The 1800s brought many new technological advances that helped transform American life. These advances led to an economic and physical growth. Inventions brought a continuous growth in the population. New modes of transportation created a highly affective trading system. The three most important technological advances were the Erie Canal‚ Railroads‚ and the cotton gin. Built in 1825‚ the Erie Canal brought an enormous growth of wealth to New York by linking New York to the Great Lakes (Doc 1A)
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party. I believe that both the American and French Revolutions were radical as any revolution‚ for the fact that both revolutions produced drastic changes in its societies both socially and politically; but the French Revolution was more radical. The American Revolution took place from 1765 to 1783 between America and Great Britain and can be described as a social upheaval‚ the colonists gained independence from Great Britain through the
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How Radical was the American Revolution? "Young man‚ what we meant in going for those Redcoats was this: we always had been free‚ and we meant to be free always. They don’t mean we should" (Levi Preston‚ 1842‚ Doc. 10). Levi Preston was a veteran of the American Revolution who‚ when interviewed by historian Mellen Chamberlain‚ revealed that most of the patriots knew not and fought not because of the taxes and acts from the British‚ the famous literature written by founding fathers‚ or for a
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thinkers such as Voltaire and Thomas Hobbes. One thinker in particular who contributed a great deal to history was John Locke. His work is still influencing the lives of people across the world 300 years later. He rethought the moral role of government‚ created a new theory of knowledge‚ introduced the use of reason‚ and reminded people of their natural rights. The combination of these four things made him the single most influential philosopher
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first industrial revolution was important for the inventions of spinning and weaving machines operated by water power which was eventually replaced by steam. This helped increase America’s growth. However‚ the industrial revolution truly changed American society and economy into a modern urban-industrial state. Mechanization‚ as seen in Western society‚ is the result of a rationalistic view of the world. After the development of factories during the Industrial Revolution‚ the nineteenth-century
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the western united states caused many problems for the native Americans‚ but also helped shape the west. The united states were fairly impacted in many ways because of the arrival of the white man in the early American west in the 1800s. Many Native American tribes lived in the American west but as the white men started arriving and moving westward they pushed the American Indians aside and further populated the west. The Native Americans wanted the land for hunting and gathering while the white man
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Many argue that women’s status in American society was improved during the Second World War through their contributions to the North American economy. During the Second World War women were “allowed” to do the jobs that were originally meant for men. However after the war ended they went back to their roles as housewives‚ gender roles were expected to return to the way they were once the war ended. The changes did not really begin to take place in gender equality until the 50’s and 60’s but this
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After learning American history‚ which acknowledged me a lot of the interesting things‚ I understand how wonderful the U.S it is. The best thing I see that the American characters such as diverse ethnicities and religions‚ independence and freedom‚ liberty and equality‚… which shaped by the powerful union for the better the lives of all immigrants. Therefore‚ I realize the history that helps me wisely how to fit into the American society like an immigrant. The notion American Exceptionalism is an
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1. The Native Americans were very practical people. They would use the nature for their source of survival. They used the sky as their calendar and they relied on crops for their food supply.The Natives were warriors and they had cities‚ towns and villages. Not only did they have all these but they worshiped items instead of a god. The Europeans had an advanced culture compared to the Native Americans. They had established churches and a main religion. They also had trading systems as well as people
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Salutary Neglect Salutary neglect is a time period when the American colonies where neglected by Britain. During this time they flourished and developed a British origin‚ yet with a distinctly American flavor. They were allowed to become commonwealths. Great Britain’s policy of salutary neglect influenced the colonies to great extent. It influenced the American colonies in religion‚ commerce‚ and legislative assemblies. Religion was greatly influenced by salutary neglect. When some of the colonies
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