History of the Thirteen Colonies

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…

The Chesapeake Colonies, such as Virginia and Maryland, were located on the coastline of the New World. This gave them access to the water where they could catch fish, however, the water brought many upon many diseases to the settlers, such as Malaria and Cholera. Like the Chesapeake settlers the New England colony was also on the coastline, but, they did not get killed as much by disease like the Chesapeake settlers did. Economically Chesapeake and new England were not alike, Chesapeake’s…

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…

As England began to take interest in the "New World", colonization by Englishmen began to spread drastically in the 1600's. English colonies took place on the eastern coast of the United States. Two early settlements established were in the New England and Chesapeake region. Although both were settled largely by people of English origin, by 1700 these two regions had evolved into two distinct societies, due mainly to reasons involving the reasons for settlement, geographical differences leading…

16 New England and Chesapeake Region's Distinct Societies DBQ The first colonies established by England were founded near the Chesapeake region, and soon enough others began to form in New England. Despite them both being settled mainly by English people, by 1700 their colonies progressed into two distinct societies for a variety of reasons. Even to this day there are a few distinct differences between these areas, but where did they begin? These differences in development are a result from…