Barbary Coast War 9.2 The Barbary Coast War or Tripoli War involved Americans that sold crops and natural resources to astronomers in Europe. The African countries, Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli were small countries but were big known pirates. After the American Revolutionary war, those pirates began attacking American ships in the Mediterranean sea. Between the years of 1801 to 1815, President Thomas Jefferson was very reluctant to pay “tribute money” to protect merchant ships from pirates
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to finance and bring the community up to par with modern day education (Krakauer 3). After some cross referencing and combing through the alleged "facts" with a fine toothed comb, Jon Krakauer discovered that Greg Mortenson was not being completely honest. He states, "It's a compelling creation myth, one that he has repeated in thousands of public appearances and media interviews. The problem is, it's precisely that: a myth" (Krakauer 6). It wasn’t until a year later that Mortenson visited the village
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In 2007, Three Cups of Tea had signaled much confusion. One individual, Greg Mortenson, helped publish Three Cups of Tea and his fabrication could be seen throughout the book. A few individuals had seen the lies and took action. CBS and Jon Krakauer reported about Greg Mortenson’s lies in 60 Minutes. After that, NBC had interviewed Mortenson, confirming that he lied in his book. Greg Mortenson fabricated his story, he also built schools for children in the Middle East. Mortenson should be punished
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Near Boston Common an elm tree grew, which stood as a place where colonists opposed to Britain could rally. This tree is known as the Liberty Tree, and inspired the Liberty Tree flag. In 1765 the Stamp Act was passed which caused an uproar in the colonies. The elm tree was official known as the Liberty Tree after the Sons of Liberty hanged in effigy two tax collectors in that tree. After that, protests met at the Liberty much more regularly. The Sons of Liberty placed a flag pole within the branches
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The British considered Parliament to be superior to all of the colonial assemblies. This was evident because Parliament created each colony, issued their charters, and in most of the cases created their assemblies. Parliament had the right to dismiss any colonial legislation, which means they were clearly superior to the colonial legislatures. England sent Royal Governors to the colonies to represent the interests of Parliament and the Crown to the colonial legislatures. These governors could also
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The song “Yankee Doodle” is a primary source that hails from the period of the American Revolution. It was originally sang by the British troops as they marched to the first battle of the Revolutionary War, but the rebel troops stole it as their own and changed the verses. Consequently, there are many variations of the “Yankee Doodle” song; each with new verses created by the American rebel army. Henceforth, each version carries a different purpose. For instance, the original version sang by the
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all which was highly exaggerated. A little while after the Boston Massacre came the Tea Act, which technically lowered the price of tea, but nonetheless angered the colonists. In the colonists’ eyes, the British Parliament taxed an international item as a way to show their power. In response to the Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty organized the Boston tea Party where they dressed as Indians and poured 342 chests of tea into the Boston River. That angered King George, so he placed the Intolerable
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1. Were the colonists fighting for liberty, equality, and democracy? Explain. The colonists were considered British citizens back then, however they are treated lower than the British citizens in Britain. Also, they have to listen to the England’s orders and hence they decided to fight back for Liberty, Equality and Democracy. 2. Were the colonists justified in their rebellion against England? Whether the colonist’s rebellion are justified or not can be seen on both sides, for the side that they
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The Boston Massacre was a fight between some Patriots and British soldiers that took place on March 5th, 1770, after the repealing of most Townsend Acts. After the soldiers stopped shooting, five Patriots were killed and ten were injured. The Boston Massacre was a small tragedy that was caused by disobedient and undisciplined British Soldiers. According to the testimony of Benjamin Burdick, a watchman who was at the scene of the Boston Massacre, he had asked one of the British soldiers if he
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In Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson emphasizes the importance of perseverance and helping others through his own experience in educating the children, more specifically girls, residing in Pakistan. When Mortenson's goals of scaling the second highest peak in the world, the K2, failed, he lost his sense of direction. On his intense expedition down the mountain, Mortenson found himself wandering through a rural and hidden town named Korphe. There he discovered that the few male children who attended
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