British subject

These last few years have been horrendous in the colony of Boston. The British have been unruly and selfish to us. They are demanding things that are unheard of, and not giving us the rights necessary to us. As human beings, and British subjects, we have the natural rights, as expressed by fellow English philosopher John Locke, of life, liberty, and property. The mother country is taking these natural rights away from us by imposing unnecessary acts and attempting to create a stronger political…

the 1760s and 1770s, a transition occurred in the colonies turning the once loyal British subjects into disorderly revolutionaries. The large British Empire ruled over a vast number of colonies making it difficult for the British government to enforce laws in every single one. In the 150 years before its colonies in North America, the British had maintained the unofficial policy of salutary neglect in which the British government turned a blind eye letting the colonies essentially run…

brewing in the colonies long before hand. Following the French-Indian war the British wanted to make back the money they had spent on fighting, what followed were a series of acts passed by the British government to generate taxes from the colonies. Each act resulted in the colonist having to pay more and more to their parent country and generally making colonial life harder. Because of these taxes and fighting British battles, the colonies began to resent their parent country, this…

The British Crown. Answer the following questions in body paragraph format (power writing format see below) Topic sentence. Transition to your first piece of evidence. First piece of Evidence {a quote from the reading followed by (Author's last name, year the article was written)}. Explanation showing how your evidence supports your claim. Transition to your second piece of evidence. Second piece of Evidence {a quote from the reading followed by (Author's last name, year the article was…

As a British subject, the colonists were entitled to proper representation within the British Parliament. Under British rule, the colonists did not have a say in political decisions directly or indirectly; colonists were not represented. The British understanding was contrary to this, Thomas Whately later explaining that the colonists were given virtual representation. Virtual representation was characterized by Parliament being made up of every type of British property owner from the…

Rudyard Kipling demonstrates a negative, disgusted view of imperialism in the British Empire. He uses his story, “The Man Who Would Be King,” to convey his message. This novella follows the story of two characters, Dravot and Carnehan, who set out on an adventure to Kafiristan with the goal of becoming kings there. Throughout this journey, Kipling’s dissatisfaction with the British empire is made known. The egotistical behavior of leaders, lack of ‘noblesse oblige,” and continued need for…

When the British Empire started to expand, it was originally able to successfully meet the needs of all of its citizens, whether they were within the confines of the island or across an ocean, surrounded by enemy territory. The colonies formed with moderate amounts of direct help from Britain’s mainland government, who mostly intervened as needed to protect the colonists. Protection, as it began, was meant to be a physical defense, ensuring the safety of colonial boundaries from European…

the Americas, France had prompted armed assaults with the British colonies. Although fighting and armed conflicts between England and France had been going on for years, the prior three wars of colonial land possession between the French and the British, had begun in the Americas and spread as to far as Europe. The war was the byproduct regarding two of Europe's biggest monarchs over colonial land and trade. Colonial rivalry between the British and French colonists also added fuel to this…

With this sense of superiority and right to lead as ordained by nature and God upon the British people, Victorian writers produced literary texts and essays promoting it. Scholars like Mathew Arnold, Benjamin Disraeli, Sarah Austin were at the front-burner of eulogizing the Englishness and the British race superiority. Arnold, in his Common Place book according to Evans Richard, states that the British "are the best breed in the world … The absence of a too enervating climate, too unclouded…

the British. In the Declaration, the colonists justified their rebellion by citing their natural right to “alter or to abolish” a tyrannical government and to establish a new one (Db). The colonists also referred to the king as a tyrant, citing a “history of repeated injuries and usurpations” (Db). Alhough this was the battle cry for the colonists in the Revolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence is somewhat historically inaccurate in its arguments. While the colonists and the British…