The French and Indian War marked a major turning point in American relations with Great Britain. Before the war‚ there was a period of neglect/disinterest with Britain and the colonies. Great Britain only seemed to be interested in the colonies maintaining the mercantilist policies and did not care for how the colonies decided how to govern/run themselves. After the war‚ there were major changes on the relations between the colonies and Great Britain in terms of British involvement in the colonies
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1 October 2013 Henry Knox: Major-General and First Secretary at War Henry Knox was an average man who through hard work and passion became a historical icon of war. Born in Boston in 1750‚ he and his parents William and Mary Knox struggled in poverty. While attending Boston Latin Grammar School in 1759‚ Henry’s father William passed away. Due to a poverty-stricken widowed mother and younger brother‚ Knox eventually left school to apprentice a bookbinder. By age 12 he became a clerk at a bookstore
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Thomas Corwin‚ "Against the Mexican War" (1847) Thomas Corwin was a Whig senator from Ohio. Many Whigs‚ especially northern Whigs‚ questioned the need for and wisdom of expansion. The Mexican-American War proved controversial and divisive. Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes because they would be used to support the war. That action and a subsequent essay‚ "On Civil Disobedience‚" became important precedents 120 years later during the Vietnam conflict. Corwin’s speech touches on key elements
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The French and Indian war lasted from 1756 to 1763. France made an expansion into the Ohio River valley which came to the attention of the British colonies. The French defeated George Washington‚ Edward Braddock‚ and Governor William Shirley during 1754 and 1755. In 1756 Britain declared war. The British leader William Pitt saw the war as a key to building the British empire. The British won their first victory at Louisburg in 1758 and later took Fort Frontenac. Then the British headed for Quebec
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persisted between the American colonies and Britain during 1774. From these problems‚ the thirteen colonies achieve their American independence in July 4th‚ 1776. While conflicts continue from 1774‚ there were several reasons that lead to the cause of the American revolutionary war. The American revolutionary war was caused by the stamp act‚ sugar act‚ and plenty of other ways Britain’s laws were used to take money from the thirteen colonies. After the French and Indian war in North America 1763
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In 1821‚ newly independent Mexico (from Spain) starts inviting American settlers into Texas to settle the Comanche-dominated territory. In the early 1830s‚ Mexico‚ doubtful of the settlers’ loyalty (whether it was to the U.S. or to Mexico)‚ stops immigration from the United States and outlaws slavery. In 1835‚ the Texas Revolution breaks out‚ which is ended by Texas’ victory in 1836. Although the Texans would petition for immediate annexation into the United States‚ concerns over slavery in
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American Civil War American Civil War‚ was a four-year war (1861–65) between the federal government of the United States and 11 Southern states that asserted their right to secede from the Union. The secession of the Southern states in 1860–61 and the ensuing outbreak of armed hostilities were the culmination of decades of growing sectional friction over the related issues of slavery‚ trade and tariffs‚ and the doctrine of states’ rights. This friction arose out of fundamental
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fact ‚ after the war of 1812. The Battle of New Orleans lasted from January 8th to January 18th. It was taken place in Chalmette Plantation ( five miles east - southeast of new orleans). It was also the last major battle of The War of 1812. The battle arose on January 8th and it arose because of problems between Britain and New Orleans. The root of the problem was the British already didn’t enjoy presence of America because of the colony problems. But‚ in Septembern 1814 an American navy vessel forced
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to inspire the American Revolution. In “Common Sense”‚ published in January 1776‚ Thomas Paine said that the Colonists should aim for complete independence from Britain. Among the arguments he used were that Britain governed the Americans for its own benefit‚ not theirs‚ and that‚ in any case‚ the distance between the two nations made governing from England very inefficient. The pamphlet sold in its thousands and was very influential. It helped to turn a local uprising into a War of Independence
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Abstract: This essay discusses why Nova Scotia failed to join the American Revolution. It discusses the social‚ political‚ economic‚ geographic‚ as well as religious factors that led to Nova Scotians’ lack of attachment to revolutionary ideology in the colonies. During the time of the American Revolution‚ Nova Scotia was geographically on the northeastern frontier of Massachusetts. No geographical feature separated Nova Scotia from Maine‚ which meant that the Canadian province was very much a part
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