... (1775-1783), also know as the American War of Independence, was a conflict between thirteen British colonies on the east coast of North America and their mother country, Great Britain. The war resulted in the colonies becoming a separate nation, the United States of America. Even though "it's causes were so complex as to defy complete analysis" ("American" 59) taxation was a leading cause of the ... citizens of Boston. The troops fired, killing five people in what is called the Boston Massacre. "Patriots spread the news of the Boston Massacre to turn the public opinion in America agains...

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... the local population. For what was the purpose of colonising a country then not to gain money from that colonised country? The British considered America to be their sovereign state and it is this attitude that the British had throughout the bitter fighting that took place in the French and ... The British had fought the French and the Indians for seven long years but by the end of it the French had been expelled from North America. But with the French gone the Americans began to develop their own ambitions. Their thoughts began to develop of beating the English and thus ... . Each side...

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... day before Lusitania sailed from Pier 54, U-20, skippered by thirty-two-year-old Kapitãnleutnant (Lt. Cmdr.) Walther Schwieger, left the German naval base at Emden on the North Sea. Schwieger's orders were to take U-20 around Scotland and Ireland to the Irish Sea. There he was to operate in the approaches to Liverpool for as long as his ... side of the hull and doomed the Lusitania to sink very quickly. After the sinking of the Lusitania, America became very angry with Germany as many innocent Americans were killed when America wasn't even involved in the war. Many posters were produce...

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... it would too expensive to set up and govern. The cost to transport for each person to Australia about 30 pounds, which was six times the cost of passage to America. However, just one year later, on 18th August1786, Botany Bay was chosen as the site. Perhaps the most obvious reason for the colonisation of Australia was the bursting prisons. This ... loss of the American colonies. Trade was also a bonus as from Botany Bay, vital trade routes could be accessed and resources and luxuries such as tea from China, fur from North America, and whales could be obtained. In addition, Botany Bay's ...

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... overseas expansion was driven mostly by commercial ambitions, such as trade and industry, but also, by the competition with France. The many efforts resulted in the establishment of settlements in North America and the West Indies. In other words: this is where it all began!  After these first expeditions came more and more. By 1670, there were British American colonies in ... ...

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... after him. He yearned for gold, wanted land, and wanted power. The whole purpose for his first voyage to what he thought was India, but turned out to be Central America, was to gain land for Spain. It took quite a bit of sweet talking from Columbus to get the money and ships needed for this voyage from Spain's Queen Isabella. But ... , berries, and so on. One famous person born in the middle colonies was Benjamin Franklin who gave the middle colonies a fire department and a public library. The southern colonies were Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. They we...

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