In it, he states "With all its imperfections [The English Constitution] is, and ever will be, the pride and envy of mankind." ... England had expected loyalists within the colonies to help supply the British troops. Consequently, as rebel militias fought hard to drive loyalists out of the colonies, the growth of a strong loyalist party had been successfully prevented. By 1782, most loyalists have been driven out of rebel colonies and behind British lines. This elimination of colonist support proved to be a major collapse for the English, Britain, lacking loyalist support in the colonies, polit...

• Word Count: 1791
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In it, he states "With all its imperfections [The English Constitution] is, and ever will be, the pride and envy of mankind." ... England had expected loyalists within the colonies to help supply the British troops. Consequently, as rebel militias fought hard to drive loyalists out of the colonies, the growth of a strong loyalist party had been successfully prevented. By 1782, most loyalists have been driven out of rebel colonies and behind British lines. This elimination of colonist support proved to be a major collapse for the English, Britain, lacking loyalist support in the colonies, polit...

• Word Count: 1702
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Nonetheless, tremendous public debt had forced Britain to increase the revenue by expanding the taxation in its colonies. This alteration inflamed public feelings in the Thirteen Colonies. ... Whilst the Colonies were on the brink of war, they attempted to instigate a mutiny within the Province of Quebec as well. ... They concluded that the rebels, who had campaigned to conquer their territory, insulted the Catholic religion, and belittled their culture, should be kept outside of Quebec.vi Multiple cultural and historical disagreements had alienated the Province of Quebec, not to mention the f...

• Word Count: 2752
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Parliament chose to use this transition as an opportunity to write up the English Bill of Rights, which would later become an important aspect of the American colonies. Similar to the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights set clear boundaries on what a ruler could and could not do. ... Like the English Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence began with a statement of purpose and basic human rights. The difference between this document and the other two documents was that the Declaration of Independence stated specific complaints against King George III and wher...

• Word Count: 700
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Like all wars, there was a price to pay; this one left the British government with a great debt so Parliament turned their attention to the lucrative colonies and began passing acts that increased the colonies taxes and prohibited the settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains with the Royal Proclamation of 1763. Discontent was growing among the colonists and Britain seemed to only fuel the fire by passing even more acts, such as the Stamp Act in 1765, which was a tax paid for every piece of printed paper used by the colonists; the Townshend Act in 1767, which basically gave governors, judges...

• Word Count: 1859
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When the Spaniards invaded their land, they infiltrated these communities and brought diseases, weapons, and religion to the shores of Latin America, destroying these ancient communities, tearing down their cities, writing and calendar systems, religious and socio-political organizations and replacing it with their own (Cal 2004, 5). ... Britain's preoccupation with other colonies led to neglect and lack of enforcement of trade restrictions and colonial duties. ... English-Americans believed that they deserved the rights of any Englishman, including the right to be represented before the ...

• Word Count: 1746
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The French would never accept it though, for they hated anything to do with the English. ... The American Revolution was essentially a conservative movement, fought to conserve the freedoms America had painstakingly developed since the 1620s during the period of British salutary neglect, in reality, a period of laissez faire government as far as the colonies were concerned. ...

• Word Count: 2777
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate