...If they mean to have war, let it begin here.¨ - John Parker (1729-1775). I feel the Revolutionary War was revolutionary with things bad that happened along the way. The war was revolutionary because it allowed independence to come to all the colonists, and allowed them to part away from Britain. The commander-in-chief during this war was George Washington. George Washington played a very big role and was in charge of making decisions, but kept his plan secret from his own men. The person that was mainly by his side through it all was Friedrich Von Steuben. George Washington chose Von Steuben because of how strong and fearless he was. Washington's soldiers were trained by Von Steuben to be less fearful and stronger than ever before. Something...
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...University of Phoenix Material Causes and Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. |Pre-war event |Description |Contribution to the Revolutionary War | |French and Indian War|Also known as the Seven Years’ War, this New World conflict marked another |The French and Indian War helped lead to the Revolutionary War in two ways. | | |chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France’s | | | |expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims |First funding this war lead to a huge national debt for Great Britain, which they felt | | |of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British |the Americans should help pay. Parliament decided to service the debt by passing the | | |declaration of war in 1756. Boosted by the financing of future Prime Minister |stamp act, a terrible failure that angered citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, which | | |William Pitt, the British turned the tide with victories at Louisbourg, Fort |started the rift...
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...The American Revolution is perhaps the most important war in the entirety of U.S. History. The Revolutionary War would lead to the realization of America as a sovereign nation in the eyes of their former rulers: England. Throughout the Revolutionary War, artillery was used in many major and minor battles. Perhaps the most prominent example of ways artillery swayed the course of the war, would have to be during The Battle of Yorktown, the last major land battle of the American Revolution. The Battle of Yorktown took place on or around the dates of 28 September through 19 October 1781 in three major phases; the initial bombardment, the assault on the redoubts, and the final bombardment. Throughout the course of the battle, a plethora of different...
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...America was founded on disobedience. What if the Revolutionary War had never happened because people didn't have the courage to disobey? Would there even be an America? If not for disobedience, would America still have slaves? If not for civil disobedience, would we still have segregation? As I ponder these questions, I come to the conclusion that resistance, particularly peaceful resistance, positively impacts a free society. Henry David Thoreau once stated, "Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?" When I think of peaceful resistance, I think of Rosa Parks, Alice Paul, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mahatma Gandhi....
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...through the Revolutionary war brought a sense of pride, patriotism and unity to the new United States. The British had long dictated the path of the Americas in order to bring about prosperity for Great Britain with little regard for the Americas. The Revolutionary war ended that or so the United States thought. As the new nation forged its own path to recognition as a sovereign nation based freedom and liberty, there were continuous internal conflicts over the balance of governmental powers, military preparedness, westward expansion, economic prosperity, slavery and diplomacy with other nations. The War of 1812, also known as the second war of independence, or rather the end of the war, reignited passion in the hearts and souls of all Americans with a little help from a General Andrew Jackson and forced Great Britain to respect all the rights the United States deserved as a nation. The Napoleonic War was waging in Europe between Great Britain and France. The United States had full intentions of remaining neutral throughout the conflict. The attempts of the United States to carry on normal trade relations with both Great Britain and France were nearly impossible. Great Britain and France continuously interfered in the commercial trade routes in Europe and the world with blockades and seizures. The use of impressments and requirements for trade were Great Britain’s way of ignoring the rights the United States has as a nation and the right to remain neutral in times of war. In Napoleon’s...
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...known as the Texas Rebellion or Texas War of Independence, begun on October 2nd, 1835, and ended on April 21st, 1836. The last battle, the Battle of San Jacinto, was the battle that ended Santa Anna’s (the dictator of Mexico) war on the Texans. Texans wanted freedom from Santa Anna and Mexico because they had become bankrupt under the rule of Mexico and thought that if they had their own republic, that they would be able to regain a healthier financial status. Sam Houston was the main general in the Battle of San Jacinto, winning the war for Texas. San Jacinto is close to the city of Houston, the town that is named after him for his efforts in creating the Republic of Texas. On October 2nd, 1835, the Texan Army attacked in the battle that was called the Battle of Gonzales. The Mexicans retreated early, with two Mexican soldiers getting killed and one Texan soldier was injured because he fell off his horse during the battle. On October 3rd and 4th the Texan Army regrouped and continued to gather in Gonzales. General Martín Perfecto de Cos, Santa Anna’s brother-in-law, was shocked to find out that the Texan Army had won the battle, and rushed to Bexar. He left on the journey with over half of his soldiers, but because of transportation issues, most of his war supplies stayed in the city of La Bahía, where he had been living. The Texans, unaware that Cos had left the city of La Bahía, took a big step and attacked the city, hoping to capture Cos and kill most of the soldiers there...
