...During the late 1700’s The British government did many things that were unfair towards the colonists. The government forced costly taxes on them and passed many unrightful acts that angered colonists. In response to the taxes and acts, the colonies did lots of things to protest against them. The British went through with various acts to gain more profit from the colonists. Some of these taxes and acts were the stamp act, the Quartering act and the Townshend Acts. The British also made it so that the colonies couldn't trade or invest in anything from anyone but England. The colonies could not make industries that would compete with the British. The colonists were fed up with the British and wanted to be free from them. In 1767 when the...
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...Mercantilism was a system of government that controlled the economic affairs of the state to fulfill national wealth. The British Colonists coped with the economic restraints placed upon the by this imperial economic theory by asking the for government assistance. The colonists became extremely dependent on the empire. Trade was only allowed within their empire, in fear that they would make the other empires richer. This became a competition in world trade. The government were so wrapped up in this competition that they didn’t also give the British colonists what they needed or asked for. New England, Middle Colonies, Chesapeake and the Southern colonies all participated in the Atlantic World trade routes. New England was close to the ocean...
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...economic development of England and its colonies in the north of the American continent, known as the Thirteen Colonies. The first attempt at occupation of North America by the English happened to Walter Raleigh, who organized three expeditions to the region in the late sixteenth century. Raleigh did not get the expected success with the expeditions, because of the constant attacks of the indigenous people who lived there....
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...and expansion for both the Monarchies and the Colonies. In Virginia and Maryland the boom of tobacco would take hold and both of their economies would be based solely off of the production and trade of this product. Other colonies prospered off the production of corn, fishing, and even fur trade with the Indians and other colonies. The English however, would look to monitor the trade system and implement acts and regulations to control trade. The Navigation act made it so that all goods brought from Asia, Africa, and America to England had to be carried in British ships. When the British would eventually conquer islands in the West Indies they would replace tobacco production with sugar. They would later revise the Navigation act to ensure that goods were carried in a British Ship, with a British captain, as well as a British crew. Eventually Parliament would enact the Plantation Duty Act which would require merchants to pay a duty on anything shipped between the colonies. This would extremely benefit the monarchies back home and help the British monitor any violators of these rules. These regulations and acts did not sit well however with the colonists at the time. Eventually over time this allowed for many of the rich prosperous land owners to be the only ones growing more and more successful in the trade industry. The relationship’s that the colonists had with the Native Americans also affected the trade system. Some of the colonies relied heavily on trade with the tribes in the...
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...13 Colonies by Janelle Pavao Let's begin with a list of the 13 Colonies in the order they were established. Each link will send you to a short history further down the page. 1. Virginia/Jamestown: 1607 2. Massachusetts: 1620 3. New Hampshire: 1623 4. Maryland:1632-1634 5. Connecticut:1635 6. Rhode Island: 1636 7. Delaware: 1638 8. NorthCarolina:1653 9. South Carolina: 1653 10. New York: 1664 11. NewJersey:1664 12. Pennsylvania: 1682 13. Georgia: 1732 See also: Roanoke Colony Brief History of the Thirteen Colonies The 13 colonies were chiefly governed by the British until the time of the Revolutionary war. However, others did try to seize control of the colonies several times, such as during the French and Indian war. Although the British controlled the 13 colonies on the east coast, the French took control of Canada, which is why it is not part of America today. The British tried to fight for that land, but were defeated and the French held control. The Spanish claimed Mexico and some of the western parts of North America including Southern California and part of the Caribbean, but the British were the chief rulers of the continent. Virginia/Jamestown Jamestown was the first of the 13 colonies after the failure to establish a colony on Roanoke Island. It was founded by The London Company in 1607. Jamestown was mainly founded for the purpose of making money. It was a port and trading center. Jamestown was a place for people to come and make their fortune. Another...
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...1- FRENCH INDIAN WAR The French Indian War directly caused the Revolutionary War by the separation of King ……. The French Indian war was also known as the Seven Year War….. The British colonist understood that by ….. On the other hand, the British did not understand that by….. In conclusion, the French Indian War…. 2- RELIGION Religion played an essential part in founding America by …. Was America a really please for religion freedom? Only if you were running away from prosecution since the Native Americans were forced to give up their own believes thus their religion. During the 1600s separation of church and state did not exist. The church was the state. The religious figures held more power than the kings. In conclusion, religion played a tremendous part in the foundation of our country. 3- INDIANS IN AMERICA HISTORY The Indians believed and saw the land as their mother who provided food and shelter to them. The immigrants were taken apart the ecosystem by abusing it. The Indians were afraid of the immigrants’ abuse not only because they interfered with their culture and their religion but their source of life. Indians were an enormous help for the immigrants that arrived into their land. Pokahontas, Squanto and Pontiac were some of the most famous Indians that help the immigrants to survive…. All the abuse and ambition for wealthy from the colonist forced the Indians to stand for their land by starting war against the aggressors...
