... a low level until the end of the English Civil War and Charles I's execution in 1649. The rise of Oliver Cromwell to power in England created a rise in virulent anti-Catholic sentiment. Cromwell personally viewed the Spanish occupation of the Caribbean as an abomination to God and to the English, and the Spanish assertion of dominion in these seas by "right of discovery and papal edict" feel on deaf ears. Cromwell, believing ... law declared during conflicts with European powers and the American Revolution. The 1680 decree by Charles II was the culmination of three decades of miraculous...

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... During the French and Indian War (1754-1763) in North America, the British Parliament sought to increase revenues to pay the costs of defending the American colonies. It used the Navigation Acts to levy heavier duties on the American colonies. American colonists felt oppressed by these taxes, which are considered to be one of the causes of the American Revolution (1775-1783). In the 18th ... years, frontiersmen had fought interior tribes with little help from the federal government. The War Hawks now felt they could enlist federal aid against Native Americans and their British allies by...

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... we 'hadn't lost some messmates we'd help you to deplore," implying that, from the soldier's view, respect for valiant conduct on the battlefield transcends any loyalty to the Crown. Another piece, Piet, also carries with it the idea that the British soldiers did not carry with them a great deal of loyalty to the Empire, rather, they were simply paid to do a job, and set about doing ... of railroads across continents, telegraph lines over deep seas, commerce beyond boundaries and steam boat lines criss-crossing the earth. Imperialism was at its height in this period. In 1897, the year bef...

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