Socially, the American Revolution only slightly changed America. The Enlightenment led to the questioning of British monarchial rule and the belief that the power of the government should come from the people The British government completely imposed on these ideals so Americans decided to rid themselves of British rule and establish their own rule based on democratic ideals by issuing the Declaration of Independence. It stated that “all” men are created equal. However, these beliefs were slow to be initiated and changes were not seen for several decades. Women were traditionally seen as the caretakers of the house and the family.
These are the reasons that government is instituted. When a government fails to protect those rights, people also have the right to overthrow that government. Jefferson lists twenty-seven abuses from the King of Great Britain. All the abuses state that the king has interfered with the colonists’ rights. The colonial governments tried to reach a peaceful reconciliation of these differences with Great Britain, but were continually ignored.
DBQ-Periods 3 and 4 pp.127 “No taxation without representation” originated during the mid-1700 and dealt with the primary grievances of the British colonists in the thirteen colonies. The demand for “no taxation without representation” was to a high extent. It was a motivation and a symbol for democracy in which it led the colonists to become unison and questions the royalty’s demands. The Enlightenment was an idea that encouraged people to think for themselves and question the acts of the royalty. According to Document 2, the colonists themselves cannot be represented in the House of Commons in Great Britain.
Comparing Grievances: Sentiments and Independence In the Declaration of Sentiments, it states that a woman and all of her earning and properties are subjected to taxation even though no woman had any part in creating or approving said taxes. This is similar to a listed grievance in the Declaration of Independence, accusing the king of imposing unfair taxes without the consent the colonists. In both grievances, the subject was taxed heavily even though they were not fairly represented in the accused governments and had no say in the formation or passing of these taxes. Another grievance in the Declaration of Sentiments that bears a resemblance to one in the Declaration of Independence states of a woman “He has made her, if married, civilly dead.” The woman is cut off from society and subjected to her husband only. She no longer has a place in the community or general public other than the wife of a man.
Under the Articles of Confederation its powers included conducting foreign relations, settling disputes between states, controlling market values, regulating trade and so on. It purposely did not give the national government all the power in fear of tyranny like in Britain. Economically and Socially, although the United States desired an effective government, they comprised an ineffective government because there was no president, the U.S. wasn’t able to pass taxes and laws, it had no army to protest the nation, it had a weak government, and it had no courts to settle problems between states. So in the end, the Articles of Confederation proved to be both inadequate in economic conditions, foreign relations and other aspects. Thus, these political, economic and social factors all contributed to the reasons why the Articles of Confederation couldn’t provide an effective form of government.
This paper will establish the argument that Britain no longer benefited from a mercantilist relationship with the American colonists after 1763. Before 1763, the colonists accepted Parliament's right to take actions on their behalf and even the primacy of England's economic interests over their own. Prior to the Seven Years' War, almost all parliamentary actions had been designed to regulate trade, and while the colonies at times regarded these acts as unfair or inopportune, they did not regard them as especially oppressive or burdensome. After 1763, however, Parliament's actions began to clash with the colonists' interests. At the end of the Seven Years' War, France surrendered Canada and much of the Ohio and Mississippi valley to British rule.
Restrictions on what colonist manufactured angered the merchants because they were not allowed to produce certain items in the colonies, just as they were prohibited from distributing paper currency, and the ability of having any legislation passed in the assemblies nullified. These laws made smuggling an honest profession and more common, and encouraged the idea of independence because colonists believed trade could be regulated by the states instead of a central government. The back-to- back laws of the Sugar Act (1764), Quartering Act (1765), and The Stamp Tax (1765) worked to exacerbate the colonists. The Sugar act raised tax revenue on foreign sugar, specifically from the
American Values The phrase "taxation without representation" any student of American history should recognize. The colonies that would ultimately form the foundations of our great nation felt the heavy load of British taxes. The mother country unrelentingly levied these endorses to its distant American citizens, Citizens that bared no weight in Parliament, Citizens whose opinions were not perceived by the bureaucrats of England who took the colonists money without once taking into account the situation of the men and women struggling to prosper in a new land. "Taxation without Representation" was a call to action. Some simply hoped for government agreement.
U.S. colonies were being controlled by the British Empire and forced to pay taxes to the king. The colonies were upset that they were forced to pay these taxes, but had no voice on the government. In reality, there would’ve been no revolution had there been no French involvement. America had been left to govern itself from 1715 until 1740, called the period of “Benign neglect.” They wanted to establish their own system of government and not be controlled by an abroad nation. America had taken note on how two great historical powers, Carthage and Rome, tore each other to pieces instead of joining forces.
According to the IPCC Report of the investigation into them, there had never been such an event in English memory. The country was swept up in a wave of shock and recrimination. After consulting minority groups, it drew up equal opportunity policies, established race relations units, and dispensed millions of pounds in grants to ethnic organisations. But significantly, far from being encouraged to become part of British society, these ethnic organisations were told they need not integrate or even adopt a British identity. They should live by their own values, pursue their own lifestyles, and express their own