The two battles of Saratoga are well known as the turning point of the American Revolution. It was fought eighteen days from the fall of 1777. It started with the British invasion from Canada during the American Revolutionary War. After they captured Fort Ticonderoga with an extreme amount of ease‚ they then led General John Burgoyne who was over confident with the task in front of him. They crawled very slowly south giving the Americans many time to regroup under Horatio Gates. To support him‚ George
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Why was the discovery of ‘magic bullets’ a turning point in medicine? A magic bullet is a chemical drug that kills germs of a specific disease without harming the rest of the body. In the 1890’s‚ the first several compounds of magic bullets discovered (used to treat syphilis‚ malaria and sleeping sickness) can be described to be a turning point in medicine; this is because the magic bullets began the breakthrough to cure disease‚ instead of preventing the disease with vaccinations and inoculations
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The battle of Gettysburg took place in Pennsylvania of 1863‚ the battle lasted three days many lives were taken in both sides. Robert E. Lee was the general the South‚ they had invaded the North and was trying to defeat the Union Army. However‚ the outcome was Union Army held them off and sent the Confederated’s retreating. Many reasons went into the Norths win against the South. In document b sources estimated the number of casualties at the battle of Gettysburg for both union and confederate
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The Turning Point of the Revolutionary War or Battle of Saratoga The American Revolution war was very intense between the British and the Americans. The Revolutionary war started because of economy issue. Therefore‚ taxation caused many uprising events in the future‚ which made the economy look substandard. In December 1773‚ the Boston Tea Party ascended where a group of Massachusetts disguised as Indians dumped all the tea into the harbor. Therefore‚ there was chaos in Britain which started
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Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad‚ between Germany and Soviet Russia was a major turning point in World War II for Europe. During the winter of 1942-1943‚ the German surrender made the Soviets glad to know they wouldn’t have to lose the precious land in Stalingrad. The Battle of Stalingrad was great for the side of Soviet Russia. In the start of the war‚ Russia needed to take a big stand against Germany‚ so Joseph Stalin said that everyone who was strong enough to hold a rifle- had
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Analytical Assignment Turning points that occur during a conflict such as a civil war may be found in men‚ as well as forces of events. Turning points are the moments or acts which are thought to have had profound effects which are necessary to drive the war along the course which it took. During the American Civil War in the 1860’s there can be a widespread debate over which actual event was the turning point in the war that led to a Union victory. Most analysts refer to July 4th‚ 1864 when
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At 5:00 am‚ October 26‚ the manifesto legitimizing the creation of a revolutionary government was voted on and passed by an overwhelming margin. The Russian revolution of 1917 saw the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy in February and the seizure of power by the Bolshevik party in October.The Bolsheviks proceeded to establish the world’s first Communist state on a territory covering one-sixth of the globe. A series of events and ideas led to the October revolution‚ each significant in its own
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Julius Caesar was murdered by a Roman senator in a conference room next to Pompey’s theater. The murder of Caesar is one of the most famous events in the everlasting Roman history of the endless history of Shakespeare’s famous play as well as contemporary stories. The assassination also proved a major turning point in many changes throughout the Roman Empire. Sixty Roma aristocrats participated in the plot to murder Caesar‚ and 14 Senators actually participated in the stabbing. Caesar was surrounded
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The death of tons of people‚ (75‚000) or more. The Battle of the Bulge was definitely a big turning point of World War 2. American defenders were caught off guard as more than 250‚000 German troops and hundreds of tanks descended on their positions. During the Battle‚ 21‚000 soldiers were killed‚ 43.000 were wounded and 24‚000 were captured or went missing. Total allied casualties are estimated at 110‚000 - making it the bloodiest battle for American troops in all of World War 2. The Germans did
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WWII‚ until they realized that the Axis power was increasing. It was around this time‚ when the United States fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. When the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom declared war to Germany; they wanted to fight back for all the anguish Germany had caused. In 1941‚ President Roosevelt was having trouble convincing the Congress to allow the United States to interfere with the war. During the Battles between Germany and the United Kingdom‚ the United
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