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    The American Revolution changed the social‚ political‚ and economic aspects of the United States in the period from 1775 to 1800. Events of the American Revolution directly impacted the social‚ political‚ and economic development of American society. Successful revolutions have always changed individual societies to the demands of the revolutionaries. Revolutions have a possibility of supporting the whole society or a development of rule by the few as a result‚ a revolution will always cause some

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    DBQ Many things lead up to the Revolution such as the Quarter Act(1775)‚ the sugar act(1776)‚ the stamp act(1775) etc. The colonies felt like they were being treated unfair and so they rebelled against Great Britain. The revolutionary war had begun between the thirteen colonies and England on April 19‚ 1775 where the first shots were in Lexington and concord‚ Massachusetts. The treaty of Paris ended the war on 1783 and finally the colonies had won their independence. On July 4th 1776 where Great

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    The American Revolution was one of the most important revolutions in the world‚ but there is evidence that says that nothing really happened from it. I believe that the American Revolution was not revolutionary because not all people were equally free‚ and all the changes actually happened in the Americas occurred when the British first colonized America. In the Declaration of Independence‚ Thomas Jefferson states‚ “We hold these truths to be self evident‚ that all men are created equal…”. Looking

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    The French Revolution The American Revolution was not as revolutionary as the French Revolution. The French Revolution was mostly about having basic facilities and independence provided to all the people. All of this began because the monarch was not looking after his people properly. So the people wanted to remove the king from his position. This revolution was also about the people demanding for justice and equality‚ while the American Revolution was about driving the British away from their country

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    The Importance of the American Revolution Though the US version of revolutionary republicanism has been constantly criticized by the spectators of Europe and Asia ever since its establishment‚ many purposely ignore the significance of American liberalism and socialism and how the movement for independence pushed the world forward. The basic concepts of civil‚ economic‚ and federal freedoms was set up in America‚ as well as in France and Poland. America’s fight was extremely crucial‚ because as

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    Gilbert “Gil” Scott Heron was an African-American poet and musician renowned for his spoken word on political and social issues in the United States. One of Heron’s most famous works was The Revolution will not be televised published in 1970 with his band group “Black & Blues”. The poem was not initially considered poetry instead it was considered a song‚ until its spoken word by Heron. During the 1970’s‚ President Nixon‚ a biased and unreasonable leader‚ had control of America. Many bills were passed

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    Comparative Essay: American and French Revolutions The Atlantic revolutions had a big impact on the development of world history. Starting with the American Revolution‚ where Americans fought for their independence from Great Britain‚ each subsequent revolution took ideas and courage from the previous one. A similarity of the first two Revolutions‚ the French and the American‚ was that they were both erected from an economic crisis. Some differences were that the French‚ right after their monarchy

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    Emily Thou Mr. G./ Period 1 September 14‚ 2012 Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution began in 1755 as an open conflict between the thirteen colonies and Great Britain. The Treaty of Paris had ended that war in 1783‚ giving the colonies their own independence. There are many factors contributing to the start of the Revolution‚ but the war began as the way The Great Britain treated the colonies versus the way the colonies felt they should be treated. For example‚ the French

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    deliberating I analyzed that word‚ cool‚ and thought‚ "Who better to do a report on than the one who revolutionized that word. Who‚ you ask may that be? Jack Kerouac‚ "The King of The Beats"‚ and one of the founding fathers of the Beat Generation. The American writer Jack Kerouac became the leading chronicler of the beat generation‚ a term that he used to label a social and literary movement in the 1950s. After studying briefly at Columbia University‚ he achieved fame with his spontaneous and alternative

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    The American Revolution was the revolution of the English colonies in North America that occurred between 1775 and 1783‚ which resulted in the establishment of the United States . It started when the political relations between the Thirteen British Colonies in North America and England deteriorated. One of the events that lead up to the Revolutionary War was England changing their policies towards The Colonies. England wanted the Colonies to pay half of the costs of the Seven Year’ War and financially

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