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...The American Revolutionary War Consider the words of Thomas Pain when he wrote “These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer solider and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrinks from the service of his country: but he that stands it NOW deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” The Independence war all started because of tyranny and major British taxation. The Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the outcome of the war were just some the major stances colonists took to a take stand against Great Britain to make the 13 colonies independent. These are the words of a true patriot. He has risked his life to severe this country. He was one of many soldiers in the War of Independence. The Independence War...
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...Iraq Monica Brown History January 23, 2012 Mr. Fitzsimmons Fact sheet National name: Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah Current government officials Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian Ethnicity/race: Arab 75%–80%, Kurdish 15%–20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5% Religions: Islam 97% (Shiite 60%–65%, Sunni 32%–37%), Christian or other 3% National Holiday: Revolution Day, July 17 Literacy rate: 74% (2003 est.) Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2009 est.): $112 billion; per capita $3,600. Real growth rate: 4.3%. Inflation: 6.8%. Unemployment: 15.2%. Arable land: 13%. Agriculture: wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton; cattle, sheep, poultry. Labor force: 7.4 million; agriculture n.a., industry n.a., services n.a. Industries: petroleum, chemicals, textiles, leather, construction materials, food processing, fertilizer, metal fabrication/processing. Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur. Exports: $38 billion (2009): crude oil (83.9%), crude materials excluding fuels (8.0%), food and live animals (5.0%). Imports: $55.4 billion (2009): food, medicine, manufactures. Major trading partners: U.S., Spain, Italy, Canada, Syria, Turkey, Jordan (2006). Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 1.547 million (2005); mobile cellular: 10.9 million (2007). Radio broadcast stations: after 17 months of unregulated media growth, there are approximately 80 radio stations on the air inside...
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...To The Shores of Tripoli Muslim foes. Kidnappings. How the Barbary Wars foreshadowed things to come By CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Within days of his March 1801 inauguration as the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson ordered a naval and military expedition to North Africa, without the authorization of Congress, to put down regimes involved in slavery and piracy. The war was the first in which the U.S. flag was carried and planted overseas; it saw the baptism by fire of the U.S. Marine Corps—whose anthem boasts of action on "the shores of Tripoli"—and it prefigured later struggles with both terrorism and jihad. The Barbary States of North Africa—Algiers, Tunis, Morocco and Tripoli (today's Libya)—had for centuries sustained themselves by preying on the maritime commerce of others. Income was raised by direct theft, the extortion of bribes or "protection" and the capture of crews and passengers to be used as slaves. The historian Robert Davis, in his book Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast and Italy, 1500-1800, estimates that as many as 1.25 million Europeans and Americans were enslaved. The Barbary raiders—so called because they were partly of Berber origin—struck as far north as England and Ireland. It appears, for example, that almost every inhabitant of the Irish village of Baltimore was carried off in 1631. Samuel Pepys and Daniel Defoe...
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...Art, a seminal expression of culture and identity in the US, has become a strong weapon for activists aiming to spread their message. One notable work which did just that is Faith Ringgold’s 1967 painting The American People Series #18, The Flag is Bleeding. The painting expressed that the United States was “bleeding” on account of an internal wound caused by division and inequality. However, the painting is not one of despair, but one of hope and empowerment. The Flag is Bleeding not only emphasizes disparities between sexes, but also between races and even social classes. The work of Ringgold and other artists and activists of the time helped to perpetuate civil rights movements of all types, aiding in the United States’ ultimate decisions to implement major changes in federal and state legislation, and thus saving this bleeding country. Nowadays, the fight for women’s rights can be seen through the work of Holly Wagner, a key figure in modern-day women’s theology. Wagner has worked and contributed significantly to feminist theology, which challenges traditional interpretations of the Bible...
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...of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. The nation continues to make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that the opposition defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) was sworn in on 1 December 2000 as the first chief executive elected in free and fair elections.Geography Situated in the southwestern part of mainland North America and roughly triangular in shape, Mexico stretches more than 3000 km from northwest to southeast. Its width is varied, from more than 2000 km in the north and less than 220 km at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the south. Mexico is bordered by the United States to the north, and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast. Mexico is about one-fourth the size of the United States. Baja California in the west is an 1,250-km peninsula and forms the Gulf of California. In the east are the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche...
