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    between the French and the British. The feud was so great it lead into the French and Indian War. This nine year struddle finally came to a close in 1763. The war had altered every aspect of life in the American colonies and the European countries who ruled them. The French and Indian War greatly altered all areas of political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies such as making it a more strict and more organized government‚ the great debt that Britain was

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    Contents -Colonization and Trade p. 3-4 -Empire p. 4-5 -World Wars p.5-6 -Independence and Commonwealth p.6-7 -Thoughts p. 7 Colonization and trade In the 16-17th centuries‚ European superpowers began to establish colonies in other parts of the world outside Europe‚ such as Africa‚ America and India. Before the actual colonization in America began‚ fishing and trading companies had frequently used both Indian and American waters and traded with the locals. In the early 17th century

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    In the period between the settlement of the English in 1607 at Jamestown‚ Virginia and the end of the French and Indian war in 1763‚ a nation was being set up on this continent to take its place with the powers of the world. A variety of races and nationalities of emigrants came from Europe. The English were the first‚ next were the Scotch­Irish and the Germans. Also came the Swedes‚ Dutch‚ Welsh‚ Jews‚ French‚ and Irish. Lots of Africans were brought to do slave work too. All of these people came

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    For many years Americans across the country believed in manifest destiny. This is the belief that God wanted Americans to expand the United States to the Pacific Ocean. In addition‚ they were also pro-slavery. In spite of their ideals‚ there was one entity stopping them from fulfilling and continuing their beliefs ; Mexico. Although Mexico was precluding their aspirations‚ it didn’t give the United States the right to go to war. Going to war with Mexico was not justifiable for multiple reasons.

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    overproduction‚ limited possibilities for small farmers. Indentured servants were requiring Indians to be removed‚ in order to acquire more land. Berkeley has opposed it because Berkeley was profiting from the trade with Indians and was scared of the war. The rebellion began with a small series of Indian massacres‚ but shortly after‚ it turned into big a rebellion.

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    The Cold War is often thought of a war only between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America‚ however that is not the case. There were proxy wars in countries like Vietnam‚ Korea and Pakistan. The Cold War itself is a complicated subject that was seen as “good (capitalism)” vs. bad (communism)”‚ which in itself was a bad idea that wouldn’t allow for a case by case analysis of the conflicts around the world. But in a time of “Domino Theory”‚ President Eisenhower’s

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    Chen(Rain) Prof. Stafford HIS 130 02-28-2013 The Introduction of Slavery in the American Colonies When the history back to in 1607‚ English settlers established Jamestown as the first permanent English colony in the New World. Tobacco became the chief crop of the colony‚ due to the efforts of John Rolfe in 1611. Once it became clear that tobacco was going to drive the Jamestown colony‚ more labor was needed. The British settlers needed to find a labor force to work on its plantations

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    toward the successes of the North American Colonies. Even though European women tended to stay home‚ the work of African and Indian women in the colonies contributed to their successes. Women were servants‚ seamstresses‚ midwives‚ slaves‚ tavern

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    and Sumatra‚ Russia had influence over outer Mongolia‚ and the United States had influence in Japan and control over the Philippines‚ gained from the Spanish-American War. 8. The Europeans justified imperialism by claiming that they had a mission to civilize the uncivilized populations of the places

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    Was the american revolution justified? What events caused to lead up to the revolution? Yes the american revolution was justified.When any form of government becomes destructive of the unalienable rights it’s the people’s right to alter or abolish it. These eventually came into mention due to taxes the british government put on colonists and their reactions to it‚ Which the government had to add acts but that didn’t stop the colonists. Taxes‚ Money that paid for it’s war debts in the 1760’s‚ the

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