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Hace 2 días · The American Revolution (1775–83) was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies, which won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and many North American colonists.
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- Battle of Brandywine
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Hace 2 días · The Americans, however, accused the British of encouraging slave revolts, with the issue becoming one of the 27 colonial grievances. [211] The existence of slavery in the American colonies had attracted criticism from both sides of the Atlantic as many could not reconcile the existence of the institution with the egalitarian ideals espoused by leaders of the Revolution.
Hace 3 días · Book: Embers of War: The Fall of An Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam. Fredrik Logevall. New York, NY, Random House, 2012, ISBN: 9780375504426; 864pp.; Price: £25.00. Reviewer: Scott Midgley. NA.
Hace 4 días · Today’s Mexican Americans trace their history to a development that began more than four centuries ago, when Spain conquered Mexico and made it a colony. Before that the territory was inhabited exclusively by American Indians. Mexican Americans are, therefore, the second oldest component of American society.
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Hace 1 día · Americans have the highest average household and employee income among OECD member states, and the fourth-highest median household income, up from sixth-highest in 2013. Wealth in the United States is highly concentrated ; the richest 10% of the adult population own 72% of the country's household wealth, while the bottom 50% own just 2%. [299]
Hace 1 día · Reading of the United States Constitution of 1787. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.
Hace 4 días · By Ethelene Whitmire and Leslie Anderson • 05/30/24 4:00pm. “Nordic Utopia?” brings together works from sixteen Nordic and American collections to highlight the hidden history of African...