On Trading Cards Name:
John Paul Jones
Role/Job:
American sailor
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Helped lead the 13 Colonies to Independence from
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In this unit, you read about transitions of power and the formation of newly independent nations in africa, asia, the americas, and the middle east. some of these transitions were peaceful, while others caused long-term instability. why do you think some countries were more successful than others with political transitions? what do you think were the biggest challenges facing newly independent countries? would it have been possible for leaders to prevent these problems before they happened? why or why not?

Which of these belongs to the united states after the spanish american war ?

The decision to annex hawaii was a controversial one