... only for the privileged, women, slaves, and the poor were excluded. The American political system was hanging by a thread, due to a weak central government and conflicting interests among the states looking to serve their own purposes. With a weak central government, conflicting interests, and with the privileged serving their own purposes, the time was not progressive and little changes were made. Many saw these ... prejudice. The southern states of the time still relied heavily on slavery at the time, many colonist thought that this conflicted with natural rights. After the revolution t...

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... [3] I believe that this group gave colonists great courage and self confidence in themselves and they realized that they were very capable of forming their own government and society as to their liking. They saw that their location was far from Great Britain. They became conscious of the fact that there was no ... to the British for protection was not what the colonies were looking for when building their country in the first place and it was obvious that British government was trying to keep a hold onto the colonies for political and economical purposes. The colonies were getting frust...

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... The colonists' response to British actions in the area of politics definitely illustrates the conservative attitude of the colonies towards most actions of the British government. The first example of Britain altering the status quo in the area of politics was the Proclamation of 1763. This piece of legislature was created ... heavily on smuggling but at the price of the colonists' privacy. By far, the best examples of the Parliament altering the status quo to serve them better are the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townsend Duties. These taxes put the burden on the colonies to pay fo...

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... never gave up and had some surprise victories including those in Trenton and Princeton. During this time Washington knew that the "army must serve the country, not rule it" however he was very aggravated with Congress because they would not help out with his troops needs. At ... the constitution, however Washington was "never really involved in [that] debate." Also during Washington's presidency he came up with the first Cabinet of the government and chose the members, and the first Supreme Court. He chose men from the "Big Three," or Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia, however ... Pen...

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... this in mind, British merchants and most of the Parliament enforced laws that the American colonies were subject to the crown and to serve the crown in paying their taxes. English-Americans believed that they deserved the rights of any Englishman, including the right to be represented ... American War of Independence (Aguilar, 1989). Unlike America who wanted to hold on the customs, traditions and laws of England, the French wanted anew government that had fresh political, social and culture structure (Bentley 2006, 286). Before 1789, France was ruled by the nobles and the church which m...

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