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...Women in the Australian colonies: Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Women in Australia colonies Port Philip grew at an amazing rate in the 1830s when free settlers and female convicts were sent to Victoria to respond to the labor shortage. Women were outnumbered by men with a ration 1 to seven respectively. Women were the small population and were the most vulnerable proportion of the whole population. Initially, the majority of women were unmarried free settlers. There was a great demand for single women to serve as house servants, and the government covered the travel expenses to Victoria with families or married couples. . However, the free female settlers were still vulnerable as they were not lucky enough to get employment and they had to meet their financial needs. If they lost their job or get pregnant, they were forced to depend on charitable organizations or move to the streets. . For the convicts that were sent to Port Philip, the place was worse, with prostitution being their unspoken sentence. Life was difficult on arrival as convict women were taken to settlers households to serve as domestic servants. Some were lucky to marry and start new lives, but the majority of them were victims of prostitution and crime. For the most women, de facto relationships or marriage ensured they were protected and provided for from the rough elements of the society, and security was given at a price. Alcohol was too common in the settlements...
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...country with limited resources, there were many was that England could do this, one of the ways was to acquire colonies in that could be a reliable source of raw materials. This is exactly were the colonies fell into place. After the colonies had been established, England could take advantage of the colonies and use them as a producer of the materials that were otherwise unavailable to them. As the colonies role, they were expected to aid what was referred to as the “Mother country” in order for them to achieve a favorable balance in their trades. Colonies supplied products such as tobacco, sugar, and grain. The mother country also created an outlet for exports through the colonies, which increased the industrial development, as well as jobs at home. Colonies reduced the dependence on foreign countries for England by providing them with raw materials, which would allow them to discard the idea of having to purchase it from another country. Furthermore, the colonies role was not only to supply raw materials to the mother country, but to buy products as well. This meant that the colonies were not able to manufacture products or goods that would compete with what things that were being made in England. England wanted colonies to have to import products, instead of making them, further benefiting England. This also meant that as a supplier to England, the colonies were not to export raw materials...
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...King Leopold was first inspired by a book titled Java; or How to Manage a Colony. Leopold became so fascinated that he began corresponding with the author, an English lawyer, known by the name, J.W.B Money. In the book, Money mentioned that profit would come from forced labor; however, Leopold agreed and added that forced labor was the only way to improve the undeveloped peoples of the Far East. Not only desire for money but also for power, were Leopold’s dying reasons to acquire a colony. Leopold strongly believed that overseas colonies were key to a country’s greatness, and he worked hard to acquire colonial territory from belgium. The Belgian Government lent Leopold money as a citizen still to try to acquire the colony. In 1866 Leopold instructed the Belgian ambassador to speak to Queen Isabella II of Spain about giving the philippines to belgium. In 1868 Leopold replaced the ambassador with someone that would carry out his plan to acquire the Philippines, but without funds he was not able to. After the failed attempts to acquire the Philippines he then turned his attention to colonize Africa. In 1876 Leopold organized a private meeting called the international African Society. Two years after the meeting in 1878 King Leopold hired an explorer Henry Stanley to explore and acquire a colony in the Congo. Henry Stanley helped King Leopold II of Belgium to claim Congo by negotiating with its local leaders, although he would not apply any treaties that allowed power over Congo...
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...Imperialism has been a major form in shaping the modern world. The effects of imperialism have been interpreted by many different views. The major imperialism occurred during the late 19th century and early 20th century, and had more negative effects in the modern world than the positive. One of its positive side is seen in document 4, where we can see that they were part of a modern culture and the colonial owners were responsible for providing security for a person and his or her land. They were also responsible for the opening of region to the lumberman, miner, and planter to the colony. After this occurred, they were considered part of a modern day culture. A negative effect is seen in document one where it says the white rulers live at the expense of the natives. Took their territory by force, and the most fertile land and minerals re owned by the whites. In this document you can see that the colonies did he work while the white man sat and watched. They had no freedom and had to sit in the mother country and work. Another negative effect is seen in document 2 when it said “civilization was nothing less than savagery”.in this quote you can see that the colonists make themselves superior to the blacks indicating that whatever the blacked do for civilization is savagery and that brought down their self-confidence. In document 3 we see that the Africans are stripped of any type of freedom, and countries were brought down to poverty.in document 5 yu can see that when the whites...
