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    FINAL ESSAY Chicano Literature has been around since the 1800s after the Mexican war . Mexican American Literature is stories that writers talk about their ethnic identities through Chicano culture situations and characters. They are their own culture, who take traditions and customs from Mexico and American and make up their own history with it. They try to identify themselves with one culture or the other, the food, the customs, traditions and many other things. The boundaries that define a Chicano/a

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    defeated by the American colonies, portrayed as David, the presumed underdog of the fight. Almost a guaranteed triumph for Goliath, David shocked the masses with the slingshot projectile that crushed the behemoth. However, in America’s case, it was not the ballistics that overcame the best military in the world; it was France. The European nation’s support to the forming union was the ultimate factor in their independence. France was the determinant for America’s success in the war against Britain

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    Advantages and reasons why the American colonists won over the British in The American Revolution During the American Revolution, The British and the American colonists had many difficulties and challenges to overcome. Both sides had great disadvantages and advantages, but the in the end the colonists had the most advantages and won their independence from the British. Some of the most important reasons the colonists won was that they were fighting on their own continent and knew the land better

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    Inca Artillery

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    The Spanish artillery out matched the Aztec and Incas. Their forces were no match for the number of Aztec and Inca men but because of the Spanish artillery. There is an example of the Inca civilisation where there were 200 spanish soldiers against 50,000 Inca warriors. The Spanish soldiers terrorised the native Americans by firing their rifles. Which caused the natives to believed that the soldiers could create thunder. Crossbows were also used but uncommon because they were slow to load and could

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    causes and consequences of the Spanish civil war? The Spanish Civil War had been majorly caused by a series of long-term events and short-term events which had contributed to its outbreak in July 17th, 1936. The consequences of the Spanish Civil War may be divided in terms of its effect on Spain and its effect upon the rest of the world. Paul Preston argues that the war had been influenced by a series of events, which had built up until the final eruption of the war in 1936. Preston argues that

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    Spanish Civil War began in 1936 as a military revolt against the Republican government of Spain. Civil war broke out when the military coupe did not work out. Nationalists, those that were revolting, were supported by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Republicans, those that were protecting Spain, received some aid from the Soviet Union and volunteers from Europe and the United States. Nationalists heavily outnumbered the Republicans in manpower and firepower mostly because of all the resources Germany

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    This essay will discuss five significant developments in American History from discovery until 1877. They are as follows: The American Revolution (1775-1783), the signing of the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Ratification of the Constitution (1787), the Louisiana Purchase (1803), and the Civil War (1861-1865). Though American history has experienced many developments over the years, it is the firm belief of the author that these five developments were instrumental in propelling thirteen

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    Thesis Questions: 1) Analyze The challenges Native Americans faced in both allying with and waging war against European settlers. Be sure to reference different regions. In the New World of intense commercial competitions, as the conflicts spread to the mainland, these tension started to drew on the Native Americans. During the war of the Spanish Succession 1702-1713, also known as the Queen Anne’s War, sparked the tensions between Britain against France

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    4190 08 Feb 2015 William A. Williams, The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (New York City, USA: W.W. Norton, 2009). In The Tragedy of American Diplomacy, William Williams attempts to trace commercial expansion as the foundation of US foreign policy from the Spanish-American War, which led to the conquest of Cuba, to the Vietnam War. Williams attempted to create a revisionist political history, one in which economic factors are closely tied to American policy ideology and national security. He attempts

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    American Victory Dbq

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    The american victory was a very long hard battle that the americans won with skill and fighting hard. The american victory was because of a variety of reasons. They were hard fighters and wanted freedom, they knew the most of their geography,they got aid from france and spain who provided them troops and an army and they received the best training from french generals and george washington. In this essay i will show you how they used geographic information and the aid from spain and the french to

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