The Turbulent Life of a Merchant in the Revolutionary Era The following paper‚ through the mind and words of a fictionalized character‚ examines the crucial issues and various changes the imperial relationship between Great Britain and its North American colonies underwent in the mid-to-late eighteenth century. Drawing upon various historical events and enactments‚ the story of Gerald Gardner‚ a Bostonian merchant‚ will try to synthesize these events and provide a reflection upon the American Revolution
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During the 1700’s‚ in a kingdom in England‚ there were a lot of people in poverty‚ and very few people that had money. And those people were the royal family‚ and their helpers. The king was‚ Alexander The Great II‚ the queen was‚ Queen Elizabeth‚ and the prince was‚ Alexander the Great III. The one thing that Alexander wanted to do was give to the poor. But‚ his parents didn’t like that. They were greedy and they wanted more money than you could possibly believe. They even said publicly‚ “I want
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Freedom. Is that not what everyone wished for during the 1700s‚ especially the slaves and women? The Sons of Liberty wanted to get away from Britain’s rule‚ ordinary men craved for freedom from the mother country’s endless taxing‚ but women and slaves had the least independence even in their own country. White people looked at African Americans as animals and half human. Women could not even own land‚ much less vote. Although men played a big part during the war‚ slaves and women helped shape the
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The American‚ Revolution took place in the 1700s‚ The French Revolution was a 1789 battle‚ and The Mexican Revolution occurred in 1910. Each revolution began with the people unhappy with the role the government was playing. Lack of representation‚ prices of food being raised‚ and unfair presidential elections. The people were unhappy with the unfair share of power among small groups of people without a say in how they lived. Laws were made without any warning‚ taxes changed without any type of consent
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Between 1450 and 1700‚ attitudes toward the European poor changed dynamically‚ roughly following a three-part cycle. In the late 1400’s‚ the poor were regarded with sympathy and compassion; generous aid from both public and religious institutions was common. By the 16th Century‚ however‚ the poor were treated with suspicion and harsh measures‚ to ensure that they were not becoming lazy‚ using welfare as a substitute for labor. Beginning in the 17th Century‚ the attitudes toward the poor again shifted
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Why did the discoveries of the Renaissance make little practical difference to medical treatment between c1500-c1700? During the renaissance there were 3 significant figures‚ who were Andreas Vesalius who was famous for his knowledge in anatomy‚ Ambroise Paré who was famous for his advances in surgery‚ and William Harvey who was famous for working out how the body worked (physiology). These three made extremely big and definitely important discoveries‚ but for different reasons never really at
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In the above passage‚ it represents how in the 1700s the Scottish-Irish immigrants came to America broke but were culturally competent with literacy unlike many of the poor Irish Catholic immigrants that arrived in America due to the potato famine in Ireland. The change over time for the Scots-Irish immigrants began with a culturally diverse and economically inferior populous during the eighteen century facing social and religious stigmas connected to Protestantism which differed from most other
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be sent out of the city‚ sent to workhouses‚ or transported out of the country” (Zinn 42). The majority of lower-class people were forced into serving those of a higher-class with no pay. Like the involuntary servants of the slave rebellion in the 1700’s‚ these people who had to suffer substandard treatment would not stand for it. Their uprising began with Bacon’s Rebellion‚ “joined by slaves
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The atlantic slave trade between western Europe and the Caribbean happened throughout the time period of 1440 to 1700. During this time Europeans were moving and settling in the Caribbean and they needed laborers to help tend to land. Which created the atlantic slave trade.This vast trade route expanded across the atlantic and left staples on both the Americas and western Europe. All the trading and interaction with new civilizations led to inflation of european currency‚ spread of foreign diseases
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Europe in the 1500s was a very active continent. Many of its residents tried to leave their mark on their own land. Others wanted to expand the power that they had. They were able to do both‚ and there are signs that show of their accomplishments even today. I believe Europe’s rise was certain. They had navigation skills and well-built ships‚ held advantages in the early encounters of the neighboring countries‚ and the drive to spread their way all over the world. That combined with their sheer drive
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