Washington had many contributions to America and I will discuss the contributions that he made. ... The declaration was sent to King George III of England, hoping to prevent a war. ... The new government had millions of dollars in debt, which the Congress of the Articles of Confederation was unable to pay. ... That is why he chose to be neutral in the French Revolution with England. ... In this paper I told you some of the contributions of George Washington. ...

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The following years after the colonies had broken away from England would be crucial in determining which way they would go as a nation. The most revered delegates from each colony had gathered at the Philadelphia State House to revise the weak Articles of Confederation that had been written in the years prior. One of the delegates was a young man by the name of Alexander Hamilton from New York. ... The bill of rights would protect the people from the strong central government Hamilton and his fellow Federalists wanted to create. ... Perhaps Hamilton's greatest contribution was his financ...

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The Treaty of Paris removed a long-standing threat to the colonies (from the French) while at the same time Great Britain, under George Grenville undertook a new colonial policy intended to tighten political control over the colonies and to make them effectively pay for their defense and return income to England. ... The Treaty of Paris in 1783, formally recognized the new nation, but there were many administrative problems under the Articles of Confederation. ... Congress believed that the first need of the new administration was that of unity among the new states. ... The Articles of Conf...

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Hamilton refuted the Articles of Confederation and proposed a Constitutional convention. ... The Federalist contained attacks on the Articles of Confederation, insights into human nature, evasions of Constitutional criticisms, and an explanation of the proposed operation of the new government. ... Madison, however, was a proud Virginian who favored the planter and farmer from the South, rather than the merchant and speculator from the industrious North. ... Hamilton's contributions and vision of a centralized economy has provided the model for an economic system that still exists tod...

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The beginning of the 1700's marked a new era waiting to be conquered. ... It was inevitable that a war would occur in the New World. ... Although the colonies had made contributions in men and money occasionally, England provided most of the men fighting, the ships, and the large quantity of supplies and equipment. Since the victory of the war removed the bothersome French from North America and the colonies themselves, the English thought it was only right that the colonists should pay for the expenses of the war and all the money England lost because they defended the colonies. ...

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The beginning of the 1700's marked a new era waiting to be conquered. ... It was inevitable that a war would occur in the New World. ... Although the colonies had made contributions in men and money occasionally, England provided most of the men fighting, the ships, and the large quantity of supplies and equipment. Since the victory of the war removed the bothersome French from North America and the colonies themselves, the English thought it was only right that the colonists should pay for the expenses of the war and all the money England lost because they defended the colonies. ...

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"The old government was back again; but when, on Friday, August 6, the ex-ministers were sworn in once more, each was appointed to an office different from that which he had held before." ... It was at the London Conference that Confederation finally came to be, and John A. Macdonald, a Father of Confederation became Sir John A. ... Sir John, one of the foremost Fathers of Confederation, was knighted for his eminent role in the crafting of confederation, thus starting the tradition that the head of the British Monarchy would knight Canadian Prime Ministers. ... Any chances that it might ha...

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This matter will be examined in this essay, taking into account Bismarck's contributions to German Unification from 1862 through 1890 and assessing his ultimate success. ... Bismarck knew Austria would come to help, because it was still the head of the German Confederation and a lack of concern in this case would probably cause further Austrian separation from the German states. ... The war was over with the treaty of Prague in August 1866, and Prussia formed all German territories north of the river Main into a North German Confederation from which Austria was excluded. ... Austria w...

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However, things were much different during the years of Canada's early confederation. ... The same fathers of confederation that came up with section 91 also created our famously irrelevant Senate, or the "chamber of sober thought,"" designed to counterbalance the effects of democracy in Canada (Simpson, 18). ... It seems Canada's opposition parties haven't learned from history that the Liberals can only be ousted from power by coalitions promising the moderation and compromise that Canadians have always preferred. ... Even in England, the system Canada is so much based upon,...

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encounter a question about the domestic policy that Biz pursued as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1871-1890. ... Furthermore, Wilhelm would need Biz to ensure that within the new North German Confederation, Prussia (aka Wilhelm) remained dominant. ... Biz had no feeling for the Junkers from whom he sprung." ... However, Biz maintained this alliance only as long as he thought he and Germany could derive benefits from the connection, and no longer. Actually, Biz had given the North German Confederation universal manhood suffrage in 1866 (which carried over to the German Imperial Consti...

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Moreover, the general political atmosphere in Europe did not allow new concessions to Italian balance when the powers were concerned with maintaining the balance of power and to prevent the setting of French hegemony in Europe again. ... He and Garibaldi had little political principle but only unification from below and under the flag of republicanism. ... In conclusion the question before Italy was foreign rule on independence, unity in federation, political change from above or social and economic revolution from below. ... Moreover, the war was to be achieved from above not below, by the mo...

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