We get a convincing proof of this phenomenon in the third transcription involving John Cockerell and an enormous estate in the Barbados. ... "Drink to the health of King George" seems like a very popular cheer, according to the second transcript. It is worth considering that King George I, much like his successors, was not a particularly charismatic or commonly liked leader6: Anglicanism, the doctrine for which George stands, is the true object of the toast. ... Jacobites are dreaded, scorned, and often paralleled to biblical antagonists such as the Assyrians and their allies.8 The f...

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Enlightenment thinkers influenced many of Paine's theories, such as John Locke and Jean- Jacques Rousseau. ... It is believed that at first the world was without kings, but the ancient Jews decided they wanted a King; and it is said that this angered God, but he let them have a King. There are specific pages of biblical evidence that addresses God's wrath at the idea of the Jews having a King. ... Even if the people were to choose to have a King that does not mean the King's child will be a future ruler. ... Paine was influenced by Voltaire, Jean- Jacques Rousseau, and John Loc...

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A motion was to remove the content stating that the King was a tyrant. ... On the flip side of the coin, Pennsylvania argued that the King could could not be a tyrant. ... Jefferson sticks by his beliefs and continues to testify that the King is, in fact, a tyrant. ... They had readily available supplies due to the wealth of Britain and the support of her king. ... And according to John Adams, slaves were also Americans. ...

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This statement from John Dickinson's "Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania" between 1767 and 1768, shows that the sole reason for new taxes is just for the British government to make money, at the expense of the economy of the colonies. ... The King is openly cursed everything is ripe for rebellion. ... Seven men were assigned to write this document, but it was chiefly the work of Thomas Jefferson and John Dickinson. ... "Men of passive tempers look somewhat lightly over the offenses of Great Britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, COME, COME, WE SHALL BE FRIENDS...

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This however only angered the king more, only adding to the growing bitterness between Great Britain and the colonies. ... As time went on, the king passed acts that enabled him to be able to appoint people to positions of power in the colonies instead of the people living there. ... Lastly, the king finally passed what are called the Prohibitory Acts. ... With this, John Locke's political ideals enveloped the nation. ... Because King Charles III could not help but tax the colonies and take away what little power they had, he lost his colonies and helped to forge one of the strongest na...

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Main reasons were: poverty and the conflicts between King and the Church. King Henry the eight wanted to marry Catherine of Aragon, but the Protestant church refused to give its permission for him to do so. ... In the passage from Captain John Smith (a person in charge of this voyage), we get the sense that Indians were pure savages and intentionally were exterminating colonists. ...

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He was born in the same neighborhood as John Hancock, so he obviously wasn't born into a poor environment. He was born the son of a brewer, and his cousin was the president John Adams. ... Sam replied "Go tell Governor Gage, that my peace has long since been made with the king of kings, and that it is the advice of Samuel Adams to him, no longer to insult the feelings of an already exasperated people." ... In a later statement by Gage he said I will pardon all those who lay down their arms and return as peaceable subjects, except for those such as Samuel Adams and John Hancock whose offe...

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The Olive Branch Petition was written (in very polite language) by John Dickinson just after the beginning of the war demanding three things: a cease-fire at Boston, repeal of the Coercive Acts, and negotiations about American rights. The King refused to even read it. ...

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Some centuries before, the Zulu king Shaka had carried out several wars to exterminate the black population that had dispersed if not eliminated the previous ones. ... A month later, Roberts sent the British commander John French northwards to assist the city of Kimberley. ...

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A whole subcontinent was picked up without half trying Images of the British raj in India are everywhere of late. On television reruns, the divided rulers of Paul Scott's Jewel in the Crown sip their tea in scented hill stations and swap idle gossip in the palaces of local princes. At movie houses,...

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Africa, a nation of immense natural resources, has been the victim of imperialism for many years. Europeans, declaring themselves "missionaries of God," have worked to pursue manifest destiny and bring God to the "savage" Africans. In order to do the Lord's work, in the 19th century, European countr...

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