A historian’s job is to study the past. This means that a historian must think about the causes and effects of historical events, as well as people’s reactions or interpretations of the events. For this task, you’ll need to think like a historian and research the causes or effects of a historical event. Focus your research on one of these two topics: How did religion play a role as a cause of the American independence movement and subsequent Revolution?

How did the documents and ideals of the American Revolution, particularly the Declaration of Independence, speak to all people, including women and African slaves? How did these ideals clash with the reality of gender inequality and slavery?

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Religion played a very significant role in the American Revolution, as it gave moral legitimacy to the struggle against British rule.

The American Independence movement and the subsequent revolution  was believed to be secular in nature. This notion recently have been questioned by historians. They opined the view that religion had very important role to play in the American Independence history. They explore the role of:-

The Great Awakening: It altered the religious system in America from Minister and clergy centric to Individual centric, historians call it  a sort of “dress rehearsal” for the American Revolution.

Influence of Puritanism: According to Alan Simpson "The Puritan emphasis on education led to an American school system whereby everyone is taught reading, writing, and arithmetic. Finally, many Americans have adopted the Puritan ethics of honesty, responsibility, hard work, and self-control".

The writings of Thomas Paine: He wrote 'common sense', in which he justified  the decision to support the cause of rebellion because he claims "all kings are blasphemous usurpers who claim a sovereign authority over other human beings that rightfully belongs only to God".

Thus, Religion played a major role in the American Revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the British, a justification to the average American that revolution was justified in the sight of God.

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How did the documents and ideals of the American Revolution, particularly the Declaration of Independence, speak to all people, including women and African slaves? How did these ideals clash with the reality of gender inequality and slavery?

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A. Several documents were published at the time when the United States of America wanted to secede from British rule. The Declaration of Independence was one of those documents. In the opening part of this document, the framers spoke to all people, including women and African slaves and this can be confirmed from certain quotes such as these;

1. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,": All men, in this case, refers to all of humanity despite their gender or social class.

2. "that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.": Life, liberty. and the pursuit of happiness were founding principles on which America was built. The document explained that any government which hindered its people from enjoying any of these was to be discarded.

B. These two ideals apparently clashed with the reality in the thirteen American colonies because they heavily practiced the enslavement of Africans and women were not given much regard as the male gender. For example, they were not allowed to vote. African slaves were made to work on their plantations in the most pathetic working conditions. So, apparently, the realities on ground did not match with the words in the document at the time.

in 'popular history' of europe in america it's common to blame the rise of the nazis (and of coursewwii, too) mainly on the treaty of versailles. despite the harshness of the treaty and despite the inflation of 1919-23 germany did benefit from the economic buoyancy of the roaring twenties. in the general election in 1928, the nazis only managed to get 12 (out of about 584) seats in the reichstag. the nazis were widely seen as a laughing-stock led by a funny little man given to yelling and wild gesticulation. of all european countries, none was hit harder than germany by the stockmarket crash of october 1929. germany had borrowed very large sums from american banks, with much of the money repayable either on demand or at short notice. these loans were of course recalled, and bankruptcies in germany rose sharply from the start of 1930 (or earlier). unemployment rose sharply, too. the german constitution of 1919 contained much that was utopian, including the right to paid employment. the realities of the situation made a mockery of the weimar constitution. one of german's great weaknesses at the time was the lack of a broadly based, popular right-wing party comparable to, say, the republicans in the us or the conservatives in britain. the obvious candidate, the german nationalists (the dnvp), had lost its grip and was hopelessly out oftouch with many of its supporters especially in rural areas. germany became increasingly hard to govern.

from about the middle of 1930 onwards the new chancellor, br�ning, had to govern by decree. in the absence of mainstream right-wing party, the nazis - who ruthlessly exploited genuine grievances - suddenly became the largest single party in the reichstag. with the growing effects of the great depression, unemployment reached about 27% (or more) in 1932. acting on bad advice (from the dnvp) hindenburg dismissed brüning in july 1932. in the general election that followed, the nazis won 37% of the seats. the other party that did well was the communist party (kpd) with 14%. fresh elections were held in november 1932: the nazi vote fell slightly, but the communist vote rose to 17%. in the streets of berlin and other major cities violence between left and right and their paramilitary wings grew. by late 1932, the effects of the great depression in germany had passed their peak, but this wasn't obvious at the time. the steady rise in communist vote triggered panic among most of the mainstream parties. after trying various solutions to the political crisis, hindenburg again took very bad advice - again from the dnvp. on the basis of this advice, he appointed hitler reichs chancellor on 30 january 1933 who promised to form a coalition with the german nationalists (dnvp). he did so, but at the same time almost immediately unleashed the sa (stormtroopers) who started a reign of terror within two months germany became a dictatorship, complete with concentration camps. joncey

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