There were the French and Spanish that were always a risk. Spanish in the South, in Florida had their own colonies and wanted to grow stronger and bigger, while French were also growing in the North. ... In 1768 James Adams wrote a letter to oppose the taxation without representation, which came to be called "circular" which was passed around the colonies and would be voted on to either help Boston to boycott the English goods or to have nothing to do with it. ... The Revolutionary War started in 1777 and was won by the colonies with the help of French, and gaining its independence in 1783. ....

• Word Count: 1492
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Secretary of Foreign Affairs John Jay negotiated many treaties with Spain, Britain, and other European countries, but they were blocked by Congress. ... There were some great achievements which were the Bill of Rights and the western land claims, but these achievements did not really help the Congress to make a strong central government. These helped the states, giving them more rights and freedom, not the central government, however. ...

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This also led to the idea that the colonies needed to start paying more taxes to help pay for the price of war. ... These taxes did not help to control the economy but instead were used as direct revenue for the British. ... The sugar act acted to minimize trade with Spain and the West Indies, and the Currency act forbid the printing of paper currency in the colonies. ... The stamp act which was passed by the parliament was used to help pay for the cost of British war. ... He uses this quote to help push his fellow Americans to rise to action. ...

• Word Count: 1669
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This did not help her later when she was executed. ... They new that this tax would wipe out profits of the trade with the Spanish and French West Indies that brought gold and silver coins into the colonies. ...

• Word Count: 2440
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

During the early seventeenth century migrants from Britain, France and Spain settled along the Atlantic Seaboard of North America, and in the Gulf of St Lawrence. ... This helped the French to establish an arc of territories west of the British colonies, which would inhibit the British from expanding. ...

• Word Count: 1734
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

England had expected loyalists within the colonies to help supply the British troops. ... In addition to the Americans fighting in the continental army, France and Spain sent troops to fight against the British. ...

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

England had expected loyalists within the colonies to help supply the British troops. ... In addition to the Americans fighting in the continental army, France and Spain sent troops to fight against the British. ...

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

During the early seventeenth century migrants from Britain, France and Spain settled along the Atlantic Seaboard of North America, and in the Gulf of St Lawrence. ... This helped the French to establish an arc of territories west of the British colonies, which would inhibit the British from expanding. ...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The combination of the French recognition of the United States (1778) and its allegiance with the same which bought much need supplies and money to the colonists, and in a small way Spain's declaration of War against the British in 1779, and the continued persistence of the colonists, all attributed to the British Surrender on October 19th 1781. ... These passages can help indicate the feelings that would have been running high amongst the notables that signed this document. ... It could have been written this way to help dispel the disappointment of some of the more radical revolutiona...

• Word Count: 2128
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate