The only function of government according to this doctrine is to protect life, liberty, and property." ... Francois Babeuf, the first modern communist, created a Society of Equals dedicated to the abolition of private property and the destruction of all those who held property. ... Soon a progressive income tax was passed, prices on grain were fixed, and the death penalty given out to those who refused to sell at the government's prices. ... The Revolutionary Communes had committees that watched everyone in the neighborhood and special passes were needed to travel from one city to another...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

We are taught to view the war as a Revolution, a fight for freedom, liberty and the right to own property, a fight that would, in the end, be beneficial to every American. ... There are countless stories told of fathers who would have one son in one army and another in the opposing camp in an effort to play both sides and keep his property no matter what the outcome of the war. ... The Loyalists returned the treatment whenever possible, and paid them back with interest, and passed information to the British about the rebels. ... Although it was specifically stated in the Treaty of Paris that ...

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

We are taught to view the war as a Revolution, a fight for freedom, liberty and the right to own property, a fight that would, in the end, be beneficial to every American. ... There are countless stories told of fathers who would have one son in one army and another in the opposing camp in an effort to play both sides and keep his property no matter what the outcome of the war. ... The Loyalists returned the treatment whenever possible, and paid them back with interest, and passed information to the British about the rebels. ... Although it was specifically stated in the Treaty of Paris that ...

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

He also organized the Committees of Correspondence, whose chief functions were to spread propaganda, and pass information between the colonies in order to keep a constant opposition to the British. ... Using his level headed thinking, Jefferson explained to the English the reasons for which Independence was being declared, and he also ensured every American of simple, unalienable rights, such as life, liberty, and property. ... This was mostly payback for the destruction of English property, chests of tea thrown in Boston harbor. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the national government that the Articles of Confederation maps out, there was no executive branch to help enforce any of the acts passed by Congress. ... With only one house of Congress, each state was only allowed one vote, to add amendments to the Articles of Confederation required a unanimous vote among all the states and other laws required a 9/13 majority to pass. Especially with minds of different men from different areas of the nation, this made it difficult to pass new laws and amendments. Accounted from a letter from John Jay to George Washington, "will be led by the insecurity of...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On October 19, 1765 the Stamp Act Congress and Parliamentary Taxation committee's passed some laws that attempted to strengthen the grip of the English crown. ... Some have been tarred and feathered, others had their property burned and destroyed by the populace. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After the stamp act was passed many more taxes were imposed including the townshend act, imposing taxes on imported goods and the sugar act, imposing taxes on sugar. ... John Locke, an English philosopher from the Enlightenment era, stated that all citizens were entitled at birth to life, liberty and property. ...

• Word Count: 1484
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate