Henceforth, each step of America's development is based on what rights each man should have and what the notion of freedom means to each individual. ... The author took advantage of America's anger and resentment towards the British for oppressing them and its confusion on what to do, thus triggering people to come up with rash ideas of what freedom would be for them individually and ideally. ... He manipulated those who probably were aware of what could possibly result from a rebellion by claiming that whatever happens, rebellion will come to existence no matter what. Paine...

• Word Count: 1973
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While it remains historical fact that a number of the rebels who caused the uprising in Upper Canada were found guilty of insurrection against the Crown, the far reaching consequences, it can be argued, consisted of a resentment against corruption and injustice by local politicians, indeed what Colin Read describes as the "Family Compact.... Though both sides enacted different actions, with different consequences, the idea that these rebellions manifested in light of structural injustices is what unifies them. ... What can be deduced from this analysis is that the rebellions of 1837-38, w...

• Word Count: 1516
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Woods claims the revolution was a "full-scale assault on dependency", and because the colonists were so "seemingly aristocratic themselves, it is hard for us today to appreciate the anger and resentment they felt toward hereditary aristocracy" (Wood 119). ... Another reason was that "no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives", meaning that the country of America should be the one deciding what rules be put upon the people of the country. ...

• Word Count: 1829
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This was because his points were always clear and concise, rather than that of others such as Patrick Henry, who "overwhelmed listeners with grace and eloquence, but left them unsure of what he had said." ... However, as the Revolution movement progressed and Britain showed no signs of giving in, Lee lost any hope of reconciling with Great Britain, and his resentment reached a breaking point. ... For Lee and his fellow Revolutionaries, the next step would be to decide what it was that American independence really meant. ... Once, in a letter to John Adams, Lee wrote, "The hasty unperseverin...

• Word Count: 1997
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The heavy taxation caused deep resentment of Bourbon rule and reforms. ... "The Hapsburg imperial state had settled into a comfortable inertia which gave the creole oligarchies in practice what was denied to them in theory: access to the North Atlantic trading system and power to shape their societies largely to their own advantage" "(Williamson 197). ...

• Word Count: 2378
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate