Penal colony

An american is everyone who is in this country and wants to be here to appreciate our freedoms and to make their life better. Whether a person is brought over to America for some reason or they choose to come here, they are American if they make their home here and gain a love of this country. They can come from all over the world which is what makes this country to diverse, and as some call it, The Melting Pot. From Equiano being brought over as a slave and then gaining his freedom, to the…

between the end of the Seven Years War and the American Revolution, the colonies began to use no taxation without representation as both a primary force motivating the American revolutionary movement and a symbol for democracy. After the Seven Years War, the colonies began to realize their representation in Parliament was very limited, as they were being taxed against their will. Then, as thoughts of a Revolution heightened, the colonies began to realize their representation would never come,…

due to the differences and divide of the north and south regions of America. The reasons for the differences was very affected by the reasons for coming to America, along with the colonies beliefs and point of views on issues. Why the settlers came to America…

the Ohio River Valley, as well as Quebec, Canada resulting in France losing all of its territory in North America. Although the American colonies fought alongside the British during the French and Indian War, Great Britain’s victory greatly affected their postwar relationship. The Proclamation of 1763, passed by King George III, incited this feud between the colonies and the Crown. The provisions of the decree stated that Great Britain would govern the colonists under austere economic and…

In 1775, the thirteen British colonies on the east coast of North America did something very bold. They began to fight for their independence. Fighting went on for eight more years until the Americans and British signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783. The American Revolution caused the Americans to reassess the politics, society, and economy in their young country. Americans didn’t want a government that resembled the British monarchial rule at all, but they would soon find out that they would need…

This resulted in the tax collectors in all 13 colonies to eventually resign, We can see that the Americans were able to unify in order to gain their own rights. Several boycotts and retaliations are seen by the Americans collectively. Many Americans were tired of the British trying to dissolve their…

government should have let the colonists have a say in their own government and the British refusal to let them is sufficient to spark a rebellion. The British were so far from America that much of the European influence did not live long in the colonies. British officials sent to govern the Americans did not have the correct mindset with which to govern a self-reliant people. British officials were used to the people of conquered territories coming to the British governor for everything from…

The british empire helped to establish the thirteen colonies in the new world, however the british did not enforce their power over the colonies.When the colonist had already begun to self-govern themselves ,britain then asserted power over the colonies by creating unjust laws and taxes.The colonist based on many factors believed that they were being mistreated in which caused them to protest.When their protest efforts did not change the way they were being treated the colonist decided to…

continent. Having been planning the true unification of the English Empire with the North American colonies since his governmental affinity with the mother country began in the 1740s, he proposed the Albany Plan of Union which would create an “intercolonial union for Indian affairs” protecting the interest of the colonist and the empire on the banks of the Ohio River to the west of the established colonies but would also be a “defense” for a government that would “transcend the governments of…

The things that connect the English colonies to their superiors, Britain, was that being ruled by the parliament and the British King. The way the king ruled and his laws were not up to par for the colonists because of his dictatorship and unjustly taxations. The simple thought of the English being ruled by an island that they could not even see and they also had very poor communication with. Between this and lack of the king being able to overlook the colonies, did not do justice for neither…