• How did the colonists benefit from being part of the British Empire? Being a part of an already established nation such as England afforded the colonists of the “New World” many benefits that without may have very well caused their untimely demise. England’s “Royal Navy protected American shipping (p.122) creating an environment situation where the colonists could trade with impunity; thereby “enriching the colonies” (p. 122). Equally important‚ “lax enforcement of the Navigation Acts allowed
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Some allies that helped the colonists win the American Revolutionary War were France‚ Spain. France and Spain helped the Americans by forcing Britain to focus its military and navy attention in different directions‚ and made them fight multiple wars at the same time. France and Spain making the British fight multiple wars helped the colonists because the British couldn’t focus solely on the war with the colonists. Another way France helped the colonies was by providing supplies and troops to the
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The American Colonist wanted to free themselves from Great Britain because Britain was applying to much control over the colonies. The colonist believed that it was their right to over throw a government that didn’t protect their rights. The colonies were used to very little involvement from Britain. When Britain started to control everything they did‚ they didn’t want to put up with it anymore. After the 7 year war Britain was really high in debt. They started to make them pay new taxes and help
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Colonist life during the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ were filled with many hardships‚ turmoil‚ disease and death. From the very beginnings relations with the Indians was unstable‚ sure they traded goods‚ but resentment by the Indians grew as their land was overtaken‚ thus battles broke out‚ killing many on both sides. Without the Indians‚ the colonist would of had a even tougher time establishing settlements‚ for without tobacco monies to establish settlements would have surly dries up. The colonists
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The Delaware Valley region was favorable for both the Lenni Lenape and the European colonists who arrived in the 1600s for several reasons. The Delaware Valley region was great for the Lenni Lenape because the land allowed for farming of numerous crops such as corn‚ peas‚ fruits and vegetables. This region’s rich vegetation and abundant aquatic life ensured the survival of the Lenni Lenape people by literally living and feeding off the land. Another reason for its favorability is its proximity to
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Revolutionary War‚ fought in Massachusetts on April 19‚ 1775. British troops had moved from Boston toward Lexington and Concord to seize the colonists’ military supplies and arrest revolutionaries. In Concord‚ advancing British troops met resistance from the Minutemen‚ and American volunteers harassed the retreating British troops along the Concord-Lexington Road. Paul Revere‚ on his famous ride‚ had first alerted the Americans to the British movement. 2. Boston/ Dorchester Heights: Located in South
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writings that he perfectly fit the stereotype that blacks were savages incapable of becoming civilized. led several Central American slave insurrections before his death. was popular with Europeans for telling them that their culture was far superior to that of Africans like himself. was one of the few children of African-American and Native American descent ever to be the chief of his Indian tribe. E.wrote the eighteenth century s most widely read account by a slave of
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this debt they started to place taxes on British goods‚ this directly affected the colonists. The colonists were not happy about this so they started to rebel‚ and while England did make changes to this law the colonists still did not support this. The colonists were getting angrier with the British‚ and when the first shot rang during the Boston massacre‚ everything started to go downhill. The colonists started to become even more separated from the British‚ they refused to work with the colonies
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fact about that is that the American government was created by ideas that they got from Britain’s parliament (Nardo‚ 1994‚ p. 83). Since these governments are based off of each other‚ they do share a lot of similarities. Although Britain and the United States had comparable growth in their governments from when they started‚ in the end they had and still do have very different styles of democracy. The three main comparison points between the British parliament and American government are the branches
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It was the year 1756 and the British had just won The French and Indian War. All colonists were now under British rule. The French and Indian War was a long fought war that lasted seven years meaning the war was expensive. The British Parliament then decided to impose a tax on paper to make up for the expenses of the war and to repay the British Soldiers. The Tax was fairly cheap (ten cents)‚ at the time‚ however‚ many of the colonists had just felt as if they had been threatened to pay such a
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