African slavery began in North America in 1619 at Jamestown, Virginia. The first American-built slave ship, Desire, launched from Massachusetts in 1636, beginning the slave trade between Britain’s American colonies and Africa (History Net 1). From the beginning, some white colonists were uncomfortable with the notion of slavery. At the time of the American Revolution against the English Crown, Delaware, and Virginia prohibited the importation of African slaves; Vermont became the first of the 13…
under the British rule. What makes Paine’s argument so compelling…
allowed the East India Company to pay lower taxes in Britain. The East India Company was doing well and the British wanted to give it more business, but the tea act lowered the price way too much. The price was lowered so low that the price was way lower than other suppliers. Other colonies wouldn’t like the Tea Act being passed because before it was they got a lot of business from the British colonists since their tea was cheaper. Great…
It was Frederick the Great’s personal insecurity about Prussia’s lack of political dominance over Europe that produced what could arguably be considered the actual First World War: the Seven Year’s War in Europe. Triggered by Frederick’s invasion of Saxony in 1754, the Seven Years’ War began with a bleak prospect for Prussia and developed into a spectacle of Frederick’s military genius, with Prussia surviving the war despite copious adversities. The war, then, became a means through which…
reign because it demonstrated to the monarch that he was once again at the top of the feudal hierarchy. Under Stephan, the power of the King disintegrated, resulting in a functioning but stagnant government. This government could not enforce its own laws and, as a result, the nobles moved to the top of the hierarchy, now free to do as they pleased. However, this meant that many nobles could not enjoy the same pleasantries and accountability that was once evident under William and Henry I. It was…
Framework setting: Late Ottoman Empire between reforms and colapse Albanian-speaking population in the late nineteenth century was in its majority inhabiting the territories of the Western and parts of the Central Balkans ruled by the Ottoman Empire (Bartl 1967: 37-86). After the Congress of Berlin (1878) the Ottoman state was experiencing the ever-growing pressure of European Great Powers. By the end of the „long nineteenth century“ the politics of great powers dictated ever more the…
fierce opponent of empiricism within historiography. E. H. Carr is the most famous in present time, because of his examination of historiography, What is History? which was written in 1961. Otherwise, Geoffrey Rudolph Elton was also famous German-born British historian. He is pretty interesting about his role in the Carr–Elton debate when he actually defended the nineteenth century interpretation of empirical, “scientific” history, against E. H. Carr's views. Elton wrote his 1967 book The…
critical component to a successful war. The Patriots and The British both had counterintelligence methods used in the Revolutionary War. Although they both used counterintelligence, many of the methods they used backfired. In the book Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War by Kenneth A. Daigler, he explains the mistakes made by the British and the Patriots during the Revolutionary War. The British made a mistake by reading a forged letter created by the…
precipitated, in part, by a series of laws passed between 1763 and 1775 that regulated trade and taxes. This legislation caused tensions between colonists and imperial officials, who made it clear that the British Parliament would not address American complaints that the new laws were onerous. During the second half of the eighteenth century, tension arose between the British government and its transatlantic colonies. To maintain the peace of 1763, the British government stationed troops on…
How would you feel if your parents refused to listen to you? That feeling of anger and helplessness you would feel in this situation is the same way the colonists felt when their attempts at reconciling with Great Britain were ignored. Sir Patrick Henry uses the rhetorical strategies – logos, ethos, and pathos – as a way to convey his argument to the patriots in hopes of rallying them against Great Britain. Henry’s use of these strategies was effective because the colonies bounded together and…