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…Why aren’t Canadians Americans? There are many differences and variations between America and Canada. Canada was founded by those who did not want to be Americans. These can be seen today through differences in healthcare, government, big…

…Causes of the American Revolution How England Instigated the American Revolution Soon after England established the colonies in the New World, it began a period of salutary neglect. The English rarely intervened with colonial business…

…Although awareness of the importance of physical fitness has increased in the United States, the average level of an American’s fitness has decreased. In short, most everyday citizens are out of shape. This is partially due to the more modern…

…their government. The American Revolution stands apart from these because it was a conservative revolution, one that people rebel against their government for disrupting the status quo. The conservative nature of the American Revolution is evident when the areas…

…American settlers lived in a world completely unlike our own. They faced hardships nearly incompatible to a person in modern times. The settlers, however, gained strength enough to scrape by with no luxuries at all. As colonies, they were under…

…It is strange to consider Thomas Jefferson’s writings when speaking on traits of the American. Jefferson never wrote directly on the topic of the general character of the American. It was he, who was more responsible for setting the parameters…

…of American literature. Described by Gertrude Stein in the epigraph to Earnest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises as "a lost generation," the intellectuals, poets, and novelists who rejected the social and political conservatism of the 1920's America to revel…

…these poles helps keep a part of native American heritage alive. Each totem pole is unique in its own way and each has a story of its own to tell. The stories are particular to the Haida tribe because of the meaning they hold behind them. Many stories were…

…The American Revolution occurred because of Great Britain's failure to adjust to conditions brought on by the growth and development of the colonies, and by the aggravation of a breakdown in the political and economic harmony that existed between…

…Native and European Americans: Gender Roles Women have not always had an easy life. In order to fully understand and analyze a period of time, a full examination of women?s everyday life is necessary. Although, through history, inferior to men…