Did you know that the Revolutionary War is like a parent and child fighting? The Americans (the child) are fighting the British(the parent) and the British keep giving them punishments like more tax. By December‚ 1777 over 1800 soldiers had died and by March‚ over 900 more soldiers had died. That means a total of over 2700 soldiers died in all‚ that is quite a bit of soldiers dying! The colonists did not even have good clothes or shoes and became very sick. I have decided not to reenlist for
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What if the Civil War had not happened? The slavery system in the North America will die out slowly later because of the trend of the times or it will continuously spread out its influence to non-slaved states. It is difficult to find the most exact situation in this case. However‚ the human beings know that the slavery had existed for a long time before it was abolished completely. Surprisingly‚ 1981 is the year the last country‚ Mauritania‚ abolished slavery1. The end of Civil War is in 1865‚ meaning
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The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War scarred America’s self image by because this was the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish what they planned to do in war. The war also had great effects on the American people. It was the first war ever broadcast on TV. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield. The Vietnam conflict began long before the U.S. actually
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There are several things that play into why the Civil War started‚ although the overall burning issue was slavery. Many people argue that the Civil War started over states rights. But when you look at it the states rights were to abolish or protect slavery. This problem seemed to arise as the north became more industrialized and the south stayed predominately agricultural based. As the north began to look towards a city life people began to work together as one. In the south cotton had become a very
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The civil war was fought for many reasons‚ After Abraham lincoln was elected in 1860 the South feared that he would abolish slavery so the South seceded from the Union.( Civil War Trust 1). The union wanted to stay in tact‚ (Civil War Trust 1). So the North did not see a legitimate reason for secession. (Civil War Trust 1). The two sides had also been drifting apart because of their cultural and economic differences. ( Guelzo 1 ). The North was advancing industrially and the South was growing agriculturally
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Why did the South Lose the Civil War? Beginning as a battle of army versus army‚ the war became a conflict of society against society. In this kind of war‚ the ability to mobilize economic resources‚ the effectiveness of political leadership‚ and a society’s willingness to keep up the fight despite setbacks‚ are as crucial to the outcome as success or failure on the battlefields. Unfortunately for the Southern planters‚ by the spring of 1865‚ the South was exhausted‚ and on April 9‚ Lee surrendered
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Why did the U.S enter the Vietnam War? Background: Much of Vietnam was occupied by France before ww2‚ but these French territories were lost during the War as the Japanese set up a puppet regime in this time. The French tried to regain their former territories around the Early 50s‚ but failed in their attempt as they were defeated by the Communist general Vo Nguyen Giap. They left behind them a buffer zone splitting the North and South of Vietnam. After French troops had withdrawn the Vietnamese
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trust‚ accepted people and did not get into wars that did not involve us. Even though we came from Europe‚ why get into the fights that they frequently go into? On June 28‚ 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was killed‚ forcing countries to pick a side. The assassination of Franz and the forcing of choosing a side would ignite one of the largest and deadliest wars in history. Although the world was at war‚ America tried to remain neutral and stay out of it. What is the point of
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was slavery. The north side was against slavery while the south was for it. This event was called the civil war and it’s crazy to think that the north side v.s the south side of the same country would be fighting against each other! Texas as well fought in this long battle and was part of the south. But‚ why did Texas fight in the civil war? One of the reasons why Texas fought in the civil war was to protect their state’s rights. At the Texas Secession Convention in Austin‚ Texas it was stated that
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Why did English civil War start? In this essay I am going to clarify why the civil war started. A civil war is a conflict fought between inhabitants of the same country. In this case the two sides that fought against each other in England were King Charles I’s side and Parliament’s side. The main reasons for going to war were parts of these three main topics: Money‚ Religion and Power. There were many reasons for the civil war‚ some of the proceedings of 1642 were the grand remonstrates made by
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