Both the United States and Latin America wanted to end the rule of a mother country whose mercantilist system impeded the development of a growing colonial economy. ... The British Empire of which George III became sovereign in 1760 was shaped largely by the principles of mercantilism. ... Thus the economic autonomy allowed the Indies under the Hapsburgs was threatened by an artificial economic exchange with the mother country imposed by an interventionist state" "(Williamson 199). In addition to restriction of manufacturing, the Bourbons monopolized transatlantic trade, allowing free trade u...

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Government, education, legal systems, social events, clothing, and home decor were all governed by the regulations of Puritanism. ... (American Enlightenment [1], 2) Other political ideas reached America, such as John Locke's publications on contractual government and the divine right of kings. In his 1690 pamphlet, Two Treatises of Government, Locke stated that political sovereignty does not reside in the state, but in the people. He continued saying that the state has power only if governed by true and "natural" law. ... The movement was "marked by an emphasis on rationality rather than...

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In addition, the Sugar Act also became an issue in the struggle between various factions in the different states, but in general opposition was strong. ... The fact Grenville didn't mention the exact amount of money he wanted left the Assemblies in the American colonies in a state of confusion and suggest indeed the proposal was merely a strategic move. ... On June 8 it sent a circular letter to the assemblies of the other colonies inviting them to meet at New York the following October "to consider of a general and united, dutiful, loyal and humble representation of their con...

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