Former British colonies

The English were latecomers to the imperial contest in 1600. The main social pressures for the English to colonize North American were related to economic and religious pressures. There was great economic opportunities in North America. It had fertile land, temperate climate, and the ability to possibly grow valuable crops. There was also an expectation that they would find gold which generated economic activity. A great many of the colonists were from families of poverty which pushed the want…

keeping up peace between the two countries and saving U.S. nonpartisanship. 1796 George Washington addressed his Farewell before retiring. • Federalists were drawn to a great extent from the high class of society and reflected values and tastes of the British gentry. By most records, Federalists doubted the capacity of the masses to make sound political judgements, accepting rather that a republic ought to be…

author who best shows this characteristic was William Bradford,” Bradford helped draft its legal code and facilitated a community centered on private subsistence agriculture and religious tolerance,” (“William Bradford”). The quote says that the new colony would be focused on agriculture and religious tolerance and Bradford was one of the first people to arrive in the new world and helped make the rules they would live by. The influence of the opportunity for freedom today is that people can be…

The Hundred Years’ War had countless negative effects on both France and England, and these effects would be felt both during the war and after the conflict had ended. The Hundred Years’ War caused the death of countless peoples, the destruction of massive portions of French land, massive damage to both the French and English economies, and the creation of a large and long-lasting rift and rivalry between these two nations. The casualties were felt by both the French and the English, and author…

Out of many rebellions and riots in the short history of the United States, Shays’s Rebellion made the biggest splash. Shays’s Rebellion was a riot led by former Revolutionary War veteran and farmer, Daniel Shays. Farmers had been pushed to the limit from their unfair treatment by the government and started a riot that changed the course of US history. This rebellion led to the replacement of the Articles of Confederation and marked the way to the formation of the present-day Constitution.…

A few colonies and cities communities have experienced some secretive and unfathomable pasts which can't be overlooked for long. Comparative sort of history has been seen in Jamestown and Plymouth. Jamestown in Virginia was the principal lasting English settlement and Plymouth in Massachusetts being the second, with these two states English settlement in North America was begun. Jamestown was started when in 1607, the London Company was created by a group of merchants. They sent themselves onto…

The British colonies of North America felt threatened by the United States. Manifest Destiny, the belief that all of North America should belong to the United States, was a view held by many Americans during the American Civil War (1861 - 1865). Canadians were afraid…

John Hancock was a revolutionary, he was the first person to sign the declaration of independence, and he was one of the wealthiest people in massachusetts. He also got to name the United States of America, the act he was inspired by was the Tea Act. John hancock was best known as the first person to sign the declaration of independence, but there are also many things people did not know about him like he was one of the wealthiest people in massachusetts, when John was little his father…

The English colonies had a hard time while trying to establish British America. They ran into challenges like lacking food and supplies, a language barrier that limited communication, and diseases that killed. The southern colonies and the New England colonies were settled for different reasons and they developed very differently. The success rate for the colonies was very dependent on natural resources and meeting basic needs of their people. The British Came over to the Americas expecting it…

Historians normally give the perspectives of the American Revolution from those that were living in the thirteen colonies. In Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution we are able to see the American Revolution from a different side not normally seen which involves the war fought in the Gulf Coast region. Duval focuses on the Revolution’s impact on people in Louisiana and Western Florida. We learn from the eight characters that the American Revolution was more than just…