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    The Cherokee Indians had lived in northwest Georgia, but in the 1800s many whites begin to settle there. Georgia believed the state had the right to this land because it was within the borders of Georgia, but the Cherokee Indians had lived there for centuries and felt they had a right to the land. Many Cherokees adapted a more American lifestyle and some became plantation owners or store owners. The Cherokee Nation also created a constitution that was similar to the Constitution of the United…

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    Georgiana DiMola Ms. McEwan U.S. History 2111 19 September 2016 French and Indian War (Political, Economic, and Social Effects) The French and Indian War had a big impact on why the colonies became more unified as Americans and more driven away from Britain due to different political, economic and social factors after the war. The war affected them politically because throughout it the colonists were trying to head west to escape British control. Colonists realized that they needed their own…

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    you have turned out differently? What would you have missed learning without your personal cultural influences? The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830 to permit the elimination of Indian tribes to federal territory west of the Mississippi River. According to our text (McNamara & Burns) the government then held the belief that the Indians did not have the right to hinder progress within the public (McNamara & Burns, 2009, p. 126). If this act would…

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    The end of the French and Indian war called for celebration. Finally, the French and their Native Americans allies were no more. However the war also affected the relationship between the British and the colonists dramatically. From working together to complete chaos among them. Everything went downhill for the British.The war placed them in a huge debt. The British blamed the colonists for the debt. According to document 1, British authority argued that the colonists should pay for their…

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    The French Indian War started in 1756. The war is being fought between our colonies New France. Both sides are being supported by military help from their parent countries of Great Britain and France. At the start of the war, the French North American colonies had a population of 60,000 European settlers, compared with 2 million in our colonies. The French have mostly relied on the help of their Native American allies. The war is being fought along the frontiers between New France and our…

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    The French and Indian War, that was taking place in 1754-63, altered the political, economic, and ideological relationship between Britain and its American colonies in many ways. This war led British government to really high debt, so parliament decided put taxes on the American colonies but the colonist didn't feel fair that the mother country in which they were not represented should tax them. The colonists boycotted, that brought up feelings of resentment toward Britain.…

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    Non-conformists Mahatma Gandhi once said “Be the change that you want to see in the world” (Gandhi). If there is a single quote that can summarize the idea of going against the status quo this is that quote. The phrase “Be the change” suggests that someone as an individual must go against the norm in order to make a difference. Gandhi saw problem in the world he lived in and instead of doing nothing in order to stay out of trouble he made himself stand out. He spoke out when nobody else would…

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    attack on the United Sates, known as “9/11”. He had two planes crash in to our world trade centers and one crash in to the pentagon. One plane was taken over by our brave patriots and crashed in a reclaimed strip mine in Stonycreek Township, near Indian Lake and Shanksville in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, about 65 miles southeast of Pittsburgh and 130 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.. Osama had been on the U.S. ‘Most Wanted’ list of more than a decade. On May 2, 2011, American…

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    Preceding the French and Indian War relations between Britain and the North American colonies was previously strained. Although Britain allowed the North American colonies to govern themselves contributing little government and Political actives in the North America colonies affaires. Since the crowning of James II the colonies tension with Britain had grown. As a result insubordination established during the French and Indian war, between Britain and the colonies decreasing Britain’s chance at…

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    Siege of Boonesborough - September 7-17 1778 In 1775 Daniel Boone blazed his way into central Kentucky. He built a fort near the Kentucky River and christened it, Fort Boone. Soon American settlers began to move westward,they started settling at Fort Boone. With the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Hamilton ordered the British to arm the local Native tribes and Loyalists with weapons, and encouraged them to attack the American settlers in Kentucky. In February of…

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