Greetings‚ King of England. I am a wealthy landowner‚ residing in Massachusetts. I have lived here my whole life‚ and have seen a lot of things happen that I think are unjust. That is enough about my life‚ though. I am enraged with what you have been doing to the Thirteen Colonies. We were peaceful‚ and have supported you many times with many things. The taxes you have imposed upon us were outrageous. I am glad that you realized‚ that these taxes were bad‚ and withdrew them. This is only after we
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Sam Houston and the American Southwest By phillipsr / Oct 2014 Sam Houston was born at Timber Ridge‚ Rockbridge County‚ in the Shenandoah Valley. Sam was born on March 2‚ 1793‚ to the parentage of Major Sam Houston and Elizabeth Paxton Houston. Sam had eight siblings and he was the fifth child to be born to his parents. Due to financial issues‚ Major Houston sold what was left of Timber Ridge‚ took care of his unsettled debts‚ and purchased land in Tennessee to make a fresh start. However‚ when Sam
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land that they colonied effected the way that the colonies evolve. From as early as the discovery of Roanoke in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh who captured two Native American back to England‚ bad blood had formed between the Chesapeake Colonies and the Native Americans. The New England Colonies had a very different relationship with the Natives‚ one which involed alliances and trade. Throughout history‚ these alliances and revolts has effected the way the colonies develop from Jamestown to Connecticut
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During the seventeenth century‚ in response to the change of; environment‚ social structure‚ family nature and society itself the diversities in the New England and Chesapeake cultures grew immensely. Some differences proved to be too much of a challenge for some and prosperous for others. New England families kept the traditional family structure known as a nuclear family‚ consisting of the head of the household‚ the father‚ mother and their children. The religious traditions carried over from
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once said‚ gin… ‘saved more Englishman’s lives‚ and minds‚ than all the doctors in the Empire’ (LeBor). However‚ this is a common misconception in the history of gin: in 18th Century England‚ a Gin Craze took over. The Gin Craze was a brief stint in English history when the poor drank excessive amounts of gin (“18th Century Gin Craze”). This period defined the time when the government exploited the poor by domesticating gin production. In doing so‚ gin became affordable to everyone‚ and the government
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USA AND COMMONWELTH 1. Discovery and settlement In the Last Ice Age the level of the sea water lowed‚ and people from Central Asia crossed the Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska. Five hundred years ago Indians in North America lived in scattered villages. Indians joined to protect themselves to common enemies. They founded the Iroquois leage and the Algonquin leage‚ later known as the Leage of the five Nations. They made only the simplest tools. There were no cities ando no white men. White
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tumultuous change in American military and consumer culture‚ which shockingly relate to one another in more ways than one. For instance‚ both catalyzed the call for America to expand and move away from being a “hermit nation…living off its own fat.” In a collective voice‚ American Imperialists‚ such as‚ President Theodore Roosevelt and Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan‚ declared it was time for the United States to become the great superpower it was destined to be‚ and as the Spanish Empire was taking its
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News of the first execution to occur in New Holland has come back‚ apparently having taken place on the 27th of February last year. The convict Thomas Barrett of the ship Charlotte was hung for his crimes having stolen butter‚ peas and pork from the government stores. While it seems to be a severe punishment‚ reports from the colonies say that many convicts are malnourished‚ as they are having difficulties planting crops‚ meaning the food supplies are some of their most valuable possessions. As well
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changed the face of America from a reasonable and agreeable nation to a country that kills for what they want. The causes of the Spanish-American War had a number of contributing factors. These included the struggle for Cuban independence‚ American imperialism‚ and the sinking of the United States warship Maine. Manifest Destiny has been an idea and inspiration for Americans since The Pilgrims. This agreeable land craving of buying without violence turned into America becoming addicts and always wanting
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the area. The tolerance did not so far as extend to freedom of religion‚ but there have been more acceptances due to Roger Williams‚ the Anglicans‚ and Jonathan Edwards. Roger Williams was an English Protestant minister from the seventeenth century who urged people to break away from the Church of England. Upon receiving the offer to become the Teacher of the Boston church‚ Williams declined‚ saying that it was “an unseparated church”. He found himself outraged that the civil magistrates did not
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