British National Formulary

in writing. The publishing of his novel, A Summary View of Rights of British America, initiated his eminent profession. Because of his eloquent writings, Jefferson gained the attention of highly spoken politicians. In his prominent novel, he explains that the British parliament illegally oppressed a nation that is not under their regulation. He further disclosed that since the thirteen colonies were created without the British parliament, it was independent of their ruling and unjust to do so.…

The Declaration of Independence, signed and written in 1776, was written by Thomas Jefferson, the 2nd president of the United States. The Declaration of Independence was a document stating America’s independence from the tyrant of Great Britain. The colonists wanted their independence and fought a whole war to achieve it. They wanted freedom from Britain because they were being heavily taxed, having their privacy taken away, and mistreated; “He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome…

Declaration of Independence placed a large focus on what the king did wrong, and the founding fathers’ desire to be separated from Britain. As stated in the Declaration, Americans possessed a strong desire to be “absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and [to have] all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain… totally dissolved.” Moreover, there were several things that the founders disliked about the king, which they included in the Declaration. The king…

Hausa woman of Nigeria wrote, “they would stop oppression and lawlessness, we would live at peace with them...everyone at Karo ran away-- `There’s a European, there’s a European!” In this specific excerpt we are given an intimate glimpse into the British Arrival. Africans were being fed tiny spoonful of lies, but they still ran for their lives in hopes of finding their own freedom. Also, in a personal account by Ndansi Kumalo, he writes, “ We surrender to the white people and were told to go…

the country, and calling upon all powers, within their circles of power, to refrain from meddling with any treaty port or any bestowed interest, to permit Chinese authorities to collect tariffs on an equal basis, and to show no favors to their own nationals in the matter of harbor dues or railroad charges. The Open Door policy was rooted in the desire of U.S. businesses to trade with Chinese markets, though it also tapped the…

American imperialism experienced its pinnacle from the late nineteen hundreds following World War two; during the following years, United States will exert political, social, and economic control over countries such as the Philippines, Cuba, Germany, Austria, Korea, and Japan. America was on its goal to spread liberty, religion, and democracy. American imperialism is rooted to the term exceptionalism, which means, a theory that a nation, is unique, a region, or political system is exceptional…

quest for capitalist profits; they all originated in political ambitions ... the nation’s will to power ... glory or national greatness” (Document 3). Every country wanted more power and that’s why imperialism happened. Or at least that’s why most imperialism happened. Economic and social forces had an effect, but it was mostly political forces. Every natio wanted power, glory, and national greatness. Imperialism wasn’t just a time of growth and expansion, it was also a time of nationalism. In…

The New World, a vast unexplored land with unlimited potential. Many of the European countries found not only land, raw material and many new cultures, they found that these things could expand their economic control over these areas. Through Mercantilism, England’s economy flourished while the colonies’ economy deteriorated, eventually leading to the colonies revolting. This essay will define Mercantilism and how it worked, explain how the colonies fit into the policy and how England defended…

Now that we knew what the colonists were planning William compelled the soldier to forget everything from the last three minutes and sent him off with a bucket full of water. As we watched the soldier walk away from us William pulled his pocket watch out of his coat pocket to see what time it was. The Sun would creep over the horizon in about an hour and a half so I was forced to return to Boston where I found Jeffrey standing outside a lodging house waiting for me. Jeffrey lead me to the room I…

dedicated to the surrender of the British in Yorktown, Virginia. The story begins by focusing on the betrayal of a friendship between Ben (American) and Rodney (English troop drummer). The story is told through Ben’s eye as he witnesses the surrender of the British army in Yorktown. - The Surrender of Yorktown is crucial to the American revolution, for that was the last battle that the American army fought to free the United States of America. In October 1871, the British troops commanded…