Valley Forge DBQ “Give me liberty or give me death!” In December of 1777‚ George Washington decided to set up a winter camp at Valley Forge. The area was about eighteen miles northwest of Philadelphia making it a good place to stay and watch over the British troops. The men build huts large enough to house twelve soldiers at a time. Unfortunately‚ the men slept on the straw and mud floors while being exposed to the freezing weather. Health‚ housing and supplies were critical topics in the camp
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Gillespie recognized rhythm as his greatest influence in seeking to make connections with music from around the world. His explorations were not limited to Cuban music but expanded out Argentina and include tango music. Oscoaldo Frisedo and Gillespie made a record but it was never released in the States (Gillespie 431). “Tangorine” was a song Dizzy recorded to historicize this experimentation. Without any hesitation‚ Gillespie confirms that he was the first one in the North American continent to
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest mankind ever came to a nuclear war. The United States and Soviet Union mobilized their armed forces and nuclear weaponry‚ bringing the world within hours of a nuclear exchange. The Realist perspective argues that the origins and outcomes of this conflict were caused by the never-ending struggle for military‚ economic‚ and diplomatic power between the United States and Soviet Union‚ but cannot determine why the conflict ended. Instead‚ the Liberal perspective
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DBQ: Ancient Greeks Contributions Essay The Ancient Greeks culture has made many wonderful contributions to Western civilization. The ancient Greeks affected our government‚ medics‚ and sports. The Greeks culture has had a very profound impact on the way people live nowadays. One thing that the ancient Greek affected western civilization is politics. It was the Greeks who developed a democracy‚ they were the very first. Pericles stated that he wanted all citizens to have an equal opportunity to
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Luddism Essay In the late 18th and 19th century‚ something that is now called the ‘Industrial Revolution’ occurred. This was when textile machinery was first introduced to Britain and rapidly became popular1. This lead to a great increase of factories with lots of steam powered machines. When this happened a lot of workers lost their jobs and were replaced by these machines. In result‚ lots of people were angry and unsatisfied with having no job and not being able to support their family. The workers
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For the last half a century Cuba has been impacted negatively by the US embargo‚ but will lifting it create positive outcomes for both countries? Before the US imposed the trade embargo on Cuba in the early 1960s‚ Cuba’s economy relied heavily on trade with the US. When the Kennedy administration ordered a complete economic embargo‚ Cuba’s economy suffered greatly. After 53 years of this embargo‚ President Obama wants to work towards ending it‚ and he has done everything in his power to minimize
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many British colonies were ruling India‚ angering the natives and causing a sense of nationalism. Mahatma Gandhi took the matter into his own hands‚ using a surprising way to promote and fight for independence. Instead of being like many other revolutions and creating much
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1450 to 1525. There were many factors‚ including technological‚ economic‚ political‚ and religious ones. The age was promoted by many specific factors‚ including the invention of caravels and other nautical inventions‚ the commercial and price revolutions‚ the new monarchs‚ and the constant growth that the Catholic faith wanted. “God‚ glory‚ and gold” paved the way for the age of exploration. The technological advances during the age of exploration allowed sailors to go much further much faster
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For many who remember President Kennedy favorably‚ the answers to those questions are likely: JFK and the Soviet Union‚ respectively. This analysis of the Cuban missile crisis lacks nuance and is riddled with bias. To understand the history of the missile crisis‚ it is necessary to understand what shaped President Kennedy’s actions during those thirteen days and break from the popular account of Kennedy’s
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the Soviet Union worked quickly and secretly to build missile installations in Cuba. On October 16‚ 1962. President John F. Kennedy discovered through reconnaissance photographs that the Soviet Union was constructing missile installations on Cuban soil. This meant that only 90 miles of ocean separated the United States from nuclear missiles. In response to this threat‚ President Kennedy organized the Executive Committee (EX-COMM)‚ which was comprised from Kennedy’s twelve most important advisors
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