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    studied throughout the duration of this course‚ which one do believe to be the most important to teach someone else about the American History‚ that would be The American Revolution. The American Revolution is one of the most important events from 1775-83 and known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. There are many reasons to say The American Revolution as the important historical events of the United States. This is the events in which America got their independence

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    When America comes to mind‚ you usually think of freedom or opportunity. That was exactly what the frontier provided. The frontier came to symbolize America for numerous of reasons. The frontier gave everyone opportunity’s including black‚ female‚ or even deprived white. With the westward expansion‚ you were allowed to build your own empire no matter your primary status. Especially with the Homestead Act now in place‚ it made the West very promising. The Homestead Act was an act that assured 160

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    AMERICAN HOLOCAUST The other side of the story to our great American history is not as pretty as they teach us in grade school. The American Holocaust by David Stannard is a novel full of live excerpts from eyewitnesses to the genocide of the American Indians. He goes as far as to describe what life was most likely like before Europeans came to the Americas and obliterated the "Paradise" so described. Columbus even wrote how beautiful the places were in which he committed acts against the Natives

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    Economics Extended Response Outline how the production possibility frontier can be used to demonstrate opportunity cost and examine how the effects of unemployment and technical change on production in the economy. A production possibility frontier is a basic model that can examine the efficiency of an economy’s resource use‚ irrespective of the wants of that economy. A production possibility frontier is the simplest tool usable to demonstrate opportunity cost‚ at all possible combinations of

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    This paper is dedicated to the history of American Revolution and the War for Independence. The primary purpose of the survey given here is to carry out an analysis of the events of the late 18th century in the British colonies in North America on the basis of vast historical material published in the United States. The process that took place before and during the 1776-1783 period when 13 British colonies’ aspiration for independence broke out into the so-called War for Independence is very remarkable

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    “Jackson’s Frontier-and Turner’s” Historians are seen as individuals telling the common folks of the world‚ in this case the common folk of the United States‚ the events of the past. Historians do not just regurgitate facts‚ they create a narrative; mostly made up of facts‚ but also from their perspective. What individuals do not realize is historians do not miraculously know the information; they must research the information from evidence‚ from a certain period‚ making historians a type of

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    The history of American Literature starts well before this land was even called America. It has been a great evolution to come from tribal symbols and drawings to today’s Stephen King and Danielle Steele. Literature has gone through many phases and was impacted by great events and ideas in American history. The earliest form of literature in what would one day be known as America were far from what modern day people would consider "Literature". The Natives who inhabited this land first had unwritten

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    History is important because when (people) make mistakes whether is an experiment‚ invention‚ or a discovery it goes on record in order for others to learn from their mistakes. If mistakes are not marked on a books or movies then we are doom to repeat them. Throughout the years a lot of events have happen for example‚ the American Revolution‚ successful inventions such as the light bulb‚ and women rights. What would happen if none of this events occur or weren’t in writing? The American Revolutions

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    The frontier has always represented a part of American culture. The idea of moving west fundamentally created the identity of the United States. America overcame the Proclamation of 1763‚ Manifest Destiny accelerated expansion‚ and finally the Homestead Act promoted the movement towards the Pacific. Frederick Turner’s Frontier Thesis stated that the expanse of land beyond the eastern cities would act as a safety net for the tensions affecting the crowded seaboard‚ and to a degree‚ Turner was correct

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    Smith The Development of the West Terms 1. Frederick Jackson Turner was a historian who argued that the Frontier life promoted individualism‚ independence and social and political democracy. He said it made an important role in the creation of the American Society. 2. The population of buffalos started to decrease during the 19th century because of the Native American and American ways of living. They hunted buffalos for trade and other purposes instead of food. 3. Lakotas was a group

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