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    Benedict Arnold, was once an American Revolutionary War general more known for his defection to the British. He was born on January 14, 1771 in Norwich, Connecticut. Benedict was born with a father that was a successful business man that expected him to be well educated, Unfortunately in later times when his mother passed Benedict Jr..'s father started to drink heavily and struggled with financial issues. In the year of 1757, Benedict Arnold enlisted in the militia and after two years and he assumed

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    The American colonists did the right thing by dumping the tea overboard due to the British taxing the tea. All they wanted was freedom, and this was an act of freedom to the colonists. Also, the colonists didn’t have the money to pay for all the taxed goods. Lastly, they were very polite to the British before and during the Boston Tea Party. The colonists of America did nothing wrong. All the American colonists wanted was freedom. By dumping the 343 crates of tea overboard into the Boston Harbor

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    the British. This first congress, decided on two actions. The adoption of: Declaration and Resolves: expressing their discontent. The second action was to stop trading with the British. As this was going on, the British heard that John Hancock and Samuel Adams were both hiding in Lexington and they were also hiding lots of gunpowder in Concord. The British sent troops which led to the battle of Lexington and Concord. This was a turning point. Hundreds of soldiers died on both sides. The reality of

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    The Boston Massacre and the killings that took place at Kent State University occured 200 year apart from each other, but there is a striking resemblance between the two events. It is evident that history repeats itself. Both of the events were brought on by tensions between the powers that be and the people, became so violent that officials were forced to take charge, and after tragedy occurred, no one suffered any consequences. The Boston Massacre of 1770 was fated to happen once Parliament passed

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    While I sit amongst the ranks of a stringed beast, my orchestra, I appreciate the small failures made by myself and my fellow musicians as we fly through the twists and turns of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.2, The Little Russian. A missed accidental in measure thirty-one or an unfavorable bowing in need of correction ten measures after G help the ensemble to advance as a whole. My great gratitude for failure did not carry on outside the ranks of a symphony. Failure was the devil in music, a tritone

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    “Smart, strong, caring, reliable, resilient, selfless, charismatic, and inspiring.” Those traits are the 8 traits of a hero. These traits are all found in amazing people now just think of someone with the opposite traits. Which character from the crucible has the opposite of these eight traits? Abigail is someone who does have some of these traits. Abigail Williams is a villain in The Crucible. Abigail Williams’s actions in the story portray her as being a villain. We see the real Abigail in her

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    The Salem Witch Trials were begun during the spring of 1692. It all started when one night, a group of girls were accused of dancing in the woods in Salem, Massachusetts. They claimed to be processed by the devil. After everyone found out, there was a ton of hysteria roaming the air of the small village. But, there were also other things that played a role in the deaths of those people. Pride, greed, and vengeance all had to do with the start of the trials. There were many dark forces that played

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    How did the British attempt to handle colonial avoidance of duties? While reading chapter I found myself comparing America to a teenage girl and Britain to a mother who is struggling to keep her child undercontrol. I think I felt this way because America really hated being told what to do by their mother country. The catalyst that eventually led to the eroding relationship between the two entities really was the French and Indian War because Britain was left with a giant debt while America was left

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    Colonist lives were more important than british’s personal vendetta. Colonist were merely trying to fight against unfair laws and acts, because they were taxed with no representatives.The colonist demurred with the Boston Tea Party, which lead to the passing of the declaratory act on the colonist, closing all boston port and stopping trades for the sole purpose of punishing the sons of liberty and the colonist. Did the british think the colonist lives were any less purposeful? When James Otis says

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    In Pennsylvania people used whiskey a lot; whether to use up extra corn or as money. The federal government passed a law where all whiskey would be taxed in 1791. The farmer refused to pay it. They compared it to the Stamp Act and said that is was like that all over again. After a few years they started calling it the Whiskey Rebellion. By 1794 the Whiskey Rebellion started to threaten the strength of the United States government. George Washington had to lead the United States military to stop the

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