British America

them like family and part of the British empire, but that didn’t happen. The war put Britain in more debt than before that they could not pay for and since they won more land, they need to protect these lands from Indians and other people who want the land. So to generate revenue British decided to make the colonists pay taxes on certain items since a lot of the colonists do not pay any taxes to Britain at all. Those taxes made more harm than good to the British and the colonists…

American colonists, they had a reason, an incentive to fight, whereas the British soldiers had little if any motivation aside from being ordered to fight. Before the war began, parliament had multiple discussions about whether or not the colonists had the same rights as British citizens, the majority believed that they had and thus deserved the same liberties as well…

between United States and Great Britain. One of the causes of the war, was the violation of American shipping rights. The British had been violating American shipping rights for a while. The British felt a threat to the growth that America had commercially. Restricting the American trade with France, the British will benefit their interests. Another maritime issue, was the British Impressment. The royal navy forced men into the naval service, not giving them much of a choice. It was a…

reason. Although Alexander Hamilton and John Lauren 's said to give them weapons in exchange for their freedom and that they should do so or else Britain would do it instead. And British Governor, Lord Dunmore made a proclamation doing just that; slaves could fight with the British and in doing so would be free on British land. Between three thousand and four thousand slaves signed this proclamation and by the end of the war ten thousand slaves died or escaped. After the war some slave owners…

The most important force that helped shaped America from 30,000 BC to the mid 1700’s was the construction and maintenance of government and politics. Ever since the beginning, when the Native Americans arrived in the Americas, there has been a government. It may have not been as complex as it is today, but there were still laws and rules in place that helped the continuation of the states to grow. A few years after the first Native American Indian settlers, a more rigid government was put in…

Britain refused and the Opium War ignited. Another example of imperialism took place in the Middle East where western powers, namely Russia and Britain, took control of Persian oil fields. Finally, the third example of imperialism took place in Central America countries of Panama and Colombia, when the the United States backed a revolt against the Colombian government in order to gain control of Panama so that they could build a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. One…

The Thirteen colonies in North America struggled for independence from Britain. There were many situations that caused aggressive and resistant feelings in Britain and The 13 Colonies. Britain passed many aggressive laws to keep order in the colonies, and the American Colonists resisted the laws. There were many aggressive laws that Britain made that upset the Colonists. The Stamp Act was a tax on all printed materials. For example, every time they wanted to buy a Will or a newspaper,…

India ruled by the British Empire during the XIX century is the framework that a Passage to India is developed. The British gained power in this area due to the instability between several cultures that habited the Indian Territory. Hence, the nation able to master the territory had a great chance to foster its Economic power over the world. Thus, we observe a specific concentration of the British government. Contrary to the colonization processes observed in the Americas, the British…

Historical Questions: (93)Question: The primary factors for the slave trade was inspired by the awareness of local tribes of the external institutions of slavery that Europeans were operating in Sub-Saharan Africa throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. In this economic environment, tribal leaders and local slaves traders kidnapped an sold prisoners of war to Europeans as a way to trade for European luxury items and goods. The factors of European institutions of slavery, localized tribal trade…

The colonists sailed the ocean blue from Europe to the Americas, and for the most, to start a new life. The people in the 13 colonies created a society with the surroundings and resources provided in the land. The colonists kept their religions, maintained their old traditions, and brought their culture over from Europe. Facing the new environment, they adjusted their ideals and developed new governments. The society was different in the colonies because of the slaves and the religious - there…