Since this was almost impossible, there always being two sides to everything [a pro and a con], changing the Articles to eliminate the ideas that did not function properly was near impossible. ... It could not regulate commerce, so what resulted was thirteen colonies with different taxations and tariff laws. ... It promoted unity in that Congress would now regulate all interstate and foreign commerce; this eliminated many disputes since there was a simple majority rule to pass laws. ...

• Word Count: 467
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

America had the raw materials, and was unwilling to abide by the hated laws of England, only allowing England and no other country to use them, this made smuggling to the colonist unusually common. ... As the time for revolution came nearer and nearer, the colonies became less and less dependent upon the British Empire, and more dependent upon themselves and other countries. ...

• Word Count: 982
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains. ... These made the British make many new laws and acts on the colonists over time. ...

• Word Count: 563
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Americans believed Lord Grenville and Parliament had "no more right to make laws concerning them than it did to tax them" (Blum 96). ... The Declaratory Act gave the English government total power to pass laws which would govern the colonies. ... The Tea Act not only put a three penny per pound tax on tea, but it also gave the British East India Company a near monopoly. ... It also gave the Roman Catholics in that province religious liberty and the double protection of French and English law. ... Laws and policies enacted were self-serving, causing the colonists to strongly resist and try ...

• Word Count: 1327
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Declaratory Act gave the English government total power to pass laws to govern the colonies. ... The Tea Act not only put a three penny per pound tax on tea but it also gave the British East India Company a near monopoly because it allowed the company to sell directly to the colonial agents avoiding any middlemen. ... The Quebec Act was not intended to be used as a punishment of the colonists, rather to extend the boundaries of the province of Quebec to the Ohio River and give the Roman Catholics in that province religious liberty and the double protection of French and English law. ... La...

• Word Count: 1379
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Another major cause of the French Revolution was the near collapse of government finances. ... The teachings of 18th-century French philosophers and continental writers on law, such as Emmerich de Vattel, as well as the theories of John Locke, were implicit in the colonial arguments based on the theory of natural rights. ...

• Word Count: 845
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Republicans claimed that assumption was against the ideals of the American Revolution, and that if the assumption law were to pass, the U.S. would become exactly what they had so adamantly fought against during the Revolutionary War. ... Constitution specifically prohibits Congress from passing a law that abolishes the slave trade and slavery until 1808. ... Instead of arguing about whether or not to remain neutral, the American people, and the many delegates in Congress argued upon whether to support England or France in the near future. ... After the revolutionary era passed, questions s...

• Word Count: 1518
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the French and Indian war, The English government had issued writs of assistance to help authorities enforce trade laws in the colonies. ... By law the citizens of Virginia were required to pay a tax to support its preachers. ... Since the losses of the British merchants were major, they pressured Parliament to repeal the laws. ...

• Word Count: 1977
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate