British National Formulary

Without his fiery attitude, bravado, and enchanting tongue, America as we know it, would still have been under a tyrannical British damnation. In 1775, at the Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry, an American colonist attorney, gives a strong passion driven speech to 120 delegates to motivate the colonists into finding the key that would free them from the caustic chains that the British so heartlessly attached to their ankles. In Patrick Henry's argument, he uses forced teams to try and persuade…

The scene changes to Cleopatra’s infiltration of Julius Caesar’s camp. With the help of Apollodorus, Cleopatra was carried into camp rolled inside of a rug. After appearing from the carpet, Cleopatra had a difficult time in trying to persuade Caesar to protect Egypt and help her reclaim her throne. Frustrated with Caesar’s negative response, Cleopatra turned to Apollodorus to seek guidance. Apollodorus only spoke one word “India” (0:12). In this scene, Apollodorus does not tell Cleopatra what…

Revolution became inevitable. Washington recognized the difference, and in his calm way said that matters never could be the same again. It must be remembered that 'Common Sense' preceded the declaration and affirmed the very principles that went into the national doctrine of liberty. But that affirmation was made with more vigour, more of the fire of the patriot and was exactly suited to the hour... Certainly [the Revolution] could not be forestalled, once he had spoken”…

Americans as revolt after revolt pops up in their colonies. The Greeks finally rebelled against their rulers, The Ottoman Empire, by establishing the country of Greece and Epirus. Half of India is either being controlled by puppets of the British government or they are British…

It can be argued that traces of these colonial systems have had a significant impact on current events. The British Empire began to take control of Egypt following the two empires preceding it, the Ottoman, and the French. Both empires had an impact on Egypt, and paved the way for British colonial rule. In the novel, Colonising Egypt (1991), Timothy Mitchell covers the introduction of British colonialist disciplinary mechanisms to Egypt in the 19th century. He states that "the colonial process…

to collect taxes from the states, one of the most effective ways for states to pay their debts was to give up their western land holdings to the national government. Therefore, North Carolina, in 1783, gave up their western lands that are now known as East Tennessee. Settlers flooded this area as a new chance. When the land was finally ceded to the national government, the settlers and speculators kept their private property rights in the region. This new land faced many hardships without the…

church delegation, probably occupied by a majority of white Anglo-Saxon protestant men and women, as they are most likely to support his motivation and Christian initiative (Intended Audience, Document 3). This showed the heavy emphasis American’s national identity at that time placed on Christianity. Future President Theodore Roosevelt also upheld the decision to annex the Philippines, using the reasoning that if America were not to take up leadership after Spanish rule, their government would…

Are the arguments posited by Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine effective? Of course they are, did they not persuade their people to fight against Britain, for their rights. Patrick Henry spoke about a war that had not yet begun, he spoke of it with urgency, as if there was no time to question it. He decided that he needed to get people involved in his speech, he needed people to think about what he was saying, to choose between the good and the bad. Thomas Paine did the same thing, he used emotion…

There were many reasons why the Founding Fathers were justified in rebelling against the British government. Colonist believed that the government was unfair because the king created unfair laws such as the Townshend Act of 1767 and the Tea Act, and the British caused the Boston Massacre. The Townshend Act of 1767 placed taxes on lead, glass, paper, paint and tea that were imported into the colonies. The Townshend Act was a new way to generate tax revenue in the colonies after the Stamp…

Even in American schools when national authors were discussed they were always somehow fused with British ones until the end of the 19th century. Within the literature of The United States we can find a significant number of various influences such as Native American legends written down long after they were told, New England novels, African American songs and stories, women's prose or journals, all of forged the classical canon of America. Just like any other national literature, America's was…