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    1. Alexander Hamilton’s economic program was designed primarily to (A) prepare the United States for war in the event Britain failed to vacate its posts in the Northwest (B) provide a platform for the fledgling Federalist Party’s 1792 campaign (C) establish the financial stability and credit of the new government (D) ensure northern dominance over the southern states in order to abolish slavery (E) win broad political support for his own candidacy for the presidency in 1792 2. The development

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    What is a revolution? According to the online dictionary‚ a revolution is “an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.” Knowing this we can ask ourselves what were the colonist goals whenever they started the rebellions and protests? Did they start out wanting to completely overthrow their government? Not knowing every colonist’s thoughts makes it hard to have a set yes or no if the latter was what was planned.

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    A common misconception is that the American Revolution was a war fought to gain independence from the tyranny of King George. The American Revolution was no such thing‚ but it was a political movement that wanted change. The American Revolution included all things from the Boston tea party to the intolerable acts. These acts brought out a dramatic change in the colonies. The American Revolution brought about tremendous change by transforming the colonists who were no longer subject to the crown‚

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    There was multiple methods that could have been applied to prevent turmoil and chaos from happening‚ this could prevented the American Revolution. However‚ the American Revolution was inevitable‚ the amount of abuse that was inflicted on the people from the king himself took the basic liberties away from their society which soon led to the uprising. Also the ignorance that came from the political figures and parliament fueled the fire that was within the colonists‚ they finally took back what was

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    explain why the revolution started‚ but out of all the schools I agree the most with the Imperial School. The Imperial School is the result of the clash of two empires‚ the British and the Americans‚ with different viewpoints. The British wanted to have control over the Americans while the Americans wanted to be independent from the British‚ a free nation. This clash in viewpoints resulted in revolution which later results in America’s independence and transformation in society. Americans were guided

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    The American Revolution was an extremely important event in history; social‚ political and economic aspects all helped develop a very strong revolutionary spirit within the colonists of America. It helped enlightenment philosophers like John Locke or Benjamin Franklin to step up and lead the revolution politically with great success. All these aspects made the American Revolution the historical landmark that it is today; it symbolizes the way that Americans came together to become independent and

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    Q: Was the American Revolution inevitable or could it have been avoided? A revolution is an overthrow of a tyrannical ruler or political system. Colonial America‚ once abused by mother Britain‚ became a strong‚ independent country after the inevitable American Revolution. The British had treated colonists unfairly through the policy of salutary neglect -which was their way of keeping them under control by avoiding strict law enforcement (a positive outcome of salutary neglect was that it established

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    Even with both the English and the Americans willing to compromise and make deals‚ it would have been very hard to prevent the War for independence. The American enlightenment‚ however‚ could have been stopped. A large majority of Americans wanted independence from England mainly because of the way they were being ruled. Of the Americans that wanted to break away were from many backgrounds‚ they came from all over the social ladder and from all over the world. If they didn’t all come together to

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    The American Revolution was fought from 1775 to 1783‚ between [former] colonies and british soldiers. The revolution was fought so that the colonist could get from under the british government which they felt was overbearing and had been misusing their powers. The revolution which ended in seventeen eighty-three with the signing of the treaty of Paris. The former colonies where now their own individual entity‚ they were now Americans; living in the newly renamed United States. Post- American Revolution

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    Economic and social factors could be said to have played a prominent role in the coming to power of Mao‚ in that discontent was heavily influenced by peasants’ extremely poor economic situations as a result of both inflation and exploitation‚ which generated animosity towards the upper classes and hence the entire feudalistic system‚ as well as giving Mao an opportunity to appeal to the desperation of the peasants‚ for whom the prospect of his leadership in their eyes promised an infinitely more

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