merchants. The cause of the American Revolution is the Navigation Act. The Navigation Act is a series of laws that did not allow foreign ships to trade between Britain and its colonies. This started in 1651 and lasted over 200 years. They restricted the colonies form trading with the Netherlands‚ Spain‚ France‚ and other colonies. The Navigation Act of 1660 said that all ships crews had to be three-quarter English and had to establish products made by the mother land like tobacco‚ cotton‚
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captains would trade rum and other iron products for slaves to ship back to America. The colonies then exported a lot of agricultural products‚ produced by the slaves‚ to Europe. Several countries were involved in the triangular trade‚ including the Netherlands‚ Spain‚ Portugal‚ England‚ and France. 3. What was the basis of the British Empire? The basis of
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As the Thirteen Colonies fought the British in the American Revolutionary War‚ they were fighting for independence and freedom from Great Britain. “It took the War for Independence to create American citizens." The former colonists wanted to govern themselves apart from their former mother country‚ and upon their victory‚ they accomplished just that. They learned the real meaning and background of what being an American citizen was and learned many things amongst themselves as well as their sense
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and necessary. Second‚ he believes that America should be separated from Britain. Third‚ he proposes a structure for the American government. Paine uses these three points to put forth a convincing argument for the independence of the current thirteen colonies. First of all‚ based on his understanding of human`s nature and need‚ Paine believes government is necessary to help regulate the behavior of society(on a large scale) when that behavior encroaches upon the rights‚ freedom‚ and safety of
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expectation to collect a massive amount by imposing unjust Stamp Act (taxation) upon the thirteen colonies. The brand new tax law demands the colonists to pay tax on different type of paper items. Under Prime Minster George Grenville the British government was struggling to finance the debt of their nation. Before the Stamp Act‚ the British Parliament had been passed a Sugar Act to collect revenue from the colonies. Even though the act was designed to collect revenue specifically from sugar and molasses
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colonial lands. This greatly affected the social politics in and around the world as a growing sense of injustice spread throughout the colonies. Webster’s Dictionary defines Colonialism as being under the control by one POWER over a dependent area or people. Many countries today originated from post-colonization under British rule‚ America or the thirteen colonies specifically being one of the most famous. When a country colonizes another the reasons are clear; to use the colonized land for its resources
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Parliament started taxing the colonies to pay off the huge debts they made during the Seven Years’ War. As more and more taxes and laws were passed to take the colonists’ money‚ they became more and more angry. Finally‚ the colonies revolted against their motherland. They created the Continental Congress to make their own laws. The Continental Army‚ led by George Washington‚ was created from one of these laws to defeat the British troops stationed in the colonies and to declare freedom. This brings
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The American Revolution began with Britain continuously mistreating and unfairly taxing its thirteen colonies. These colonies saw themselves as separate nations‚ with commercial ties to the same motherland‚ Britain‚ being the only common ground they shared. However‚ the Revolution united them together to fight for a common cause: independence. This unifying sentiment was demonstrated by the “Spirit of ‘76”‚ a common patriotic attitude that was present in America. Primarily focusing on a hope for
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Chains Summer Reading and Book Report In the year of 1776‚ America was much different than it is today. Back then‚ we were ruled by the British Royal Family‚ and we only had a total of thirteen colonies. Chains was based in the time of slavery and of the Revolutionary War. Isabel and Ruth were slaves for Miss Finch; in her will‚ Miss Finch wrote for the sisters to be freed once she had passed. After the funeral‚ the will could not be acquired. Now the girls were slaves‚ not free. After
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free people…” as the Second Continental Congress‚ so famously declared. The Declaration of Independence was one of the most historically influential documents in the history of the United States of America. Great Britain was the mother of the thirteen colonies‚ a great colonial power in America. Over the years‚ the colonists had a growing distrust in Great Britain‚ which had led to much political conflict. When the colonists were fed up with the Crown’s futile attempts to simmer down the tension‚ in
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