What changed and what stayed the same in the era of the American Revolution between 1775 and 1789? ... After the end of the civil war in England, and the restoration of King Charles II, England closed its grip on the colonies. ... On the eve of the revolutionary war the political situation in the American colonies was still fairly stable. ... The War of Independence was just that, a bid for independence. ... Though there was no doubt that the revolutionary war of the 1770's changed the political path that America was to take, the actual changes to the system of government were only small...

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Next I examine the development of, or lack of, civil society and the institutions which took place across the continent in the colonial era. In particular, I consider the lack of education and judicial authority and how this affected the formation of the structures which exist in the post-colonial era. ... This was partly due to the pressures of indigenous military elites, who were formed during the colonial era. ... Arguably though, the development of some military personnel and infrastructure for colonial benefit(also a pool of manpower for extraterritorial wars, such as the French in IndoCh...

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During the colonial era, much of Europe was focused on the idea of Imperialism. ... Issues like how the Arabs revolted during World War II forced Britain to take the easy way out as they "judged the support of the Arab population in the Middle East as more important than the establishment of a Jewish homeland, and shifted to a pro-Arab stance" (British Empire, Wikipedia). ... The scars of the World Wars also added to the decolonization of the Third World. However, the World War did not single-handedly contribute to motivating the colonies to want to fight for independence. ... It was not certa...

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Making Race and Nation In the book Making Race and Nation by Anthony Marx, he compares the development of three different countries which were major active members in the slave trade late into there development and into the modern era.. ... There was no civil war or Boer war. These wars had already taken place and there was no reason for Brazil to repeat the mistakes of histories past. ... The English employed many natives to fight in the war. ...

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The injustice done to African-American in the era of revolution was further magnified by Stiles virtuous allusion to the fight for "the liberties of the world itself." ... By 1775 the necessities of war had pulled both free and slave Negroes towards the British army, many of them clutching promises of freedom as their eventual reward for fighting for it. ... Washington also admitted that the arming of the Negro population could have a drastic effect on the outcome of the war. ...

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The British King owed the young Penn's father 16,000 pounds for a war he helped finance and unpaid salary. ... Whereas the English penal code of his era outlined over 200 offenses that could be punished by the death penalty, Penn, inspired by his own experience of jail, forbade torture and other forms of cruel punishment, reducing the number of these offenses to two. ...

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During WW1 the Government introduced "the Rowlatt Bills" were an attempt by the Government to prolong its new powers that it had attained since the war began. ... This era marked the high point in civil disobedience and the British eventually decided to speak with Gandhi, and come to some sort of an agreement. ...

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