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...

• 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. ... He writes evenhandedly about the British generals Howe, Henry Clinton, John Burgoyne, and Charles Cornwallis. Howe had served under General James Wolfe, who called him "the best officer in the King's service.... Readers interested in a wider view...

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

The most conservative elements within the British government were enthusiastic supporters of British superiority, unabashed, fervently loyal subjects of their King, George III. ... George III and Lord George Germain, the cabinet minister principally accountable for the conduct of the war, were so confident of victory that Britain's success was the centerpiece of the King's speech for the opening of Parliament. ... Four British leaders figure prominently: Charles, Earl Cornwallis, John Burgoyne, Lord North, and King George III. ... When he was nineteen, he secured a highly coveted p...

• Word Count: 10342
• Approx Pages: 41
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" is there any inhabitant in America so ignorant, as not to know, that according to what is called the PRESENT CONSTITUTION, that this continent can make no laws but what the king gives it leave to; and is there any man so unwise, as not to see, that (considering what has happened) he will suffer no law to be made here, but such as suit HIS purpose." ... After the end of the civil war in England, and the restoration of King Charles II, England closed its grip on the colonies. ... Faced with the discontent of the colonists, ranging from insubstantial talk right up to the open rebellions ...

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

As a result of the American Revolution the socio-political structure of America radically changed. During the time of rebellion, America achieved a higher plane of social and political life than had ever been seen before. Furthermore, political thought was the most formulated ever in American histor...

• Word Count: 600
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the Battle of Saratoga in October of 1777, the Americans won a great victory over General John Burgoyne. ... King George III realized he could not allow the American colonies to gain independence or other territories of Great Britain would surely follow. Having been defeated at Saratoga, and trying to prevent an alliance between the French and the Americans, King George III authorized Lord North to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict. ... A longtime supporter of the American cause, Lafayette persuaded King Louis XVI to send General Comte de Rochambeau and 5,500 men to Newport, Rh...

• Word Count: 1025
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He warned the new king Charles II that his usage owas for the most part destructive to his citizens at home and with his characteristic outspoken manner, frequently spoke up for the freedoms and rights of the lower classes. ... John Hancock If there was ever a more recognizable name during the Revolutionary War period of American history, it was most certainly the deservingly famed representative John Hancock. ... If there was one such a gentleman who sided with American Independence, this again was John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. ...

• Word Count: 2505
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1774, King Louis XVI made a decision that could have prevented the French Revolution by breathing new life into the French economy: he appointed Physiocrat Robert Turgot as Controller General of Finance. ... Embracing the principle of free trade not just as a temporary expedient, but as a philosophy, Turgot got the king to sign an edict in January 1776 that abolished the monopolies and special privileges of the guilds, corporations, and trading companies. ... Meanwhile, the king's new finance minister, Jacques Necker, a Swiss financial expert, delayed the effects of mercantilism by imp...

• Word Count: 2777
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

John Adams is quoted as saying that a "full one third were adverse to the Revolution an opposite one third conceived a hatred of the English the middle one third were rather luke-warm." ... A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he c...

• Word Count: 1791
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

John Adams is quoted as saying that a "full one third were adverse to the Revolution an opposite one third conceived a hatred of the English the middle one third were rather luke-warm." ... A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he c...

• Word Count: 1702
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate