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    the unthinkable perhaps the time had come to throw off British rule and declare their independence. The new trouble began over tea. Calendars enjoy drinking tea most of it came from the East India Company. The company sold its tea to American tea merchants. In turn, these tea Merchants sold the tea to the colonists. In the 1770s, the British East India Company was in financial trouble. Over 15 million pounds of its tea set unsold in British warehouse. In 1773, Parliament tried to help the…

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    control of for the time being in the story. This story is said to parallel the British colonizing the new world. I think this theory is correct because it has characters like Prospero who would represent the British colonizers and Calbin, who would represent the natives of the island. The story contains to many parallels to not be a critique. The first reason I believe that Shakespeare’s The Tempest is a parallel to British colonialization is because Prospero and Calbin are perfect example of…

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    The neo-colonial period in Latin America begins around 1860 with the end of the caudillo rule and ends with the great depression in the United States in the 1930s. The term neo-colonial is defined as the dominance of strong nations over weak nations, not by direct political control, but by economic and cultural influence. (1) The characteristics of a neo-colonial are a centralized authoritarian government in the form of dictatorships or oligarchic rule, economic development relying on export…

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    This sentence highlights the question of whether the benefits of imperialism and colonialism justified the negatives that concurrently appeared after the discovery of the Indies. Although the New World provided Europe with conveniences and luxuries, in addition to improvements in a variety of fields of knowledge and technologies, Raynal debated whether these benefits were worth the cost at which they came and criticized the enterprises that arose after the discovery of the New World. Mentioning…

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    loyalty to Britain was in 1764. During the 1764 the British needed to raise funds and they began to place a tariffs, also began taxes on the American Colonists. The colonists were getting furious with Britain and this led to the Revolution. When Britain need money they came at the colonists and they revolted by setting in a war. Most colonists in 1776 abandon their loyalty to Britain by the Intolerable act. During the Intolerable act, the British’ Parliament had a term that the American…

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    America had every right to separate and break off from Great Britain. From the start of The New World, the colonists were unhappy with Great Britain's laws and way of government. When the mediation options and agreements with Great Britain did not work, America felt it was the time to regulate the land they inhabited. The colonists' disagreements with Great Britain's laws, the unforgettable events the colonists led the declaration of war. This as we know is the American Revolution. One of the…

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    1770, Captain James Cook, a British Lieutenant, landed his ship Endeavour at Botany Bay in New South Wales. The Aboriginal clan that was located in that area were unhappy and tried to stop Cook and his crew from coming ashore. Cook's crew were greater in number and were able to overpower them. They raised the British flag, which represented the taking of land for the King of England. Cook explored further along the coast of Australia before returning to Britain…

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    From the 1500s to the 1800s the world went through a colonial era. The European hemisphere took it upon them to establish their colonies in other countries in the idea of establishing a ‘new civilized world.’ They took over countries in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. The historical note that is never taught in history books is before the colonial era Europe was going through the plague and deep poverty rate. They were in the dark ages and had no growth as a region. During that time, the…

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    This document details the request from many townsmen of Concord to put an article for the erection of new stables on public land, specifically the Common, upon the Sabbath in the warrant for the town meeting for the month of May. This document was written April 10, 1773, one month before the desired request would be discussed at town meeting. It is addressed directly to the selectmen of the town of Concord and signed “your humble servants” as a sign of respect, and has the signatures of several…

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    during the war 1812. It became the U.S anthem 75 years ago. Britain's navy repeatedly invaded U.S. ships and impressed American sailors to fight on the British side, disrupting U.S trades. On September 3,1814 with permission of James Madison, while the war still raged Francis boarded a British ship. He was given permission to try to persuade two British officers to release an American prisoner. The officers eventually agreed to release the prisoner. They were concerned that he might of heard of…

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