American Revolution spies

The British soldiers were the aggressors because they terrified the Patriot by antagonizing them, terrifying innocent people, and killing the ones that were not armed. It displays how the british had no mercy for the Patriots. The British did what was necessary to make sure that they got what they came here to do. The Patriots also did some cruel actions towards the British. Everything that the British and Patriots had done, the British did far more worse force than the Patriots. To get the…

In 1786 and 1787 a series of protests began in the states from New Hampshire to South Carolina but most significantly in Massachusetts. These protests became known as Shays’ Rebellion. This name came about from the leader of this rebellion, Daniel Shays from Massachusetts who was a former captain in the Continental army. These protests and rebellion came about when farmers in these states, Massachusetts especially, suffered from high debt as they tried to start new farms. There were many farms…

Around the 1770s, the Townshend Acts caused many problems for the colonists at the time, and this helped the Revolutionary War happen. The Townshend Acts were named after Charles Townshend. He was known as a Chancellor of the Exchequer, chief treasurer of British Empire who's in charge or economic and financial matters. Townshend created the Acts because after the repeal of the Stamp Act, money was needed to pay off expenses from the French and Indian War. The money would also support their…

Thomas Jefferson was the most influential person from the American Revolutionary Era. Jefferson was a very smart man since childhood. Jefferson was very kindhearted and cared for people and was very outgoing. Thomas Jefferson was very smart since childhood. As a small boy Jefferson would spend his pastimes playing in the woods, practicing violin and reading. He was very interested in learning. By the age of nine he began his formal education studying Greek Latin and Greek. At age 14, he took…

Is it better to live a prosperous life under restrictions or under freedom? Patrick Henry, a knowledgeable and experienced leader of the Patriots, attempts to rally a group of doubtful, wealthy landowners that have given up on fighting for thier independence. He speaks with passion as he attracts white landowners, during the Virginia Convention in 1775, hoping they will fight against the British with him for their freedom to live out prosperous lives just as their ancestors. Just as Judas…

During the classical time periods of China and India, around 600 BCE to 600 CE, both the Han Dynasty and Classical India retained powerful civilizations. A few similar aspects of both civilizations were the status/roles of women and their religions or philosophies. A difference in their civilizations was their interactions with other societies and cultures. Both the Han Dynasty and Classical India were different civilizations that were mainly similar, yet possessed their own unique cultures or…

It is believed that the Monroe Doctrine was inspired by the Napoleonic Wars. The U.S. government feared the victorious European powers that emerged from the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815) would revive the monarchical government. France had already agreed to restore the Spanish Monarchy in exchange for Cuba.[5] As the revolutionary Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) ended, Prussia, Austria, and Russia formed the Holy Alliance to defend monarchism. In particular, the Holy Alliance authorized military…

- The colonists may have obtained their independence and freedom. However, they were still, "...loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King James..." (Document 3A2) The colonists may be fearful and apprehensive about their king, but they have not forgotten where their loyalty lies regardless. - In New England, things were going to be different for the people. The government had plans, "...to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices.…

representing freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the descendant of, for the most part, Britain, The English Settlers came to America in 1607, uncertain and scared of what was to come. In 1607, few would have predicted that by 1776 a revolution would be unfolding in what is now America. The reasons were lacking. It is not as if the colonies were in a state of decline, rather, they were relatively prosperous; they raised crops, which fetched quite the prices in Britain, and it’s not…

1. Proclamation of 1763 This document’s significance was to prevent colonists from settling past the Appalachian mountains. Colonial frontiersmen reacted very swiftly, and very negatively. In their opinion the English were restricting some of the most coveted land in the New World. 2. Quebec Act The Quebec Act made Quebec a place where Catholics could freely worship and it restored the use of French civil law for matters of private law. The reaction of Canadians was mixed and the land-owning…