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

But this idea conflicted with the English principle of "virtual representation," according to which each member of Parliament represented the interests of the whole country, even the empire, despite the fact that his electoral base consisted of only a tiny minority of property owners from a given district. The rest of the community was seen to be "represented" on the ground that all inhabitants shared the same interests as the property owners who elected members of Parliament. ... After that, Britain again passed yet another act. ... They also passed a Quartering Act, in order to house soldier...

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This group of people were moved from different places, bought and sold, and were considered "property " during those years. ... The fact that they were slaves meant that they were the "property " of the slave owners and they had a lesser standing when compared to the whites in the colony. ... There was in fact a trend in the lineage of both groups; trends that were actually passed down from generation to generation. ... As Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence which talked about freedoms, he owned two hundred and two human beings as his personal property. ...

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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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The Northern states also started to abolish slavery and they passed several laws for freeing slaves. ... Connecticut authorities started to pass laws which destabilized the institution during the Revolution. ... Later, more and more laws were passed to protect from slave trade that toughened penalties on slaves' catchers. ... In 1780, Pennsylvania passed a gradual emancipation law then Connecticut and Rhode Island followed suit in 1784. ... Southern blacks were also considered as property. ...

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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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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. ...

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Consequently, in 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, providing for the transplanting of all Indian tribes then east of the Mississippi River, to what is present day Oklahoma. ... The European ways included Christianizing, English language literacy, abandoning their semi-nomadic way of life, adopted a system of settled agriculture, and developed a notion of private property. ...

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After being elected into office in 1789, one of George Washington's priorities as President of the United States was to select a cabinet. Washington waited to make his selections as Congress created the departments of Treasury, War, and State. His choices were based on talent and experience, not o...

• Word Count: 2273
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• Grade Level: High School