At the time the Revolution occurred, the American society was freer and less controlled by monarchy and aristocracy than any nation on earth. ... Prior to the American Revolution, England had handled all colonial trade; their trading patterns were subject to British controls. ... During and following the revolution, the American merchants had to pursue new trading opportunities to replace the ones they had lost. Asiatic trade was opened up, new demands were created, and business grew and prospered. ... Because there were few pre-revolution factories, all commerce and trade as a result of...

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Free from Britain tariffs and taxes, Americans made a loose confederation with the inability to make states comply with the suggested tax collection. ... One of the greatest weaknesses of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation was its inability to regulate trade. ...

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Jefferson was a believer that slavery could be abolished if Congress had sufficient power of the states to declare all men free. ... Jefferson felt that the blacks were incapable of colonizing on their own without first being educated and then heavily assisted after being freed. ... Jefferson labeled this tactic of warfare as "execrable commerce" or a hateful trade. In Jefferson's letter to Edward Coles he explains why he did not free his own slaves. ... Jefferson did however free some of his slaves in his Last Will and Testament but he did not free all of them. ...

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They were able to free themselves from their chains and take hold of the ship that was supposed to bring them to the New World. ... The main goal of this revolution was to gain freedom, to have a free state. ... People like the 8th president of the United states, Martin Van Bueren, it was to his convenience that he would allow slavery to be tolerated, for even U.S Secretary of State John Forsyth was threatening him that setting these Africans free, may mean civil war and ruin his chances for re-election. ... w/o which goodwill and excellent trade relations would be imperiled?? ... If civi...

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A few people would travel across the Atlantic in search of Asia to establish faster trade routes, later some would travel to the new world to find riches, and than even more would travel for freedom. ... Columbus established good relations with the Native Americans and even set up a barter situation with them so there could be further trade. ... Thomas Jefferson had the dream of being a successful politician and also a free man from England's constant bullying of the colonies. ...

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After the war, America was free from British rule and spirits were high. ... The government could not make taxes (which was really needed to pay off the war debts), it could not control trade, and it could not create any governing laws for the 13 states. ... A government with three branches of government (the legislative, judicial, and executive branch) to provide a system of checks and balances, a leader of the nation in the form of "President", the ability to create laws, and the ability to control trade. ...

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"Behold the practical operation of this internal slave-trade, the American slave-trade, sustained by American politics and American religion. ... " (1886-1887) To Douglass, American identity did not include slaves or even freed blacks. ...

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On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee rose before Congress and clearly presented three resolutions: "That these United Colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. ... On June 7, 1776, it was he who rose in the Continental Congress to offer a resolution that "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States." ... He served in the house of burgesses (1758-75),...

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His rebellion took shape against several factors including taxation with out representation, dispensing of trial by jury, abolishing valued laws, maintenance of standing armies in times of peace, cutting off our foreign trade burning towns, and creating hostilities between us and the Indians by mother England. ... The Continental Congress in 1774 called for the abolition of the slave trade. ... Jefferson was also an avid free speech defendant. ... He feared if the Federalists were able to wipe free speech they could eventually deny other god given rights declared by the constitution. ...

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They controlled the governor of the colony and would not allow him to pass any bill for defense, unless their own estates were left tax-free. ... Part of this money has been used to establish the Franklin Technical Institute, a trade school in Boston, and the Franklin Institute (a scientific museum in Philadelphia). ... He was a great and influential person of this time period because he shaped America into what it is today, a free nation. ...

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The second amendment of the United States Bill of Rights says, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." ... Right after the planes hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon no one said anything about gun control. ...

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​Thomas Paine's, Common Sense, influenced the colonist's ideas and decisions on the revolution and the feelings towards independence. Enlightenment thinkers influenced many of Paine's theories, such as John Locke and Jean- Jacques Rousseau. He begins with general reflections about government and r...

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The year was 1775, and the thirteen British colonies were going through major changes. The colonists were angry; angry that the British crown was doing all they could to maintain full control over them. The colonists demanded that the British crown relinquish their stronghold over them - in particul...

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They presented an idea of a liberal society that flourished with free commerce. ... They new that this tax would wipe out profits of the trade with the Spanish and French West Indies that brought gold and silver coins into the colonies. ...

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