No taxation without representation

financial idea, which did not please the colonists, establish levy taxes. Lecture 10 states, “because the colonies were plantations (and thus their assemblies had no legal standing), the Parliament insisted that it had the authority to levy direct taxes without seeking approval from the colonial assemblies (2)”. If the colonists were seem as plantations with no legal standing, this would mean the fight against the British, American Revolution, would have no legal standing of the control of the…

Lowering the Voting Age Does the legal age for voting at 18 really matter? This has been an ongoing topic for a long time but especially during these last few years. Politicians go back and forth trying to figure out what is best for the United States of America. Although many argue the topic there is many reasons why sixteen year olds should be allowed vote. In our country today, the government is letting teens drive and that is basically a pathway to death for them and everybody else on the…

participate in the decision making. Like their British brethren, the colonists wanted the ability to vote on taxes. However, American colonists were not allowed to participate in the British Parliament. This led to many colonists decrying taxation without…

Russia was a massive empire and a great power of Europe in the late ninetieth and early twentieth century. However, it lagged behind in economic and political aspects as compared to Germany and Britain. In 1917, two significant revolutions occurred where the first overthrew Nicholas II government and afterward established a provisional government. Eight months after the first revolution, a second revolution took place where Bolsheviks was brought to power. During this period, many groups of…

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, a series of events took place that would lead to a period of reason, understanding and intellect. This period was known as the Enlightenment and is more clearly defined as an international intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the application of the laws of nature to human society. This period came about when the bourgeoisie, a social class consisting of a variety of professions such as merchants, lawyers, skilled artisans and…

Stamp Act and all the following acts for the most part, some colonists did not want to go as far as to separate from Great Britain. They believed that because Great Britain had been their parent country for so long, they wouldn’t be able to thrive without them. These colonists also believe that if they were to go to war again, similar to the French and Indian War, they wouldn’t be able to fend for themselves and would be much weaker as a whole. Those who wanted to stay with the British were…

The Columbian Exchange was a work written by Dr. Alfred Crosby in 1972. He wrote it after studying the Western Hemisphere a century after Christopher Columbus came to the Caribbean. In the work Crosby pointed out that there was four changes between the Europeans and the Native Americans. Some of the exchanges where good which included the exchange plants and animals. There was also exchanges that were harmful to both the Europeans and the Native Americans these would have the exchange of…

the convention of The Second Continental Congress. At the Second Continental Congress, they wrote the declaration of Independence Throughout these statements, there are many examples of how the Americans believed they could do whatever they wants without approval. “He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of pressing importance,” which states that the Governors, who were appointed by the King, rejected laws because the King did not approve of them. They also stated, “He has obstructed the…

first of such issues addressed is the utter lack of reason to go to war in the first place, followed by the incapability to go to war at the colonies’ current state, and concluded with the possibility that once free, America may very well fall apart without a reliable plan for government. These observations are backed with notes from James Chalmers, and other influential political figures. Even the most critical reader may find all of these arguments to be secure, and by the end of this paper,…

parliament came to a deadlock, Charles I tried to rule without parliament which only made matters worse. A chain reaction of English revolutionaries emerged to oppose Charles I. “But by certain reforms in Ireland he antagonized the English landlords who had interest in that country. By supporting the leadership and theology of the Church of England he made enemies of the Puritans. By attempting to modernize the navy with funds raised without parliamentary consent . . . he alarmed all property…