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Locke claimed that the role of the government was to preserve the natural rights of life, liberty, and property. During the turmoil of Shays Rebellion, both sides of the conflict believed they were acting justly according to Lockean theory. The poor farmers of western Massachusetts, led by Daniel Shays, would have argued that the government they had fought so hard to create was not preserving these rights, specifically the right to property. On the other hand, the wealthy elite of eastern…

In the seventeenth century the political situation was very critical and complicated, the struggle between the political powers specially the struggle between the cavaliers and the roundheads was very severe. But sure am with the roundheads, am so convinced with their point of view; because when James I and his son Charles I, they both believed in divine right and wanted to rule as an absolute monarch so his view caused conflicts with the parliament, as Charles began expanding power, he asked…

Introduction: • From the 1880s to 1990s there was a Scramble for Africa, it was known as the imperialist period when Africa was invaded and colonized by European powers. • Colonialism- The practice of domination which involves the subordination of one people to another (McCalpin, 2015). • Some Africans tried to resist colonization but by the 1900s about 90% of Africa was under the control of the Europeans. Body: • Motivation For Europeans To Colonize Africa: -Economic: Industrialized…

be forced to fight in a war because they felt that violence wasn’t the solution to this international problem. •Military Voters Act Law that extended the right to vote to all men and women in the Canadian expeditionary force •David Lloyd, the british prime minister convinced Borden that the war had to be won so he thought of conscription •Henri borussia was quebec nationalist who led an anti-conscription. He believed that WW1 had little to do with canada and that lot’s of soldiers and…

Are the Founding Documents Still Relevant? Thomas Paine once said that, “We have it in our power to begin the world over again”. As one of the Founding Fathers of the nation, Paine advocated for independence from the British by writing a pamphlet know as “ Common Sense” to the thirteen colonies in 1776. Great Britain held power over the United States from 1607 until 1776 because of their powerful government and military. The commonly known document, “The Declaration of Independence” was an…

Virginia and Massachusetts being the first two of the thirteen colonies, had similarities in the way they started, but as time went on, their differences began to be known. Massachusetts and Virginia are different because Virginia had the more humid and warm climate, which lead to their great tobacco business and with their crops. With all of the commodities fluctuating Virginia thus had an abundance of slave labor, much more than the Northern colonies, such as Massachusetts. Massachusetts was…

the Virginia Convention. I totally agree that he was right about going to war against British, I believe that war was the only choice that Virginia had to freeing their people from the British Control. People from Virginia has been under the rule of British, they had to believe not just on Patrick Henry but in their right and freedom of their people. First of all British had all the power against Virginia, British would said that they want to make peace and live freely with Virginia, but if…

During the 1760s and 1770s Britain and its colonies had big disagreements. Some colonists felt they should rebel against the British because of things such as the unfair taxation without representation in Parliament. Other colonists thought they should remain loyal to Britain because the British Army and Navy protected them from any threats. Although the colonists that felt they shouldn’t fight had some good points, the colonists that wanted to fight held a better argument. Colonists who…

were fighting to establish their independent nature and state against the British. The British had previously not recognized the Americans independence, which set Americans on a quest to establish that they were an independent nation that had its own laws and one that could not be influenced or ruled by other nations. This second war of independence helped them establish their independence and sovereignty against the British as well as against any other nation that may have doubted their…

There have been several moments in Canadian history that shaped our country economically, socially and politically. Canada as a nation continues to grow and each day, every moment, every second history is made. World War I was a time when Canada embraced as a nation. Canadian efforts during World War I was noteworthy and epoch making. World War I was one of the most deadly wars human history has ever seen. Canada’s contribution in World War I cannot be forgotten. Although there were many…