How accurate is it to say that the Yorkists kings restored authority in England in the years 1471-1485? Both Richard III and Edward IV, two of the Yorkist Kings between 1471 and 1485, went some way to restoring royal authority. However, their successes in restoring authority during their reigns were certainly limited. While Edward IV did remove much of the threat of the Lancastrians, he was unable to control the nobility which led to the usurpation of Edward V’s throne by Richard Duke of Gloucester in 1483. Moreover, Richard III was very good at politics, having a lavish court and is good at using propaganda, yet he is highly unpopular among both the people and the nobility; his reign only lasts two years before the throne is usurped by Henry Tudor.
When Charles raised his Standard in Nottingham 1642 it was unclear who, or how, the war would be won, but Parliament's Victory in The Civil War 1646, can be explained by a Multitude of reasons, most notably; a Royalist lack of finance [or more generally resources], and Parliamentary revolutionary Reform and Organisation. Firstly the areas that Parliament held over the course of the civil war were more populous, wealthy and fertile than that of the Royalist's. Crucially Parliaments hold over London gave them significant privileges, including drawing funds from excise duties and a large, easily taxed, mercantile class. Whereas Royalist control lay over the poor, sparsely populated areas of the Country including Wales, the North, and portions of the Southwest. Although in the first Months of the war the Royalists were mostly better funded, despite their limited land held.
It may have been a vague set of rules and ideas giving the States a lot of power but it allowed the colonies to win and recover from the war quickly. The Policy for a collective foreign policy allowed America to unify and work as a strong enough power to play a part in foreign politics. However this article of confederation did little to unify the states internal policy. Very early on in Americas new independence it came under attack from Britain economically. Britain had a far superior Navy and industrial sector.
Britain Becomes a Global Power * Location placed England in a position to control trade * England offered a climate favorable to business and commerce and put fewer restrictions on trade then some of its neighbors * Britain was generally on the winning side in European conflicts * The British monopolized the slave trade in Spanish America, which brought enormous wealth to British merchants * England’s territory expanded closer to home In 1760, George III began a 60-year reign- born in England- eager to recover the powers the crown had lost; reassert royal power; wanted to end Whig domination; with the help of Parliament and his “Parliament friends” he began to assert his leadership The Colonies in the Mid-1700s A
The British made many poor decisions aided in the success of the American army. It could be said that America did not so much win the war, but instead, allowed Britain to lose. Popular support for the Revolution and simple American patriotism were possibly the most influential factors in the American victory and British defeat. Support cut across region, religion, and social rank. Common farmers, artisans, shopkeepers, and petty merchants were major actors during the Revolution.
Many European countries were pleased by this document because it helped deal with the economic problems in Latin America and Caribbean and stopped the need for European help. Once the US paid of the debts of the countries, it created stability. In 1907 the U.S intervened with Nicaragua by using dollar diplomacy when a revolt broke out in Nicaragua in 1912, so the Taft administration quickly sent U.S. troops into the country to seize the customs houses! The Castill-Knox Treaty of 1914 was as well between Nicaragua and the U.S. and stated that the US would be allowed to create a canal across Nicaragua. This allowed the US to enter Nicaragua whenever they wanted.
British imperialism was the British setting out and building nations in foreign lands. Of these lands Africa and India were one of the most important and economically beneficial to the British. They did this because these regions had many raw materials of value to the British and they believed they were superior. The British would often refer to these conquests as the “white man’s burden” because the people were seen as savages they were bettering. The social, political, and economic consequences brought on weren’t always the best.
The Americans fought under British’s flag giving them victory towards the France. Causing France’s image to no longer become a threat upon the colonists’ as they proved that their army was able to fight. Since the war had put such a big dent on Britain’s funds, Parliament passed laws that taxed colonists. The colonies began to corporate as events such as the Proclamation of 1763 started common problems for them. Later on, the Navigation Laws of 1650, and Sugar and Stamp acts of 1764 and 1765 began to frustrate the colonists as economic problems were being faced at this point.
Britain also only used America for its own profit and gain. It seems unlawful for the “mother” to take advantage and use its “child” strictly for profit and to bring them into harmful alliances with other nations. Since the colonies were expected to follow the British rule, they also had to have the same allies. This was not useful to the colonies because we were forced to become enemies with countries such as France for reasons only dealing with fights with Britain. The colonies received the bad end of the deal and were only being used for profit.
The completion of the ancient Suez Canal facilitated extending of the trade route from the western to the eastern borders of the empire. Because of such kind of amazing development, the commerce activity unfolded a prosperous phenomenon which also brought Persia enormous tax revenue. Also unlike Cyrus and Cambyses who were satisfied with the receiving gifts from their dependency. Darius II was concerned more about to build up a steady economic foundation.