Boston Tea Party

Sugar Act The Parliament of Great Britain passed The Sugar Act on April 5, 1764. It was created so that they could collect revenue from the British colonies and from America. Imported sugar and molasses were taxed. This negatively affected New England’s rum production. Sugar Act Definition (h2) In the 1700s it was highly lucrative to manufacture rum and this would mean great profits for Britain via taxation. Consequently they decided to create the Sugar Act and enforce it in their colonies.…

Foreign Relations). Next up, president of the Union states, Abraham Lincoln. As a child, he grew up in a log cabin, and was very poor. Abraham received education as he reached manhood. In 1854, Lincoln was elected president and joined the Republican Party in 1856. "Though Abraham Lincoln felt African Americans were not equal to whites, he believed the America's founders intended that all men were created with certain inalienable rights."…

The British were once the most feared and hated by so many countries because of their powerful army and great wealth. Their reign of kings and queens all has come to an end, thanks to the patriots in 1775 who decided they have had enough of British rule and wanted a federal republic government. They achieved this goal in 1783 with determination and the leadership by George Washington. Many historians have been arguing about whether the war really made an impact on the U.S or it had very…

a large quantity of colonists sharing the same patriotic views as the author of the document. The Boston colony was full of patriots who were ready to fight for their freedom and who were willing to die if it meant freedom for future generations of Americans. Each colony grew in unity due to the new sense of patriotism that was spreading. Resentment for British authority is also wide spread in Boston due to the Quartering Act of 1765. Before the American Revolution the colonists had used the…

One of the earliest examples of a patriotic song was published in the Boston Gazette in July, 1768, nine years before the United States of America would officially declare its Independence. “The Liberty Song” was penned by John Dickinson. He wrote the words to fit the famous music of the anthem of the British Royal Navy, "Heart…

Doyle’s basic thesis about the french revolution is that many promises that were made were not carried out, but the revolution changed ones outlook. He says that “although most would say that rapid and vast changes occurred during the French Revolution, it is difficult to evaluate the extent to which these changes were more apparent than real.” Many historians said that even though the revolution stood for a lot, promises were not fulfilled. Others argue that much that has been attributed to the…

Political developments in seventeenth-century shaped the development of its American colonies in a wide variety of ways. Early in the seventeenth-century, when the English started to migrate to North America, the concept of “freedom” had a small role in English political parley. As time went on this issue started to intensify with other political issues like the struggle for political supremacy between the parliament and the Stuart monarch. This dispute would later lead to the House of commons…

Throughout history various revolutions occurred that prompted changes in societies through different methods. Many people in the past wanted to change the way things were and sometimes they could not do it peacefully so they did it the hard way. People gathered in large groups to discuss what changes should be done and what actions do they have to take so that those changes occur. The French and American revolutions occurred between 1750 CE and 1914 CE that caused the way people interacted with…

Why in almost all of India is English the native language spoken by over 125 million Indians? The British imperialized India after years of the East India company trading with the Indians for cheaply made fabric until the government decide India was useful to the British and stepped in taking India as a colony. British imperialized India, by indirectly controlling India until the Indians could help the British benefit of the Indians politically, economically, and socially. The British realized…

smugglers when it was boarded by colonial rebels who were infuriated with the enforcement of Navigation Acts and it was set on fire. Britain passed the Tea Act of 1777 in an attempt to the save the British East India Company and keep their monopoly on tea. Outraged, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and dumped three ships worth of tea into the ocean. These events only deepened the divide between Britain and the colonies, and set the foundation for a fight for…