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...According to one of America’s most successful men, Henry Ford, “Failure is the opportunity to start more intelligently.” When considering the Jamestown experience and the development of the great plantation colonies, this quote cannot be more ideal. The lessons learned in leadership, financial stability and native relations during the settlement of Jamestown helped other colonies improve their colonization process. They did this by replicating Virginia’s successes’ and avoiding her failures. First of all, during the colonization process of Jamestown the settlers had no form of leadership. This caused the men to be unsuited for the job and their priorities were irrelevant. For example, The American Pageant states,” once ashore in Virginia, the settlers died by the dozens from disease, malnutrition and starvation. Ironically, the woods rustled with food and the rivers flopped with fish, but the greenhorn settlers, many of them self-styled ‘gentlemen’ unaccustomed to fending for themselves, wasted valuable time grubbing for nonexistent gold when they should have been gathering provisions” (pg29). This statement proves that the first settlers needed a strong leader to discipline them and turn their efforts from gold to the colony’s overall survival. Luckily, Captain John Smith took lead of the...
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...The article describes the living conditions in Jamestown and because the new world was uncharted and unknown it was made difficult for the colonist to settle and thrive as they did back at home causing starvation and sickness, “the pitiful condition of the Jamestown settlers in May leaves little doubt that starvation was a reality, not a rumor”(Bernhard, 1992, 611). The author concludes that English colonization could have started earlier if the residents of Jamestown would have moved to point comfort but because there were women and children living in Jamestown such a trip would have been impossible to make, “If women and children had not been there, Jamestown might have been abandoned, and the history of successful English colonization of...
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...the colonists became more independent from other nations. People had different jobs that varied along the coast. The landmass was divided into 13 colonies that each had separate functions. The New England colonies mainly fished and cut down trees. The Middle Colonies were more suitable for farming and reaped profits from grains and shipbuilding . The Southern Colonies grew cash crops such as tobacco, indigo, and rice. In addition to difference of economy, the colonies were settled by different people, thus leading to a variety of governments and society. All the colonies have very diverse lifestyles but they still have the basic english culture running through all of them. Although, they may be leaded by the king or by an individual they still have the basic jobs of farming or housework and still they retain the same social order. Government differed among the colonies, and these governments were divided into three...
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...passing important laws needed immediately • Won’t let us pass laws that affect large groups of people unless they give up right to self govern, showing he's a tyrant. • Makes meetings of our legislative in far away places, so he can wear them down so they’ll agree with him • Removed Representative Houses repeatedly, opposing our rights • Since we can’t govern ourselves, corruption becomes more evident within and outside the colonies • Tries to control our colony’s population, immigration, ownership of land, and expansion. • Removed the Administration of Justice, by refusing to establish Judiciary powers here, making him the judge and jury. • Gives judges a salary cut to prove colonists guilty in court. • Made new offices whose workers destroyed business down to enforce his will upon us. • Sent the Army to keep guard, when it s unnecessary. • Has made the military the control here. • Won’t listen to our laws, and makes us follow his laws. • The Quartering Act • Protects british soldiers from punishment when they get in trouble in the colonies. • Cuts off our trade with...
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...How colonial music relates to our day music while helping us form a united country and patriotism. It has been found that music of the Colonial age wasn’t written in America; but, inclusively transported to help define the colleagues and for founders of this country. The music that early Americans have chosen to sing and play helps to clarify the understanding of the colonist themselves. 1 “Their music included ballads, dance tunes, folk songs and parodies, comic opera arias, drum signals, psalms, minuets and sonatas. Such music came mostly from England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, and Africa, and it was played on whatever instruments were handy.” Many different styles and forms of music emerged in early America to express the full effect of colonial life. Colonial music included both oral and written processes; in which, people most commonly could recognize by ear but frequently came up with new words to the older tunes. The instruments we have today were brought to us by the Revolution age with some in their original form and prevalent. Men from all different classes, from slaves and indentured servants to Thomas Jefferson, played fiddles or violins. While prices varied from high to low violins were usually imported in great numbers. In addition to popular instruments such as the violin, the flute happens to be another prominent instrument that was driven by man. 1 Woman had limited musical options due to high levels of “maintaining reputation” for men. Wealthy...
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