Plymouth Colony

against the British rule attempting to gain control of the colonies again and allowed for many revolts throughout the colonies to occur. The colonists eventually decided to create a meeting to discuss on how to respond to the British’s actions which lead to the First Continental Congress. The idea of independence began to take influence from the First Continental Congress, where the delegates decided to form militias and arm the colonies. Arming the colonists then led to the first battle of the…

british and the colonist. But the british were more powerful so inn anyway possible they wanted to make the colonist worth less then then.once there was war between the British, French and the Indians that was very expensive. The British taxed the colonies to pay for their Army and to finance their war debt. This was one of several different factors that angered the Colonists and drove them to throw the tea into the harbor. Was the American Revolution more about economic rights or civil…

the United States. Furthermore, salutary neglect was when colonies developed independent states, although they still knew they were under England’s authority. However, they still made their own laws, traded with whoever they chose, and defended themselves without Great Britain’s help. It was the time period from 1607 to 1763 where colonies were standing on their own, not dependent from Britain. So basically it was a time when the colonies wanted to change they was they were run, and wanted to…

many drastic changes to the U.S like maintaining a strong relationship with Britain, abolishing national debt, and establishing a strong central government which was ruled by the knowledgeable. Before the birth of the U.S Great Britain ruled the colonies. Back then, the United States’s relationship was not well with Britain. Although, when the Federalist came into power, they instantly made amends with the U.K. The Federalists believed in the U.K because they thought that they had strong…

(9.2) In 1801 President Thomas Jefferson took office and he promised to shrink the government, including executive powers. He resumed the capitol building project and designed additions to the White House. The 1803Louisiana Purchase made people angry people both inside and out of his own political party. Many believed the president didn't have the constitutional authority to make such a decision on his own. His political opponents in the Essex Junta conspired with Vice President Aaron Burr in…

freeing the colonies from British administration. Started from the year 1765 through 1775, he had produced a string of speeches and disputes with the British Parliament in which he won, slowly edging out Britain. Their significance to the colonies continuously decreases due to Patrick Henry’s force, courage, and fearlessness. Despite Henry's opposition to some of the government's ideas, he successfully influenced people to oppose Britain as a whole and fight for the liberty of the colonies and…

The Continental victory at Saratoga in 1777 and the Treaty with the French in 1778 transformed the war, especially for the British. Most of the fighting took place in Philadelphia, New York, and New Jersey; however, the location began to shift. The war continued in the Sea, the South, and Yorktown. Each side felt that they had their advantages, for example, Britain has the loyalists in the South, while Americans had their foreign assistance. Also, Patriot troops had master plans with George…

But they needed to make money so they tried to get the colonies to pay taxes. To this was followed by a series of other rules that the only effect they had, was to incite (even more) the Americans even more. A clear example of this would be the Navigation Acts (1651), the Sugar Act (1764) and the Stamp Act (1765). These laws sometimes were not respected, and had a great opposition among the colonists. By the year of 1770, groups of colonists like the Patriots and Sons of Liberty (of Boston)…

The American Revolution has many debates surrounding it. Among those, is whether or not the Revolution was revolutionary. On 2/27/17, we traveled around the classroom, analyzing primary documents, to give us an idea of what was happening. My answer to the debate is that yes, the Revolution was revolutionary. The revolution made a difference in life for colonists in many ways, which are embodied and shown in various ways. To begin, source 1 was a depiction of a revolt in New York. Colonists who…

tribes, so it would’ve been rather easy to live amongst each other, yet this is what the King did not realize. British subjects were completely capable of living amongst this race of people. This was one of the major reasons as to why the American colonies found this law unreasonable, yet not only this, but there was no way to restrict colonization beyond the mountains that was set in stone. Settlers were well aware of the restrictions, but without a true consequence for moving past the…