They thought that colonists were British subjects who should obey British law and the taxes were due to the French and Indian War which was fought to protect the colonies. They also felt colonies profited from trade with England, and that the colonies were too far away from England to have representation in Parliament. Patriots believed that they deserved rights that were not to be taken away by the government, and taxation violated those rights. They claimed to have done their part during the French and Indian war fighting, and that they could not be taxed without representation in Parliament. Patriots also believed the British were causing violence, riots, and death (Boston Massacre & Boston Tea Party).
The profit of New England colonists came mainly from lumber, shipbuilding, fishing, and trading industries, but in the Chesapeake, an abundance of land and good soil led to an agrarian society. Due to the different motives and geographies of the two regions, New England and the Chesapeake regions developed into two distinct societies. Different groups came to America because they had different motives. In New England, Pilgrim and Puritan families came in order to escape religious persecution from the Anglican Church. The Puritans were unhappy with the state of the Church of England and wanted to “purify” it.
The subjects of Han China would have been raised to respect with question their superiors and to know their proper place and role in society. They would have strived to maintain proper Confucian relationships. Their loyalty was something almost inherited. The Romans, however, used military might, culture acceptance and diffusion, slavery, trade, and building of infrastructure to instill loyalty, respect, and obedience in their subjects. The process by which the bureaucrats were chosen was extremely contradictory between the Hans and Romans.
This contrasted to the political structure of Western Europe which was where the feudal system was prominent, without any centralized government until the Late Middle Ages. The Byzantines form of government, beginning through Justinian’s vision, was very similar to that of Chinas’ bureaucracy. Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire had vastly different economies. The West practiced manorialism which lead to an agricultural based economy with little trading outside of Europe. The west remained local while not looking much into expanding economically while the Byzantine Empire became the wealthier empire in Europe because of its trade.
That was how feudalism began. Feudalism was a system where peasants worked for the lords and paid high taxes to them in order to receive protection. To understand the similarities and differences between the Roman Empire and Feudalism text books sometimes outline keep points as well as compare and contrast. The Roman Empire had specific characteristics that made it different from feudalism. In that time period there were entertainment forms such as jousts, chariot races, and Gladiators.
Divisions of opposing groups of the Tsar were important to the survival of Tsarist rule in 1881-1905 as the political opponents of the Tsar were clearly divided in their aims and methods. However, other factors such as the church and the power the Tsar held over it; the conservative culture of the Russian people; lack of education especially amongst the peasants and workers; the retributions from opposing the Tsar and the Okhrana were also effective in keeping the Tsar in a state of power. The different political parties all had a similar aim for change and most of wanted to remove the Tsar from power. However they all had different approaches and different plans on how to run the Russia after the Tsars removal. Firstly, the opposition groups of the Tsar were known as the Populists, the Liberals and the Marxists.
With prisoners of war at the very bottom, both empires were safe from getting their power taken away from them. Both Aztec and the Mongol also shared similar methods of conquering lands, in which they extracted tribute from the conquered people. The Aztecs and Mongols also shared differences - different trade routes, systems of governing, and language which contributed to each rising empire. While the Mongols were able to flourish their trade through the Silk
Spanish Viceroyalties vs. English Colonies Both the economy of Spanish viceroyalties in Latin America and that of the English colonies were mercantilistic. However, their political and social systems differed in that the Spanish states had an elaborate bureaucracy while the British colonies elected colonial assemblies, and the social distinctions in the Spanish viceroyalties were more complex than those of the British colonies. Both the Spanish and English colonies had economies based on mercantilism. Mercantilism, the prevailing economic ideology in Europe at the time, stated that the relationship between colonies and their mother country is for the benefit of the mother country. Using the mercantilist system, the governments of Spain and England intervened in the trade of their respective colonies constantly in order to gain wealth.
Mongol effects on China and Russia were similar in that the Mongols took over both these countries and areas and economically exploited them. However Mongol influence on China was characterized by direct rule and control over the Silk Road trade routes whereas in Russia, Mongol rule was indirect and economic influence was seen mostly through taxes. Politically, Russia and China can be seen to be similar as well as different from their Mongol ruling and effects taken from that. Both of these countries were seen to eventually grow rebellions and retaliations by peasants and low class people, hoping to overthrow the Mongolian empire and sooner or later were successful in their attempts. Mongol culture also did not mix easily or fluently for both China and Russia with their own cultures.
Both Creon and Othello are burdened by the rules of their societies and much of their behavior is based on those rules. Creon is King and feels that he must act in a certain way to protect social and political order. Othello is a Moor, which makes him a cultural and social outsider in Venice. His behavior is ruled by the expectations put on him by society. He feels that he has to hide his intelligence as well as his eloquence in speaking due to society’s view of him as a simple warrior and being from a lesser race of people.