Social Consequences Of The American Revolution
A1. The causes of the American Revolution were imposed taxes, taxation without representation, and the King implementing the Intolerable act. After the French and Indian War the British government lost a lot of money. So their way of collecting money was to impose taxes on the American colonists. These taxes included a tea tax, which was a tax on tea that was imported to America. With no representation in Britain the American colonist did not have a say in these taxes on goods, which had always been free to them. So they began boycotting these goods. When boycotting these goods the King decided to implement the Intolerable Act, which shut down the Boston harbor and prevented any goods from coming in and out of the harbor. (www.revolutionary-war.net)
A2. The results of the American Revolution the first continental congress, the land that the British gave America, and setting up a new government. The results of the American Revolution began with the First Continental congress. This was a group of delegates from each of the colonies coming together to argue whether or not they should break ties with Britain and become their own country. This was the first step to trying to resolve their conflict with Britain. When it was unanswered the delegates came up with the Declaration of Independence, …show more content…
The social consequences of the second industrial revolution were the impact it had on the quality of life for the urban family who previously spent time working around the home but now had to commute the city to work in factories. The work was more labor driven then working fields. It was all year round 12 hours a day. It caused exhaustion and even death. Woman had the brunt of this time. It was a difficult for a woman to keep up with her duties at home, which did not change because she was a factory worker. So the demands from her husband were large, compounded with the demands of work and harassment from bosses. On top of these issues a woman still had no rights to
A2. The results of the American Revolution the first continental congress, the land that the British gave America, and setting up a new government. The results of the American Revolution began with the First Continental congress. This was a group of delegates from each of the colonies coming together to argue whether or not they should break ties with Britain and become their own country. This was the first step to trying to resolve their conflict with Britain. When it was unanswered the delegates came up with the Declaration of Independence, …show more content…
The social consequences of the second industrial revolution were the impact it had on the quality of life for the urban family who previously spent time working around the home but now had to commute the city to work in factories. The work was more labor driven then working fields. It was all year round 12 hours a day. It caused exhaustion and even death. Woman had the brunt of this time. It was a difficult for a woman to keep up with her duties at home, which did not change because she was a factory worker. So the demands from her husband were large, compounded with the demands of work and harassment from bosses. On top of these issues a woman still had no rights to