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Magna Carta exercised a strong influence both on the United States Constitution and on the constitutions of the various states. ... Magna Carta was widely held to be the people's reassertion of rights against an oppressive ruler, a legacy that captured American distrust of concentrated political power.
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<span>The British always had a sense of importance toward the colonists, as they were the rulers of the colonies. They enjoyed security from the British government and were helped in putting commoners to use for their agenda. The commoners were looked down upon and considered a very low class. The colonist will not eat or drink while sitting with a commoner.</span>
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a. a strategically planned offensive
b. it gave allied troops a foothold in Europe
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The D-Day operation was a carefully and strategically well planned operation. Normandy was targeted as the perfect place for this, and lot of troops were sent on the peninsula in order to push back the Germans and have a foothold in Europe. The numbers were on their side, and even though they had lot of losses, they managed to overcome the far fewer Germans. After they managed to secure the coast, more and more troops were coming as a support, and step by step they pushed the Germans back to Germany and out of France, taking the war in their own country.
They became richer and wealthier off the resources of the lands they colonized
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was a peace treaty between Mexico and the United States, signed on February 2, 1848 in the Mexican village of Guadalupe Hidalgo near Mexico City following the results of the Mexican- American War of 1846-1848.
The agreement established that Mexico, which has been defeated by the American military, had to cede up to 1.36 million km² (about 55% of its territory), which included the modern territory of the states of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, parts of Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas and Oklahoma. In addition, Mexico refused all requirements for Texas, and the international border was established on the Rio Grande River. In compensation, the United States pledged to pay 15 million dollars for damages to Mexican territory during the war. The United States also took on $ 3.25 million of Mexican government debt to US citizens.
