Chesapeake Colonies

The constitution is the backbone of the United States because without it where would were we be in life. The Bill of Rights, or first 10 amendments, was created to define our civil liberties as American citizens. There is quite a history that surrounds the founding of the Bill of Rights with almost 200 years of hindsight that gave us what we have today. The major parts of the Bill of Rights are the amendments, the federalists versus the anti-federalists and how our world would be different if we…

I am a British thread producer at Cromford Mill in the late 1770s during the time of the American Revolutionary War. A multitude of British soldiers stationed overseas are fighting for, and hopefully going to sustain our power over the American colonies. The prime minister is currently Frederick North, however, the majority of citizens usually refer to him as Lord North, which represents courtesy of his leadership abilities. My husband, Charlie, is in battle, leaving the children and I…

Great Britain, the Motherland, the power, the Monarchy! Great Britain controls all of the thirteen colonies, but how do they control them? Think, think about how you're being treated, is it fair? Are you even a fellow citizen to the British? Great Britain has taken too much control of our colonies and is not helping us in any way. In fact, Britain is stripping us of our freedom and justice in these many ways: emitting excessive taxes on goods, using the Church to gain loyalty, quartering of…

The American Revolution, fought from 1775 until 1783, was a turning point in American history which gave us our independence from Great Britain. Was this conflict beneficial to the American Colonies, or would it have been better to remain loyal to the crown? We will attempt to provide a number of logical illustrations both for and against revolution allowing for the reader to make an informed opinion. One of the primary causes and foremost reason for the American Revolution was the unfair or…

In the early 13th, the English Barons forced their tyrannical monarch, King John, to sign the revered Magna Charta. Their justifications for revolting against the crown originated with the ideas if protecting and defending the rights of loyal British subjects by providing due process and representation for the subjects. The principles once fought for, went largely unheeded by the colonists contemporaries in Parliament. Although the colonists made numerous requests to be treated as loyal subjects…

There had been tension between the British and Colonist for a while. The Colonist think that the British have been abusing their power and using it for putting many taxes over the colonies. There was many debates on British taxes, especially the navigation and sugar act. As the British kept piling on taxes the Colonies had enough and finally decide to have the protest which led to the Boston Massacre. Many documentations or pictures on the event depict many opinions on if it is or is not a…

In the late 1760's, Americans were on the verge of war with Britain. They needed an excuse to fight and gain independence. Patrick Henry's famous speech created one of the many excuses that drove the people to fight. In his speech, Patrick Henry emphasizes the use of rhetorical devices such as anaphora and allusion to expose British atrocities to the people so that they could join the war effort. Patrick Henry used anaphora as a tool to convince the people to fight for independence because of…

In 1786, Daniel Shays, a former captain in the Continental Army started a full-scale rebellion-----made up of New England farmers in Massachusetts. Shay’s Rebellion erupted when the government of Massachusetts decided to raise taxes instead of issuing paper money to pay off its debts. Daniel Shay’s Rebellion was ineffective in its goal to help lower taxes for farmers but led to Governor James Bowdoin to lose the following election. His revolt also showed Americans that the United States of…

raise money, the colonies had grown even more angry. The Stamp Act for example, required colonists only in North America, to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac. This made many colonists angry since only North America had gotten taxed, and not any other colonies Britain had power over got taxed. Secondly, the Sugar Act, was a trade in law enacted by parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the british colonies…

Have you ever wondered about the Boston Massacre. what led up to the Boston Massacre. in 1765 people and Boston had been heading protests against British taxes. Also British soldiers had to live with the colonists. The colonists didn't like the acts that the British were doing. like the Stamp Act and how they were taxed on every piece of printed paper they used. Another act the British did is the Townshend Act.The Townshend Act was when there was a series of Acts named after Charles…