Athelstan of England

The colonies were justified in declaring independence because they felt they had to rebel. Another reason was the king of England treated them unfairly. The third reason was the king only cared about what's best for himself, and not for everyone. These are the 3 reasons that the colonies were justified in declaring independence. The first reason they were justified in declaring independence was that the colonists felt that they had to rebel. They felt it was the right thing to do, and that they…

Anglo-Saxon, once called Old English, was a language spoke under King Alfred and continued to be a common language of England. Some of the most common literary works of Old English include genres such as epic poetry, sermons, bible translations, and others. Beowulf was one of the most famous works from this period. Beowulf illuminated many different Anglo-Saxon beliefs. First and foremost, to be a hero, he or she must possess the characteristics their society holds up as most important and…

The English settlers came to the new land to get rich and to have religious freedom. They called their land Jamestown. A few years after they came more then eighty percent of them died. Was it from Settler Skills, Environmental Conditions, or Relationships Between Indians? The Jamestown colonists did not make the best choices out of their lifetime. According to the text (Document A ) “ where filth introduced into the river tended to fester rather than flush away.” The colonist used the river…

coerce them to surrender, and if we must, destroy them. With Washington dead the troops will disperse, and the rebellion will collapse. “War will be averted and countless lives saved!” Do we really want our fellow Americans, and our kin back in England to have to go through a war, when we can end this rebellion with a single move? We are obliged to do this because we owe it to the future. I have but one…

payed to England. The Act was passed on February 17, 1765, but took about a month to reach the colonists. This is how the Stamp Act started. England believed that the colonists owed them for protecting them during the French and Indian war, so they made them pay a tax for all paper products. The colonists thought this was absurd and did not agree that they owed England because they believed that it was their duty to protect them. The French and Indian war was started when England thought…

The French and Indian war or Seven Years war was the fifth and final war of what was an extensive struggle with France for North America. There was constant fighting about whom controlled Ohio Valley and much more; the French felt that the rest of the land was theirs. The Virginia government felt that something had to be done about all the French forces, so George Washington was then sent out to protect Virginia’s claims. Washington and his party went and informed the French general to get off…

Addressing Atrocities Throughout the Industrial Revolution in England there were a myriad of strategies attempted to combat the problems that occurred as a result of the transformation. While this timeframe held some of the most significant economic changes in modern history, there was also excessive suffering. From poor working conditions for adults and children, to disorganization and unfortunate living circumstances, lower class citizens, a majority of the population, were living in dreadful…

A long, long, long time ago, in the old year of 1587 A.D, a group of English men were viewing the vanishing colony of Roanoke. Their family, and friends were gone and so were the Indians. No one knew what happened, or what to do. Many years later, a small car was traveling south for a vacation when they saw a sign advertising the colony. In this car there was a family. Not a massive group of screaming kids and rude teenagers, but not a perfect, never-failing group of geniuses: it was a normal,…

When the one thousand British soldiers and convicts invaded Botany Bay in 1788, it was believed that there was an estimated six hundred different groups or ‘nations’ with distinctive cultures and beliefs around the continent. None of the British soldiers or convicts announced their arrival or told the Indigenous people their intentions with the land. This therefore caused great changes onto Aboriginal societies as many groups were taken away from their land. The first recorded use of Aboriginal…

What made European Americans fight for political liberation? There were three ways European Americans began to fight for political liberation when King George refused his assent to laws. The three ways European Americans fought for political liberation are petitioning; voting and colonies became independent states after The Declaration of Independence. When the 13 colonies began, colonists did not mind being ruled by King George. The colonists began to realize that they were being mistreated. “…