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...Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). This small, underground, revolutionary body planned and directed the insurrection in 1916. The truly dynamic element was a tiny minority within this organization; they were acting on the old republican principle: ‘England’s difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity’. In August 1915, this group formed the IRB Military Council. It was eventually composed of seven members – Thomas Clarke, Sean MacDermott, Patrick Pearse, Eamonn Ceannt, Joseph Plunkett, James Connolly, and Thomas MacDonagh. All seven approved and signed the Proclamation, and together they declared themselves to be the ‘Provisional Government’ of the Irish Republic when the Rising began. They were aided throughout by an Irish-American organization, Clan na Gael, which shared their aims and provided virtually the only channel of contact between the insurgents and Germany, from whom they hoped to receive military backing. The IRB was too small in number and covert in operation to precipitate a full-scale rising. For this purpose, it hoped to use the Irish Volunteer Force (IVF). This organization had been formed in 1913 by moderate nationalists, impressed by the impact of the Ulster Volunteer Force and frustrated by the delay in Britain granting Ireland self-government. It had recruited 180,000 men by mid-1914, but then formally split over whether its volunteers should enlist in British Forces and fight in the European war. Its more extreme rump of 11,000 men strongly opposed this...
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...DAG Group Case Study Chris and Val are MBA students recently graduated. Upon consideration of the dry cleaning industry they realised an opportunity within the market as ‘an industry that is fragmented, undifferentiated, has low entry barriers, and is something that people use all the time’. They had a vision to create the DAG group ‘superstores of dry-cleaning’ and offer quality efficient service and consistency in an otherwise deteriorating industry that had become a price war battle between stores to gain customers. Lack of funds kicked back into poorly presented stores, unhappy employees, bad service, low customer retention rate and poorly maintained equipment. Due to the lack of substitution in the market and high demand for its convenience, especially by working population who have an 80% share of the customer base and revenues, the industry is still worth a cool 4 Billion. There has been zero innovation in the industry in regard to technology, supplies and process. The solvents used and consequent hazardous waste emissions produced by dry cleaning is expensive to dispose of and also currently faces possible future regulation changes in its disposal methods. Should this occur, it will require additional investment that majority of the 95% proprietary owned stores are not willing to pay due to the decline in recent business. Dry cleaners suppliers are few and the possibility to source from alternative suppliers possibly abroad is not explored due to lack of motivation...
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...Course: European Political History Required Sources: A History of Modern Europe 1789-1981, 7th Edition, H.L. Peacock (available at GAU library) The Pneguin History of the World, 3rd Edition, by J.M. Roberts (available at GAU library) Recommended Sources: Donald Kagan et al: A Political History of Europe, since 1814 by Charles Seignobos, S. M. Macvane, The Western Heritage, Brief Edition, 2003 Websites: The course focuses on European history from the early 17th century to the end of the Second World War. The following aspects of political history of five selected countries - France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Spain- are covered : early kingdoms, unification, nationalism movements, political philosophies, conferences, alliance systems and conflicts which had an impact on Europe during the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries.Topics such as the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Concert of Europe, and the two world wars will also be discussed. Special emphasis will be placed on the relationship between the rise of liberalism and nationalism, the industrial revolution, and the emergence of modern political systems in Europe. Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Political history of France : Chapter 2 Political history of Germany: Chapter 3 Political history of Great Britain: Chapter 4 Political history of Italy: Chapter 5 Political history of Spain: Introduction In studying political history of European states, we put a focus on the beginning of...
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...Abstract Global terrorism would appear to be the curse of our modern society. Turn on any television and world news will be reporting on an act of terror or its consequences. Prime examples of this include the destruction of the World Trade Centre, the bombing of the Underground system in London, the Mumbai nightclub bombings to name but a few of the more prominent events over the last decade. These acts have crystallized the focus of public attention to ensure that the topic of terrorism will remain high on the global political agenda for many years to come. However, terrorism is not a new phenomenon. On a global scale, terrorism has been alive and well for many decades. What has changed is the emergence of the global financial market and the modus operendi of the modern day terrorist groups. A terrorist act of sinking a crude oil carrier in the Straits of Hormuz for example, could have a direct impact on the price of crude oil and petroleum on the world market, to say nothing of shipping carrier prices and maritime insurance. Like ripples in a pond, the act would have far reaching consequences. Quantifying terrorism has now become an important tool both for the financial sectors 9who use it predominantly for insurance based risk analysis and also for government bodies who could use it for spotting emerging trends in terrorism and therefore investing in anti and counter terror procedures. So why might it be difficult to quantify terrorism? This paper attempts to answer...
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