differed significantly from Britain. In the course of a century‚ the colonies had diverged markedly from Britain. A variety of long-run trends gave the 13 American colonies certain common characteristics which made them very different from England. What were some of these characteristics? 1. The absence of a titled aristocracy The colonies had no legally privileged social classes‚ and they did not have many of the other characteristics of a monarchical society. They had no standing army and had
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In order to help cover the cost of the war between Great Britain and France‚ British officials began to establish new taxes in the Colonies. In 1765‚ a tax was passed by Great Britain known as the Stamp Act. This law required all colonists to pay a tax to Great Britain on all of the printed materials that they used‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and even playing cards. All of these materials were required to have a stamp placed on them‚ in order to show that the tax had been paid. Colonist were
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COMPARITIVE POLITICS SEMINAR II A DESCRIPTION OF TWO WESTERN EUROPEAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN INTRODUCTION I chose these two systems‚ which interest me for different reasons. The British system is one that has evolved over many centuries‚ with both small and large adjustments along the way to keep in on course. In contrast to this‚ the French model has changed dramatically on several occasions‚ and can rarely have been described as stable. However‚ in 1958 Charles de
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The 13 Colonies Economic Troubles By: E’Maurai G‚ Seth G‚ and Jonathan L (students) Since Great Britain needed to pay for their war debts the king and parliament thought that they had the right to tax the American colonies. “The Sugar Act was an extension of the Molasses Act (1733)‚ which was set to expire in 1763”. In 1756-1763 Great Britain had a 7 year war with France and after the war ended Great Britain had high war debts so they started taxing the colonies. The American colonies got upset
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Mercantilism is an economic theory where a nation’s strength comes from building up gold supplies and expanding its trade. Britain formed the American colonies so that they could increase their gold stores. They wanted raw supplies to make into products to sell and make money. They wanted America to pay taxes so that Britain could make money. America used the theory in that they thought they ought to‚ in order to be strong expand their trade beyond Britain. Countries like Belgium‚ and France wanted
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V The United States of America-the New Lands The United States of America is a federal republic made up of fifty states and the District of Columbia. Its 9‚529‚063 square kilometers- nearly forty times the size of the United Kingdom- make it the fourth largest country in the world. In the east it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and in the west by the Pacific Ocean; approximately 4‚500 km of immensely varied land separate the east coast from the west coast. If you travel from east to west you cross
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intensifies conflicts between groups and states more than it causes them. Ideologies have a somewhat weaker hold on core values and absolute truth than religions do‚ so they pose a somewhat fewer problems for the international system. For realist‚ ideological differences among states do not matter much‚ because all members of the international system pursue their national interests in the context of relatively fluid alliances. For example‚ the Cold War was a global ideological struggle between capitalist
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The development of the American colonies had six different factors contributing to it. They were the Enlightenment‚ European population explosion‚ Glorious Revolution‚ Great Awakening‚ mercantilism‚ and Religious tolerance. The Enlightenment was a cultural movement that challenged the authority of the church in science and philosophy while elevating the power of human reason. One of the most influential Enlightenment writers was John Locke. He argued with the church that people were not
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Allies or Adversaries? Canada-China Relations China is the third largest export destination and second largest source of imports for Canada. However‚ the Sino-Canadian relations are not as stable and positive as the Canadian-American relations. Canada is one of the world ’s richest and most economically developed countries. China is the biggest developing country and Communist country in the world. China is also the world ’s second largest economy after the United States; it is considered an emerging
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Fleet over to New South Wales with over 1400 people. First of all‚ as Britain could no longer find any other suitable place to export their surplus of convicts‚ the establishment of a new penal colony in New South Wales was imperative. Following the American War of Independence in 1775 and the subsequent defeat of the British there meant that convicts could no longer be sent to the newly independent nation. The African colonies under British rule were also out of the question as Africa’s severe climate
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