... the revolution was a "full-scale assault on dependency", and because the colonists were so "seemingly aristocratic themselves, it is hard for us today to appreciate the anger and resentment they felt toward hereditary aristocracy" (Wood 119). I understand Wood's point of view, but the ... and the infringement of their rights that they needed to declare their independence (Nash 123). The revolution began because the results of the French and Indian War stroke Britain economy hard as the national debt doubled because of how expensive the war turned out to be. The ... or the level of taxat...

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What was the policy of appeasement, and in what sense (if any) did it fail? The definition of appeasement changed over time. The word itself comes from the old French apaiser which means literally to make peace'. Of course it became a dirty word. The appeasers had invited German aggression, and hence the Second World War, through their weakness and ... badly governed, slave-holding country'. While the New Statesman described its government as a barbarous affair', Clement Attlee insisted there was little point in trying to defeat Fascism from without. As for Churchill he pointed out that Japan...

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