Many, like George Washington, were Federalists. This meant they wanted a strong federal government that would unite the states as one nation. Many Federalists were educated, wealthy men like those who had drawn up the Declaration of Independence. Others opposed the creation of a national government that would have power over the states. They were called Anti-Federalists.
In 1213 he collected so much money from taxes that half of all the coins in England were his to spend. By doing this he aggravated the Barons, good Kings consult their Barons when handling big decisions but John didn’t. The facts suggest that the Barons got irritated when John didn’t consult them when important matters were being discussed; this was another long term cause of the rebellion. Another long term cause for the rebellion was the disagreement over the church. In 1205 John was in discrepancy with the Pope over who ought to be the new Archbishop of Canterbury, just like his father had done, John refused to let Stephen Langton, the Pope’s
Around August of 2007, banks become afraid to loan money out due to the fact that they did not want to suffer from losing money yet again. “This led to the $700 billion bailout, and bankruptcies or government nationalization of Bear Stearns, AIG, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, IndyMac Bank, and Washington Mutual. By December 2008, employment was declining faster than in the 2001 recession.”(useconomy.com). With so many foreclosures on houses, many americans were either homeless, or had bought a cheap apartment to keep them from being homeless. Because of the recession, and bad economic, many Americans have no jobs, and barely have a house.
The mistake that Madison made was going to war with Great Britain. They were worried because they believed that Americas “peace, prosperity and happiness… are in Great jeopardy… the general government have determined to make war on Great Britain” (I). There are many reasons that he should have not gone to war with Britain such as there is not enough troops to fight a good battle, this will only hurt our economy and bring us more into debt, and since we are always fighting Britain about something was this a real reason for a war? The first reason Madison should not have gone to war with Great Britain is this. There are not enough troops in America to successfully produce a war.
The Whig Party on the other hand opposed the ideology of the Jackson Democrats and wanted more federal power. The Jacksonian Democrats support of more states’ rights was depicted in Jackson’s veto of the recharter of the 2nd National Bank. This veto of the recharter was planned by the Henry Clay in attempts to position him as the next president. However, this plan only revealed whom the people of the United States supported as President. Because Jacksonian Democrats commanded the support of the common people, they had more support than the Whig Party.
To what extent was Parliament more to blame than Charles I for the failure of the settlement in the years of 1646 to 1649? The division within the Parliament was indeed the most important factor which contributed to the failure of the settlements. Despite the parliament, the kings poor negotiation skills and the levellers becoming more influential. After the first civil war, two groups had emerged into parliament as MP’s had different views on what should be done with Charles I. This division made it harder for parliament to agree on settlements.
The conflict between Britain and its American colonies was greatly affected by the French and Indian War. During the war, the British did not want the New England or Middle colonies to export any supplies to anyone but them or the West Indies. The British felt this way because the American shippers liked this way of trade because they were able to get things the West Indies and Britain could not offer them, and Britain did not want to lose money that the American colonies brought in for them. Thus said, economics was a major origin of the Revolutionary War. There were many economic reasons why there was turmoil before the Revolutionary War, which ultimately helped lead to the war.
In 1776 French government paid half its annual budget for interest of their debt. The French government was nearly bankrupt. First and second estates comprised ten percent of the population and were incredibly well-to-do, but the French government had no authority to tax them. French government raised taxes ruinously on the third estate, which were mostly poor peasant. Main causes of French revolution were poverty, hunger and malnutrition.
Because he did this without parliaments approval parliament got angry. In the beginning the people used to pay at least 97.6% of ship money but by the time it was 1639 no one really cared and only 20% paid. A man called John Hampden stood up to the king and refused to pay ship money, Hampden was put on a trial and found guilty. But everyone else thought he was a hero. In 1637 the Scottish were told by Charles they had to use a new prayer book for their church but the Scottish didn't want to and got angry so they decided to rebel against him.
Back in 1777, before the current Constitution was established, the Second Continental Congress approved America’s first Constitution drafted by John Dickinson, known as the Articles of Confederation. This happened after America had officially declared its independence from Great Britain in the Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress sought to establish a new government, which the articles were just a start to this growing America. These articles established a “firm league of friendship between and among the 13 states” (Callahan 13). The objective of the articles was to help bring together the 13 colonies under a common government after being freed from British rule.