Haitian Revolution DBQ In the time period between 1750 and 1914, the world was changing as more and more people began realizing the need for improved political and social organization. They were revolutionists, who sought to revolt against the current government and impose new laws and rights for all the citizens of society. The Haitian Revolution had a global impact on its society, economy, and legacy. The revolution affected Haiti politically, because Haiti’s declaration of independence and equality influenced other nations, economically because the use of slaves became less profitable, and by driving out the French, the slaves began the development of their independent society. The Haitian Revolution was sparked because of cruelty pushed upon the people in Haiti and the French revolutionary influence.
The money raised from the indirect tax was used to raise revenue for The British Army and Navy. The colonist asked Parliament to repeal the tax; parliament rejected the request for the repeal. This caused irritation instilled in the colonists, which will lead to greater resistance later in colonial history. This also made the colonists want to start a centralized government. The Quartering Act of 1765 greatly intensified colonial resistance to the British.
The colonies however, felt that they fought the war side by side with the British, causing the two groups to have different political ideas. British politics felt that it would be just to impose taxes on the Americans in order to pay off their war debt that had accumulated. Taxes were imposed on nearly everything in the colonies in order for Britain to payoff debt; these taxes simply outraged the colonists which is the start of the conflict between America and Britain. Taxes such as the Stamp Act, which placed a tax on any printed document that was purchased, and the Tea Act, which placed an insane tax on tea in the colonies, and basically cutoff colonists from finding a cheaper price for tea, pushed the colonists overboard, leading them to rebellions. One of these rebellions was the Boston Tea Party, where colonists dressed up as Indians and threw the entire stock of British tea into the Boston Harbor, which was one of America’s first major acts of independence towards Britain.
Question: Describe the changing political economic and social factors which at first did not allow for responsible government in British North America and how they ultimately led to the adoption of responsible government in British North American colonies in the 1840s and 1850s Thesis: The influx of immigrants to North America from Britain, due to the industrial revolution, brought many profound changes to the colonies. These newly immigrated farmers, hoping to find a land to start anew without the limitations found in Britain were distraught to find the situation in the colonies similar. Therefore, In both Upper and Lower Canada, the unjust oligarchies that controlled the residents, brought on a want of reform and responsible government. The people eventually turned to armed rebellion against the British. And although, these rebellions failed, their aftermath caused the creation of Lord Durham’s Report, the merging of Upper and Lower Canada, and a responsible government to govern the newly created Province of Canada.
People were classified into four major classes, nobles (pipiltin), commoners (macehualtin), serfs, and slaves. (Aztec Social Structure, 2009) The Spanish had changed this however. Cortes wasn’t happy that he and his men were put in the noble category of the society, so they decided that there would be a new social structure with the Spaniards just under the king (Smith, 2010). The Spanish also used up a lot of the Aztecs resources. Secondly, the Spanish used and wasted the Aztecs natural resources.
It did this by helping us understand the causes of crimes during prohibition and who committed them and why. For example, organized crime arose as a result of prohibition. This happened because despite the nationwide ban of alcohol, there was still a great demand for it. Since legitimate producers and retailers of alcohol were put out of business citizens had to find their alcohol elsewhere. Gangsters saw a new profitable way to make money, by smuggling alcohol into the U.S. and opening speakeasies.
Because of the tax placed on liquor to help eliminate the country’s financial debt, the Whiskey rebellion was born; making this another one of President Washington’s problematic issues. The Pennsylvanian farmers considered Whisky as their most profitable product and their form of money. They thought the taxation was unfair and this completely infuriated them, so in 1794, they armed themselves and started an uprising against the taxes. Obtaining a better relationship with Great Britain was another troubling area for Washington. During 1793 to 1815 the French revolution caused war to break out between Great Britain, its allies and France.
According to Elton, Cromwell tried to create a unitary state where he had successfully dissolved small and large monasteries and also abolished any independent areas in England. Cromwell had brought in vast amounts of church wealth which was to fall at the crowns disposal as he was the one who set up the act of first fruits and tenths which took the money being paid from the church to Rome to be paid directly to the monarch, this later caused a significant change as the papal authority was later excluded and this meant that henrys power as a monarch was enhanced with the help of Cromwell, this meant that parliaments power was increased and this also increased henrys as he had full support from them from previous encounters. Overall this tells us that without Cromwell it could not have been suggested that there was a Tudor revolution within the government as he tends to be the driving force behind most of the change, however it can be argued that in fact Cromwell was not responsible for any kind of revolution as there was never one in the first place. Furthermore it has
After the French Revolution though, the republic slowly began shifting to a totalitarian regime, first under the Committee of Public Safety and then completely under Napoleon Bonaparte .The facts show that the American Revolution was more successful in establishing a stable and long-lasting republican government that started a precedent for Europe, while the French Revolution’s republic failed to last, being turned into a totalitarian regime. Events leading up to the American and French Revolutions occurred for a similar reason: unfair representation. The people in the American colonies became progressively upset with Britain and its Parliament when they refused the colonists’ representation, while still imposing many different taxes on the colonists. Upset over this tax on one of their most valued imports, the colonists dumped all the tea into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party. This showed that the colonists were willing, and able, to live without depending on the British government.
Division of states led to national borders being defined. It was also around this time that European Enlightenment ideas such as liberalism began to form the foundation of America. Bender also points out that had the South won in their attempt to form their own nation, even the term “Civil War” would not exist. He also shows that America was one of the last nations to finally abolish slavery, and was very behind in the European idea advancements. However, the Civil War sparked the U.S. industrialization to the dominance we see today.