For one, this passage completely blames the King for the existence of slavery in the States. ... As if this were not enough, it goes on to say that the King has also imposed death upon many of the slaves. I believe that when revising the Declaration this passage was left out because it was too harsh in words against the King. ... Positive, the states were independent from the King and were united in America. ... All the changes that were made to the original Declaration of Independence, in my opinion, were made for their own very important reasons. ...

• Word Count: 824
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Their fundamental rights and privileges, as British subjects, were not being recognized by the king because they were not considered an equal group. In response, the declaration of independence (a list of the king's misdeeds and obligations and rights of people) was written and presented to congress. ... To be interconnected through an ideal government, this would satisfy the needs of all Patriots. Many boycotted decisions made by the king such as obstructing the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. ... America's brilliance con...

• Word Count: 524
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Whatever may be the consequences, we must risk something; if we do not, all is over". ... Even the king cannot be immune to the "Laws of Nature". ... Our natural rights, which we are born with, make us equals, no matter what station you have in life, we should all be treated the same before the eyes of the law. ... Following the preamble is a long list of, historical and political, wrong doings by King George III, who is referred to as "He". ... It appealed to its audience because it was written in the form of an argument, the same argument that had been talked about ...

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

Many accusations were leveled at the British government, and in particular, it's head, King George III, among them being; "cutting off [America's] Trade with all parts of the world, imposing Taxes on [the colonies] without [their] Consent, taking away [the colonies"] Charters, abolishing [their] most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of [their] Governments, suspending [their] own Legislatures, and declaring themselves (England) invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever." ... After the end of the civil war in England, and the restoration of ...

• Word Count: 1820
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although Britain had won the war, King George II decided to undertake a new colonial policy intended to tighten political control over its rather autonomous colonies. ... This aggravated the colonies in America as the King wanted them to help pay for their defence and the expenses. ... They decided that the Stamp Act and all the other taxation laws were illegal since the colonies were not represented in the British Parliament. "No taxation without representation" 4 was a popular slogan that was used as a common cry of all the colonies during the 1760's. ... "The Bloody Ma...

• Word Count: 2404
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The parliament unquestionably possesses a legal authority to regulate the trade of Great Britain, and all her colonies. ... The King is openly cursed everything is ripe for rebellion. ... "[The British declared] that parliament can "of right make laws to bind us in all cases whatsoever The latter is our choice." ... "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 AGAIN FOR ALL THIS No man was a warmer wisher for a [peaceful settlement] then myself I rejected the hardened...

• Word Count: 1249
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The story opens in England, October 26, 1775, with King George III of England addressing the British Parliament on the war in the North American colonies. ... McCullough offers the British perspective on the events in faraway North America first, re-creating the debate in Parliament over the king's decision to quash the rebellion. ... Howe had served under General James Wolfe, who called him "the best officer in the King's service.... Alexander Hamilton and his men surrounded Nassau Hall on the Princeton College campus, where some two hundred British were garrisoned, capturing...

• Word Count: 1576
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Declaration of Independence was written as a list of grievances to the King of Britain, but heeded no response from the British rulers. ... In a speech, Patrick Henry also stated that the colonists had tried all possible solutions available to them, which was also supported by the Declaration of Causes as stated, "We have pursued every temperate, every respectful measure but subsequent events have shown, how vain was this hope of finding moderation in our enemies " but had gotten no response other than actions which could only be taken as an act of war. ... As the colonists started to fi...

• Word Count: 946
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Disagreement to the tax took the form of petitions to the king and Parliament, a boycott of British goods, the refusal of lawyers or printers to use stamps or stamped paper, and violence led by the Sons of Liberty. ... They now rejected all forms of parliamentary taxation, whether external duties on imports or internal taxes like the stamp levies. ... Duties on all items except tea were repealed. ... But neither Parliament nor King would hear or consult them. ... Subsequent to all of Britain's orders of taxation, it disintegrated the relationship between them, uniting all the 13 colonie...

• Word Count: 1120
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These acts made it so no goods could be exported from land the King owned in a non- English ship. ... This mercantilism changed the economy greatly for all of the colonist who produced, shipped or manufactured goods. ...

• Word Count: 491
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Other ways in which America was different than Britain was its religious diversity and lack of urban development[Dig14]; the colonies and Great Britain simply did not have the same way of life, which begs the question as to why they were connected at all. ... Brought about by the Tea Act in 1773 that allowed the East Indian Company to bypass American wholesalers (cutting out the wholesaler's profit), a group of colonists boarded a ship laden with tea and threw all the tea overboard. The colonists ruined all the imported tea and sent a clear message to the British that they were revolting....

• Word Count: 1821
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the war, people worked together for the common cause of independence from the England and its tyrannical King. ... This all took place during the course of the war, and even minorities experienced this change. ... The Americans new ideas of democracy and rights for all would be spread throughout the world and would be seen as a new light and inspiration for all to see. ... However, through the American Revolution, America has started and has achieved a main goal, and it has and always will be, to be a light and inspiration to the world, to spread our standards of democ...

