British Regency

to move towards independence and there was a developing sense of national identity as America had economically become a fairly self sufficient state. Arguments over taxes in America caused protests because many Americans felt under-represented in British parliament and therefore did not believe they should have to pay a direct tax. Americans had no representation in parliament and had no right to vote in Britain and therefore no say in what was done…

Nicolas de Largillière, a French artist known mainly for his portraits of the upper bourgeoisie, painted Portrait of a Woman in 1696 with oil on canvas. It can be found hanging in the European galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Due to a lack of evidence, the identity of the sitter has been widely debated. What can be gathered from records and documentation is that it appears to be either Madame Marie de Thorigny or Hélène de Thorigny; two women from the same wealthy family that…

These arguments disclose that America had flourished under British ruling and that they provided the colonies with much needed protection. Thomas Paine, in response to the former argument mocks it by saying, ‘’We may as well assert that because a baby has thrived upon milk that it is never to have meat.” This quote…

Elephant,” George Orwell’s famously anti-imperialist essay, brings to light the complicated idea regarding the malleability of one’s conscience and questions the stability of a moral code. He begins the essay by recounting his time in Burma as a British officer, and how his hatred of imperialism was becoming overshadowed by the Burmese peoples’ distaste for his fellow colonizers and him. He wished to gain the trust and respect of these people in order to put this cognitive dissonance at rest, so…

The tax placed on tea by the British was a way to help the East India tea company, and it was politically significant. The Americans, at the time, had just had the Townshend acts repealed on common items such as glass, paper, and etc. however they were not satisfied until all taxes had been removed. This tax was barely anything for an average American. The Englishman who had maybe half an acre of land was not generating much revenue yet he or she willingly paid taxes of 50% of their profit. The…

and some troops built a small fort called Fort Necessity. After many casualties, Washington and his troops surrendered. Their defeat was the beginning of the French and Indian War. The British captured Quebec in Canada in 1759, gaining them the advantage in the war. The war lasted for nine years, but the British eventually won because they were willing to fund military in the Americas. The French preferred to spend money on military in Europe because of the conflict there (Encyclopedia…

The New England and Chesapeake Colonies are quite different but they also have a lot in common. New England and Chesapeake Colonies can be compared and contrasted by the settlement patterns, demographic patterns, trading patterns, religion, government and economic activities. In terms of trading pattern the Chesapeake and New England Colonies had way different ways to trade. The Chesapeake Colonies mostly exported tobacco products, while the New English Colonies mostly exported things like fish…

As the British attempted to colonise Australia they had many effects on the aboriginal people (Baird 2015). The Aboriginals, at first, saw the British settlers as no threat, and even welcomed them (Baird 2015). Slowly the British presence became unwelcomed as they began to induced strife and destruction on the Aboriginal people (Henebry 2012). Over the eighteenth century…

How America Won Her Independence From the British Empire Today when one thinks of the American Revolution, it is almost ingrained in the American psyche to think of the Fourth of July, and with out fail every summer on that date the Revolution story is told. However the story of Americas Revolution did not begin in the sweltering summer heat of Philadelphia in 1776, instead the winter of 1773 in the frigid waters of Boston Harbor. That December night American protested the Tea Act passed…

Imagine being born into a world of hopelessness. No dreams of becoming greater tomorrow. Waking up in the same routine everyday asking yourself is this how life really is supposed to be? I couldn 't fathom being without the capability of aspiring to become great and achieving the knowledge that I 'm capable of. I would be hopeless. That 's how I feel and look at slavery. A world of hopelessness. I understand that it happened and that it was there. But I could never quite understand why. Why was…