The American Revolution was a dispute that occurred as a result of growing tensions between citizens of Great Britain’s North American colony and the colonial government. In 1775, a rivalry arose between the British army and the colonial military men in Concord and Lexington. It sparked military strife, and the…
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Paine Thomas Thomas Paine was a political writer and philosopher born in England who moved in 1774 to America. He wrote a pamphlet titled Common Sense in 1776, two years after his migration, which firmly promoted independence and persuaded large numbers of prominent American colonists that the time had come…
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In the history of the United States, faith started with the first pilgrim settlers who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620. (Bonomi 12). It is said that the pilgrim settlers professed the Protestant religion that is said to have inspired their migration from the European area to the New World…
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The majority of Europeans, who were extremely poor, were able to sacrifice their entire life to escape to the American colonies, while others wanted religious freedom or political stability. The majority of those who arrived in Colonial America were young, with nearly half of them being under the age of…
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