The Townshend Acts In 1767 Charles Townshend who was the chancellor of the exchequer, created the Townshend Acts . The Townshend Acts were approved by British Parliament on June 26-June 2, 1767 and were repealed April 12, 1770. Charles Townshend proposed the program in order to raise 40,000 pounds a year so that the English parliament could cut the british land tax and this would also raise money to pay for the salaries of governors and judges. Some of the things that the Act taxed were paper, oil, lead, glass, and tea that went into American ports. Townshend knew that his program would be controversial in the colonies, but he argued that, "The superiority of the mother country can at no time be better exerted than now."
1) ‘ The views of J.M. Keynes were the most important factor in explaining Britain’s treatment of Germany in the years following the Treaty of Versailles until 1929.’ Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. (24 marks) John Maynard Keynes, an economist and financial representative for the Treasury during the Treaty of Versailles of 1929, held bold and influential views about the treatment of Germany. The question is, how powerful were these views in affecting the actions and policies of the British government towards Germany in the years which followed? When Keynes rejected the scale of reparations placed on Germany and resigned from his post at the Treasury, he lead the way for what many leading politicians were to understand later on.
While there was no single cause of the Great Depression, the sentiment in most of the country was that Wall Street was to blame and regulation needed to be in place to prevent it from happening again. Senator Carter Glass was known as the Father of the Federal Reserve System and was instrumental in getting it signed into law. Senator Glass, who had been Woodrow Wilson’s Treasury Secretary, issued a warning when he left office that banks should not being engaging in financial speculation but the Coolidge and Hoover administrations instituted their own policies. In 1932 he was so bothered by the policies of Herbert Hoover and his Treasury Secretary, tycoon Andrew Mellon that he went on national radio openly criticizing
When President Barack Obama took office, he was faced with the grim reality that two of America’s largest car manufactures were near extinction. His administration responded to this reality by enacting a plan to circumvent this fate. Today, the administration’s course of action is still a contested topic, and many Americans continue to argue whether the auto bailout was in the best interest of America. The President recognized
What was most difficult during The Great Depression? a) unemployment b) homelessness c) poverty d) farm losses 2) What was President Hoover’s economic policy during the depression? a) Refused to use the Federal government to increase money supply b) followed a laissez faire philosophy – leave the economy alone c) passage of the Smoot Hawley Tariff d) Loaned money to business 3) What was the reaction to Hoover’s policy? a) he was hated b) homeless shelters c) the economy improved 4) What did FDR immediately do to get out of the depression? a) improved banks, b) sent people into the army c) raised taxes d) started social security 5) In what year did The Great Depression
Even though these two Presidents were both in term during the Great Depression, the two Presidents seemed to have very different viewpoints on how to take control and terminate the Great Depression. Herbert Hoover was America’s thirty-first President and was in office from 1929 to 1933 until Roosevelt succeeded him in his run for a second term. When the Great Depression first started to come up into conversations Hoover just thought of it as a little bump in the economy. Hoover then believed it would heal itself and everything would be fine, but, never had a backup plan. About a month later, the Great Depression took action on the stock market and would cause it to crash and put America and other countries around the world into a huge crisis.
They believe if they don’t police the world and give aid in certain disasters they will be seen as tyrants and turned against by foreign nations, and it is a well-known fact that the US cannot survive without foreign supplies, especially with its constantly failing economy. One of the main foreign supplies the US depends on is oil. We can relate many of our foreign to our need of oil and right now our foreign oil is below 50 percent and our government is beginning to realize just how deep our foreign dependency is (debate). Foreign oil is the reason we went into the war in Iraq (debate). If we didn’t enter the war in Iraq we would have taken a major dip in foreign oil, and we are already running low (politifact).
Imagine coming to America for the first time, something that has become a favorite pastime for all walks of life. People from around the world marvel at our distinctive way of life, creative sense of style, and unique view of things. Above all, countless notice our freedom, something that many of us take for granted. America is a spectacle to others that don’t have the same opportunities that we have been offered, and scores of us don’t appreciate it. None other than our distinguished Founding Fathers are responsible for the unmatched lifestyle we claim our own.
The Declaration Of Independence isn’t just another piece of paper (or in this case parchment). It is important to this country, it is a National Treasure. This document should mean a lot to an Americans. With out this document America would not be
Vice Presidential Debate 2012: Joe Biden vs. Paul Ryan The mediator starts off with asking about Chris Stephens. Biden makes promises right out of the shoot to me it seems like he is being fake about what he is saying. I understand that in his position he needs to have America like him, but to me he seems a little dramatic about what he is saying. Congressman Ryan comes back with the President taking 2 weeks to acknowledge that was a terrorist attack. “If we are going to be hit with a terrorist attack, we are going to call it for what it is, a terrorist attack.” I see how Biden interrupts Ryan saying that it is a bunch of Malarkey.