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The American Revolution The American Revolution started in 1765 and ended in 1783 after the French and Indian War. The reason why the American Revolution occurred was because the colonists were tired of the British monarchy and aristocracy. The colonists had the right to revolutionize against the British. During this time the British Crown had no idea how the colonists lived and the rules he was suppressing on them seemed unjust to the colonists. At first he sent men to settle the land and…

French and Fort Necessity for England. During the Battle of Monongahela, in 1755, the Natives used guerilla warfare to attack after the British surrendered Fort Duquesne. When William Pitt became Prime Minister, he turned things around, and sent George Washington to attack Fort Duquesne once more. The French, however, burned their own fort and retreated. The fort was rebuilt by the British and renamed Fort Pitt. The British then gained control of the Ohio River Valley. The Treaty of Paris of…

An event in which occurred in early American history is the Whiskey Rebellion. This event took place in Western Pennsylvania and started in 1791. Alexander Hamilton, who was George Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, had an idea to impose or to put taxes on all whiskey products produced and sold in the U.S.A. Congress in 1791 established excise tax. This way, the U.S can pay of the enormous debt they are facing because of the Revolutionary War that occurred prior to this event. With nearly…

The main differences between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson lie behind what they thought the principle of government was. According to Hamilton, government was needed to protect individual liberties. Hamilton was the leader of the Federalist Party also known as the Hamiltonians, who strongly supported his ideas. They believed in order for Americans to be free they needed a strong central government ran by well-educated people such as Hamilton himself, to protect individual liberty. “He…

Called French and Indian War in America, Seven Years’ War French v.s. British The French were outnumbered, even with their Indian allies, with the exception of the Iroquois who refused to ally with France and negotiated a treaty with the English government instead. British General Edward Braddock leads 2,500 men against Fort Duquesne, where the French and Indians ambush and kill them. In 1758, Braddock is avenged by William Pitts in a retake of Fort Duquesne. Britain planned expedition to…

supplied guns and ammo to the Indians. The United States congress officially declared war with Britain on June 18, 1812. Many people feared that this was the end of a newly formed government and Britain was trying to win back the United States. Washington D.C. was occupied and the executive mansion was burned down. In April of 1814, Napoleon eventually lost power and Britain stopped impressing American sailors and ended the inference with American shipping. Britain lost and the United States…

In George Washington’s Farewell Address, he warned that independence, peace at home and abroad, safety, prosperity, and liberty were all dependent upon the unity between the states. He discouraged the nation from separating into factions, ““The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.” Having Washington 's…

The movie “The Patriot” was made in 2000 and directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Robert Rodat, and the producers were Dean Devlin and Mark Gordon, and the composer was John Williams. Some of the main actors are Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Chris Cooper, and Logan Lerman. This fictionalized movie is based on a militia in the American Revolutionary war who is helping the Continental army defeat the British so they can have independence. This film had three Academy Award nominations, it was also…

economy. George Washington wrote to Henry Knox speaking on the events happening such as Shays’ Rebellion. He states that he could not believe it was happening. If someone would have told him three years ago what would happen and occur in the future, he would not have even begun to believe it. The major conflicts with the government and these rebels made the economy extremely weak. George Washington suggested that a stronger government was strongly needed. Everyone agreed with Washington.…

The French revolution started because the citizens wanted more freedoms and rights. The idea of the new government came from the Enlightenment philosophers. Locke was one of the many he rejected monarchy also he believed that government should be selected by and follow the will of the majority, which was a fundamental assertion of the Revolution. Montesquieu introduced the idea of separation of powers in government (from The Spirit of the Law). Where Montesquieu had understood freedom as being…