major states in his speech “And remember also that in fighting against Man, we must not come to resemble him” (Chapter 1, pg 5). The animals were able to live freely until Napoleon corrupted the farm. Old Major’s speech before the rebellion allowed animals to view the negative changes that occurred…

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    negativity and the hardship of being a tyrannical leader. Two leaders were presented in the story before it ended up just being Napoleon. In Orwell’s story two forerunners were against each other to see who would lead the farm from their newest rebellion, Snowball a pig who is represented as Trotsky and Napoleon who ends up…

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    1. Explain what pushed the colonists from protest to rebellion. Many factors had pushed the colonists from protest to rebellion. It started from the Proclamation of 1763 were it limited the British settlements to the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains and since many colonists had already moved to the western side, they were required to move back to the east. Another factor was Quartering Acts which required the colonial legislatures to provide supplies and quarters for the British troops…

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    #1: What were the most important steps that Washington took to establish the authority and prestige of the new federal government under the Constitution?(EMILY) Challenges – Population Growth | Demographics The population was rapidly growing due to the recent victory of the revolution and many people from Britain fled to the United States (approximately ⅓ of Britain's population). This population changes held many tensions between the different regions and between the political parties. The…

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    action regarding them. He believed that the safest thing to do was to just let them crumble on their own. Order referred to having a civilized society. To have one, Americans had to respect the laws of the nation. Washington would have to crush the “Whiskey” rebels in Pennsylvania even though there was no physical fight. Protest…

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    However, it looked more suitable than what they had under England. Nevertheless, these people realized that something needed repaired. Also, Shays’ Rebellion opened the eyes of the government that it was time for an adjustment. Finally, that only an innovative government could solve the problems of America. With that in mind, the Constitution replaced the Articles, and a sturdier national government…

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    serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration, It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another; foments [stirs up]…riot and insurrection [rebellion]” Washington spoke during his Farwell Address when he stepped down. He speaks of the disadvantages of political parties. But no matter what he tried to do, the political parties formed anyway. These parties formed from major issues of the…

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    “[George] Washington possessed the superb self-confidence that comes only to those men whose inner life is faint” (William E. Woodward). When people look of George Washington, they see a tall, commanding figure that led an army to victory in the Revolutionary War. But is that all that was going on? Was George Washington more than the eye can see. Take a look and see what there is to find. George Washington was a multi-faceted man whose presidency is quite interesting, but his life before the…

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    U.S Homeland Security History up until 09/11/01 Colonial-Early Republic: • Frontier conflicts and Border security: o During the colonial- early republic era there were external threats. During the Native American warfare, War of 1812 and 1916 Mexican Edition frontier conflicts and border security was seen as a problem. The Native Americans and settlers were having conflicts over the frontier. Because of the conflicts, it caused militias to be involved. After the War of 1812, it showed there was…

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    Rush Limbaugh once said, “Capitalism is always evaluated against dreams. Utopia is a dream. It doesn’t exist.” The figure of utopia we can find in the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. Animal Farm is a parody fable where animals of an English farm exasperated of the miserable life, ill-treatment and humiliations under the lash of the brutal master, they decided to rebel and fight for a utopic society of equals. Soon, however, the pigs smarter and richer of the quality organization decided to…

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