creation of confederation of the rhine 1806‚ Important as reduced the number of states significantly to a mere 39 making unifcation much easier and more likely in the future.Also sparked the Germans resenting french dominance‚little did Napoleon know that thsi anti french feeling would be
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AP US History DBQ #1 In 1643‚ there were four New England colonies who formed a confederation and they came up with the Articles of Confederation. In 1697‚ William Penn brought forth a plan of union which never was implemented. Last but not least in 1754‚ Benjamin Franklin came up with the Albany Plan of Union. “The history of colonial efforts to cooperate or unite demonstrates that the colonies had no strong or sustainable need for a common government.” All of those plans never went into effect
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Effectiveness of Articles of Confederation While the Articles of Confederation unified the American colonies for the first time‚ the individual states had a hard time allowing a central government to solely control their territory. Due to fear of an all powerful monarchy like the one they had experienced in England the colonies were wary of allowing a central government certain powers. These certain powers included control of commerce‚ ability to tax‚ and even the ability to act directly upon individual
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APUSH Women AP essay q-3 1840-1890’s women’s activists in the intellectual‚ social‚ economic‚ and political spheres effectively challenged traditional attitudes about women’s place in society” Asses the validity of this statement. During the Colonial era and the first decades of the United States‚ there have always been women who strove to secure equal rights for themselves and others. Some assumed the business interests of a husband after his death. A few women challenged male domination
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rendered by the Articles of Confederation was the impetus its shortcomings gave to those who favored a strong central government." After the Declaration of Independence‚ there was a sense among Congressman that they wanted a written document creating a government justifying the existence of the United States. The delegates of the Second Continental Congress were attempting to codify arrangements that had never before put into legal terminology. As a result‚ in late 1777‚ the Articles of Confederation
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THE ATOMIC BOMB: Hiroshima and Nagasaki The Bombings On August 6‚ 1945‚ after 44 months of increasingly brutal fighting in the Pacific‚ an American B-29 bomber loaded with a devastating new weapon appeared in the sky over Hiroshima‚ Japan. Minutes later‚ that new weapon—a bomb that released its enormous destructive energy by splitting uranium atoms to create a chain reaction—detonated in the sky‚ killing some 70‚000 Japanese civilians instantly and leveling the city. Three days later‚ the U
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3rd Block DBQ #1 As time was coming for the beginning of the American Revolution‚ the thirteen colonies had started out with different aspects appeared to be remarkably similar in various cultural and political ways. These colonies came about when European refugees fled from their government’s oppressive and discriminative actions. The people forming these colonies had hope about overcoming their lives of poverty. Each colony’s government was managed independently without a unifying base. By
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DBQ- New England VS the Chesapeake Colonies Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. There were social‚ political‚ and economic differences between the two regions. The main reason as to why this development occurred was that the Chesapeake concentrated on obtaining wealth whereas New England had strong religious beliefs. With different goals in mind‚ the two regions separated due
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be today if the country was ruled by a dictator? In Philadelphia‚ during the summer of 1787‚ there was a meeting of fifty-five delegates to fix the national government. The delegates wanted to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a strong government. The Articles of Confederation were America’s first attempt at a Constitution‚ but it had no chief executive or court system. The delegates knew they needed to frame a new government‚ but the challenge was to create one without anyone having
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Jack Magill APUSH/Period 4 18 November 2014 The Jacksonian Rule The 1820’s in the United States saw a presidential election won on a “corrupt bargain”‚ a Yankee Misfit in office‚ and the end of the era of Good Feelings; the United States was desperate for a fresh new face to take office and restore power to the people. Andrew Jackson and his comrades did what they believed in‚ what they thought was necessary to uphold the use of the constitution to guide the administration and give power to the
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