Similarly, when parliament passed the Sugar Act and the Currency Act in 1764, colonialists viewed the British with contempt. The Sugar Act included tariffs on most luxury goods that were imported from Great Britain and was not limited to sugar alon Continue Reading...
Because the country was essentially thirteen colonies fighting separately, the British had to deal with battles throughout the country, with people who were fighting for their homes and towns. The American forces knew their surroundings better, and Continue Reading...
..our troops behaved well, fighting with great spirit and bravery." Giving Washington too much credit would be a mistake, but he had a way of keeping his men on task. And yet, when Washington tried to get his troops to swear allegiance to the United Continue Reading...
American Revolution was the outcome of a succession of societal, political, and rational alterations that took place in the early American culture and administrative structure. Americans did not have an acceptable attitude towards the established oli Continue Reading...
Patrick Henry the Man Who Started the American Revolution
On December 1, 1763 a young relatively unknown lawyer stood in public for the first time and openly defended in court the rights of the American colonies to be free. He started his speech by Continue Reading...
During the 18th century there was a fierce competition between the British and the French colonial empires which ultimately led to The Seven Years War. The final result of the conflict favored the English who, nonetheless, were forced to make appea Continue Reading...
Revolutionary War, loyalist leaders like Benjamin Franklin's son Governor William Franklin, warns of "all the horrors of a Civil War" when advising his constituents to remain loyal to the crown.[footnoteRef:1] Therefore, the American Revolution and Continue Reading...
Brazil
Early History and Discover
Current artifacts, including cave paintings, suggest that human beings inhabited Brazil more than 300,000 years ago. European explorers found only a small indigenous population when they arrived in the land, but ar Continue Reading...
Latin America and Central America: The History of BelizeBefore the arrival of Europeans, the people of Belize, called Maya, lived in the land due to the ruins in La Milpa, Altun Ha, Caracol, and Xunantunich (Alford, Griffith & Bolland, 2021). With th Continue Reading...
" In other words, republicanism in an expanding state would inevitably lead to more despotic, aristocratic, and monarchical regimes. Hence, if the U.S. were to follow a policy of expansion, it would, at least, theoretically conflict with its republic Continue Reading...
The colonists did not necessarily want independence from their mother country, but they wished for the British to return to the position they had before the 1763 war. Unintentionally, on the 10th of May 1775, the colonies had opened the road towards Continue Reading...
Special Identifications in History; Person, Event and Place
Transition from New Amsterdam to New York (1664)
New York City is located right at the mouth of the Hudson River. The first European power to visit New York was the Dutch in 1624. The land Continue Reading...