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    Working with evidence 1. Follow the steps to analyze the question: Look for Time‚ Task and Content. a. Analyze the political‚ diplomatic‚ and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775–1787. 2. Sort through the list of evidence provided and categorize it into the three categories asked for in the prompt. Add rows if needed. If necessary‚ use all the resources available to you to research unfamiliar material. Political

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    Question: Why did so many people move to colonial America? In the 1600s‚ immigration began. Throughout the 1600 and 1700s‚ the population in colonial America increased rapidly. This was caused by a variety of reasons: enslavement‚ economy‚ exportation‚ religious purification‚ and freedom from the English government. One of the main reasons Africans immigrated to America was because they were either coerced or forced to come to the colonies from Africa as slaves. In Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting

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    How did the Westward Expansion Affect Native Americans? The westward expansion affected the Plain Natives greatly. Education and jobs were shifted majorly during the westward movement which led to a completely different way of life. All of a sudden they were introduced to schools‚ when in the past they only learned from experience. They were familiarized to tradesmen jobs and farming‚ when previously it was limited to hunting for men and being a housewife for women. The Plain Indians used to learn

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    the following question. "How did the industrial revolution impact westward expansion". Without the industrial revolution impact on westward expansion we would not have the America we see today. The industrial revolution took place between 1760 and 1840 around the world. The westward expansion took place from 1807 to 1912. Without the industrial revolution‚ westward expansion would have failed. Without the westward expansion America would be very different today but how did this come about. Firstly I

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    The most underrated factor of westward expansion would have to be the railroad. Many would think of the most important factor as the gold rush of 1848‚ but before mass droves of people could move westward‚ an easier way of traveling had to be constructed and railroads were the answer. Before railways‚ the Oregon Trail lead people from major cities like Independence‚ Missouri to Oregon City or Sacramento in Oregon and California. This ‘train’ of sorts moved as low as 350‚000 people across America

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    The difference in religious opinions was not the only thing taking place at this time‚ England was also in the midst of a social crisis. The economic growth was not able to keep up with the population growth that was taking place. So many thought the move to the colonies‚ to Virginia‚ would bring about a better way of life‚ and that farming

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    Slavery in the 1800’s played a huge role in a lot of authors writings during the time period. Writing about slavery wasn’t something most authors took lightly. For instance‚ Harriet Beacher Stowe‚ after traveling to a slave state one day and seeing just what goes on when trading slaves forever changed to view on it and you can see and feel that in her writings. Fredrick Douglass was also a writer who wrote about slavery in his story “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ 1845”. Douglas

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    Lourdes Garcia M‚ W‚ F 8:00am How did industrialization impact America after 1800? Why did the industrial revolution happen? How did it change America? What parts of America were most affected? In the 1800’s America had a big boom with their population‚ their income‚ the growth of jobs‚ laws‚ commerce‚ and movements‚ and it began to evolve into a country of hard working people of long hour jobs who would work to make a living and drive the American economy forward‚ also known as the Industrial

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    increase and so on) forever changed the lifestyles of millions of people. So far no one has figured out why the Industrial Revolution was delayed until around the 1800.Even though there are many different theories trying to solve the puzzle of the Industrial Revolution all of them face some problems and Gregory Clark tells us about the main theories and gives us his reasoning as to why explaining the Industrial Revolution is an almost impossible challenge. Since the industrial boom had such

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    The westward expansion‚ which started in the 1820s‚ was one of the biggest steps forward our country has ever taken. It nearly tripled the size of our country and increased the population by monstrous amounts. It also improved the economy greatly though agricultural means‚ prompted political leaders to sent people to explore (Lewis and Clark)‚ started a civil war‚ motivated huge amounts of people to move west‚ and almost destroyed our country. The expansion was magnified greatly by the

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