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1) Why did the leaders of the US idealize Rome and dislike Ancient Greece?

2) What did the Federalists generally argue for and why?

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If the revolution was originally spurred on by high-ranking colonists for mainly selfish finical reasons, what reasons did they say to convince lower-ranking colonists, and did the high-ranking colonists actually see any truth in what they were saying?

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Why were the colonies governed differently than one another than being governed the same?

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what were the names of the first 13 original colonies?

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what were the names of the first 13 original colonies?

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what percentage of natives do historians believe died from diseases brought by Europeans?

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what percentage of natives do historians believe died from diseases brought by Europeans?

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If they needed more slaves and workers, then why did they kill so many of them?

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Why would they choose the "weaker race" to carry out their tasks and farming? What made them the weaker race was their working their slaves so hard.

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Why do you think the law stating that, "an enslaved person was both a person and property owned by another person" when most laws at the time stated one or the other?

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Why do you think that Natives more often had disagreements and war, rather than peaceful interactions with the colonists (besides miscommunication)?

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Why didn't colonists also contract diseases from north America? Natives had lived there for thousands of years, so they had to have developed immunity to diseases that europeans hadn't, right?

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What percentage of people were colonialists vs. revolutionists? What was the colonialists argument? Did they have a valid point, aside from indefinite allegiance?

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Why did each European colony need to be governed differently?

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Why did the colonists believe it was their divine right to expand into native territory?

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Land was a major indicator of power during this time period. Why did it have to resort to war and the need to exploit the land and resources to make a profit?

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Why was the decline of 60 to 90 percent of native inhabitants excused and read as misunderstanding and conflict?

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In The 1760's, how were resources and goods used to perpetuate power imbalence?

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Why was religion used to justify the mass persecution of native Americans and enslavement of africans?

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Was there a way war could be avoided? How?

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Was there a way war could be avoided? How?

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Which side, if any, do you think was the "Aggressor"?

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Which side, if any, do you think was the "Aggressor"?

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How did the colonists justify enslaving africans and the violence against native people?

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How did the colonists justify enslaving africans and the violence against native people?

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Why did not all colonists support independence from Britain?