Themes and Issues in American History September 27‚ 2006 1492-1789 The Indians were a hospitable and sharing race and sharing was part and parcel of their culture. They were not influenced by the frenzy of the day‚ capitalism and feudalism. Columbus was motivated by his quest for gold to pay his backers. Gold was the new currency of the day‚ better than land because it could buy anything. After the wholesale slaughter of the Indians with no gold to show for it‚ Columbus and the Spaniards
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Greene‚ Jack P. Colonies to Nation‚ 1763-1789: A Documentary History of the American Revolution. Vol. 2. New York: Norton‚ 1975. Print. Jayne‚ Allen. Jefferson ’s Declaration of Independence: Origins‚ Philosophy‚ and Theology. Lexington: University of Kentucky‚ 1998. Print. McDonald‚ Forrest. Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution. Lawrence‚ Kan.: University of Kansas‚ 1985. Print. Morgan‚ Edmund Sears. The Birth of the Republic: 1763-89. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago
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Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter was one of the earliest attempts to systematically study the historical development of industry and commerce in Europe‚ as well as a sustained attack on the doctrines of mercantilism. Smith’s work helped to create the modern academic discipline of economics and provided one of the best-known intellectual rationales for free trade‚ capitalism‚
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Road to Revolution Effects after the French and Indian War After the war Britain was in debt. (Wars are expensive) The Proclamation of 1763 was written so that settlers were not aloud to pass the Appalachian Mountains. (The British didn’t allow it; The Colonists ignored this rule and moved west) The Currency Act was created (by the British) and so the Colonists had to pay for British goods with gold and silver. Indirect Tax was made meaning tax was included in the price Colonists paid to buy
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Stuart tyranny & the divine rights of kings were well under way before the American Revolution. Even before the Americans got their‚ the Declaration of Independence in 1776‚ the British led the way‚ with the Magna Carta‚
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time of big changes in the American colonies. In 1763‚ at the conclusion of the French and Indian War‚ Great Britain was in financial ruins. They had to raise revenue so they taxed the American colonies. Eventually this led to the American colonies wanting to be free from Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson was one of the earliest supporters for the cause of American Independence. He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1768. In June 1776‚ the Continental Congress appointed Jefferson alone
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began composing opera as soon as he left the Conservatory of San Onofrio in Naples in 1763. In Naples‚ he soon became established as a popular local composer. He was noted for simplifying operatic style in the interests of getting more quickly to the plot and keeping it moving. His tendency towards concision was even greater strengthened when he accepted employment in the court of Catherine the Great of Russia in 1776. She demanded that productions in her theater last no more than an hour and a half
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the taxes‚ Britain has some policy changes after the Seven Years War‚ where she neglected America during the war and decided to regain control of her colony. As a result of this‚ British parliament approved the placing of an armed force in America in 1763. It was difficult for Britain to regain control of America after the war. The Sugar Act was passed in 1764 which was in fact a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733)‚ which was about to expire. The First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor
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The factors that led to the American Revolution In 1763 the British defeated the French in the French and Indian War which shifted the power to Great Britain in North America. The British‚ however‚ were attacked by Indian tribes in fear that they would allow colonist to invade their tribal lands. The British reacted with the passing of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which limited colonial expansion to appease the Native Americans but this angered the colonists who thought that
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DBQ’s – Questions and Answers Document 1 Why did Whately (and probably most other English officials) feel that the American colonists should be willing to pay higher taxes to Parliament? Whately felt that American Colonists should contribute to the preservation of the advantages they have received. Document 2 According to Dickinson‚ what taxes was Parliament justified in imposing on the colonies? According to Dickinson‚ Parliament was justified in imposing the Stamp Act on the colonies. Why
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