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

This all changed abruptly in 1763. ... A petition was sent to the King. ... The combination of the French recognition of the United States (1778) and its allegiance with the same which bought much need supplies and money to the colonists, and in a small way Spain's declaration of War against the British in 1779, and the continued persistence of the colonists, all attributed to the British Surrender on October 19th 1781. ... That they felt that as all men are equal under their creator, that they had the right to throw off the British Rule, and create one of their own. ... The Declarati...

• Word Count: 2128
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

First of all, violators of the taxes were tried without juries. ... The need for representation is not a radical idea at all; it is the basis of a republic. ... This told the colonies that Parliament could legislate for them in all cases (including taxes). ... The King refused to even read it. ... The American Revolution stemmed from a mass of people supporting and fighting for their God given rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness which are all traditional values. ...

• Word Count: 1221
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although the Albany Plan of Union, proposed by Benjamin Franklin in the Albany Congress, failed severely to unite all the colonies due to the fact that it was not promoted by many colonists and Parliament refused to agree with it, it did however prove that there was a minor hint at colonial unity. ... The colonists created the Stamp Act Congress in response to the Stamp Act, which is where they drafted the "Declaration of Rights and Grievances" and sent it to King George III. ... Following, Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts which closed the Boston Port until all the damages that...

• Word Count: 917
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The views of the colonies on the whole issue of dependence and independence was that it should not even be considered a factor for in their minds they were all the same subjects of the same country. ... This is the reason why the colonists "claim an exemption from all Parliamentary Impositions, so that they may enjoy the securities of their rights and properties of not being taxed without the consent." ... In addition, what intrigues the English is the fact that the colonists "declare openly that the Parliament of England had no right to tax them" (Page 102) yet if they are deemed as subjects ...

• Word Count: 1472
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Articles of Agreement for Massachusetts stated that there would be rich and poor families, relative economic equality, and a community based on religion, all by "God's Grace". Since the articles are all based on religion, it is obvious that the colonists rarely went against them because going against them, would mean going against God. ... Governor Berkeley expressed this idea to the King regarding a potential war with the Dutch saying that we had "more miles to defend than we have men of trust to defend them". ...

• Word Count: 1110
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The British King owed the young Penn's father 16,000 pounds for a war he helped finance and unpaid salary. ... Additionally, this Charter of Liberties guaranteed free and fair trial by jury for all, justice in imprisonment and free elections. ... In fact, the Quakers', "Holy Experiment," demonstrated Penn's principles and beliefs of Freedom for all. First of all, as stated in the first article of the Charter of Privileges, William Penn gave the colonists the Freedom of Religion, opening the colony to all the world's religions. ... First of all, Pennsylvania had ...

• Word Count: 1692
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They were afraid of the king getting too strong, and they wished to maintain local control. ... All of these economic changes and struggle implicated by the mother country old made their acts seem all the more unbearable. ... Britain's intolerable acts among colonies further brought the colonies together as they all agreed on boycott movements and shared the same opinion of the unjust Parliament. ... He said, "We have petitioned; we have remonstrated, we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne", and still after all of that, all of colonists' acts ...

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

The "Stamp Act" of 1765 was a measure taken by the British whereby all legal documentation, newspapers, playing cards, licenses, commercial contracts, and things such as advertisement pamphlets issued throughout the colonies were, by law, required to follow the British example of sporting a revenue stamp. ... In Britain, however, taxes were traditionally seen as a way for the people to give back to the king and country and so the British were headstrong and pushing these acts. ... Britain, believing that the victory in the Seven Years" War was of benefit to all people of the Empire only though...

• Word Count: 1734
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The "Stamp Act" of 1765 was a measure taken by the British whereby all legal documentation, newspapers, playing cards, licenses, commercial contracts, and things such as advertisement pamphlets issued throughout the colonies were, by law, required to follow the British example of sporting a revenue stamp. ... In Britain, however, taxes were traditionally seen as a way for the people to give back to the king and country and so the British were headstrong and pushing these acts. ... Britain, believing that the victory in the Seven Years" War was of benefit to all people of the Empire only though...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Smallpox, yellow fever, and malaria were all life-threatening diseases that made their way over to the New World. ... Although King James I considered smoking "a vile custom- and tobacco "a stinking weed,"" by 1620, England was importing more than 30,000 tons of tobacco a year (Benavides). ...

• Word Count: 1667
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although religious faith and economic success was an important factor throughout all of England and it's American colonies, Chesapeake and New England prioritized one over the other. ... Following the establishment of King Henry VII's efforts to control England both politically and religiously titled the English Reformation, there was turmoil throughout. ... Despite the eventual diversity, the New England colonies' strived for a pious society based on their spiritual beliefs, free from all sin, to be a role model for their corrupt, sinful native land of England. ... Winthrop ti...

• Word Count: 1906
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate