England. Dearest Friend of England‚ 1776 I know it is hard to believe we (the colonists) would be on the verge of a revolution against our own homeland. My father has explained to me the reasons we deserve independence from God‚ the King‚ and the British people. There are many things going on in the colonies to lead us to our current thoughts. The British people have imposed many Acts upon us colonists. In the year 1767‚ British parliament passed Mr. Charles Townshend proposed taxations
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made the colonists upset with the British‚ and therefore‚ led to the American Revolution. One event that made the colonists upset with Britain is the French and Indian War. After the war‚ Greta Britain was in a lot of debt‚ so they had to get money from somewhere. They started taxing the colonies‚ which made them very upset and angry because they didn’t think that they should be the one who had to pay it off. Another event that upset the colonists was the Boston Massacre. Five colonists were killed
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Pradhan (GP2) Can breaking the law ever be justified? Imagine a world without those brave people who dared to not abide by the law and fight for a right. A world without Gandhi would be a world without independent India; without Mandela there would be white superiority in Africa; without freedom fighters‚ there would be no democracy in Nepal. I believe that all the actions of such law breakers are good‚ even though they were against various laws‚ and such actions can be justified to some extent. Even
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Even though the colonists were breaking British law‚ the colonists had a right to rebel for they were unfairly taxed without representation and subjected to a king over 3000 miles away. Some people still on both the colonials and the British crown were attempting to avoid a full scale war even after they had begun fighting‚ like in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Most of the colonists did not want war because these were the people that they had been living with‚ and protected by the British for over 150
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There were times in history when breaking the law was justified: great leaders like Gandhi and Martin Luther King broke the law and changed the world for the better. Breaking the law is morally justifiable and acceptable when the law in itself is iniquitous and if that law violates human rights and conscience; Certainly‚ rules are established for us to follow but we as human beings should be able to differentiate the right and the wrong and incase laws need to be violated for the right cause even
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Tricia Lao Professor Danilo Francisco M. Reyes English 101 21 March 2014 BREAKING THE GREAT WALL: Courting Practices — Prejudice and Discrimination in the Chinese Filipino Community (1980—2014) Ateneo De Manila University‚ Philippines Abstract This research paper focuses on the courting practices of the Chinese Filipino and its possible roots in prejudice and discrimination. A historical background of the Tsinoy is featured in this piece as a preview to the causes of intermarriages. The
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The colonists were completely justified in waging war against the British. It was their time to break away and to work for their own individual independence. They only really had one choice that would have worked and that choice was to fight a war against the British. Some of the justifications in wanting to fight this war can be found in documents such as Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and The Declaration of Independence and taxes such as the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
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Can breaking the law ever be justified? Any country or a place has its set of rules or laws. They are made in order to keep the place safe and peaceful. Some may have a set of rules while others may have rules that are open to changes and additions. These rules are set to govern people and keep them in discipline. However‚ as the saying goes ‘rules are meant to be broken’. Many people are found breaking these laws. No one in the world always follows the rule. It might be a small rule they might
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This caused colonists to feel looked down upon‚ as if they were not seen as equal‚ which they were not. Another cause for the British to begin taxing was in order to pay and provide supplies for the British officials that were positioned in America protecting the colonists. The British had to tax in order to help provide the mother country and protect America. British government had deployed military officers across the thirteen colonies with the purpose of protecting the American colonists. Therefore
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Britain attempted to control through mercantilism and tried to increase tax on colonies‚ which resulted in the resistance from colonies. This eventually led to the outbreak of fighting to declare independence. The Britains believed in achieving a favorable balance of trade‚ they wanted the colonies to be prosperous because they wanted all of the exports to come straight to Britain and for the other colonies to receive a small portion of goods. Britain wanted to make as much money as possible out
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