2) New York used to be called "New Amsterdam." Tell the history behind this‚ how it change hands to become New York. Before New Amsterdam becomes New York‚ New Amsterdam was a Dutch colony‚ ruled by the Dutch West Indian Company. The Dutch West Indian Company established a patroon system to defend their market and their personal interests. Under the patroon system‚ rough cabin houses was built for the new settlers. The patroon were first settlers who owned a portion of land and charged taxes or
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The revolutionary era‚ 1763-1789‚ began towards the developed colonies to the extent that the nation‚ of its capacity‚ was to separate as there had become conflict that led to revolt. During this era there was no stable government‚ which questioned the nation’s identity. This brought upon the laws and acts being made toward the colonists’ by the British parliament and King George to help them pay off their debt after the Seven Years’ War. The acts that were made had a purpose to benefit all the people
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1660‚ the British came back to England after 100 years. The British had abandoned the colonists and when they came back they would tax them and make them only trade with them. The British had the power to make the colonists do that ‚ so technically they the British had the power to control them as well as they had the power to punish them. This is an example of tyranny because the British had absolute power to tell the colonists what to do. Their was about to be a tyranny in the constitution but
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Peaceful resistance is impossible‚ especially in this modern society. Peaceful organization turns to riot even when good intentions are present. Inaction and guiltmongering do nothing to help society. It is sad to see people who believe they are doing all the good in the world turn to these methods and use violence though convinced it is really peaceful. "Peaceful" protest accomplishes nothing. American government is predicated on this. The only things that change are violence and political
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18th century America was a revolutionary time of significant change through a battle for independence from the all-controlling Britain. In spite of the many citizens standing up for the rule of the Parliament‚ others realized the uttermost corrupt rule the Crown had upon the growing colonies. One of the most influential men during this 18th century revolutionary war against Parliament was John Adams. Notably‚ John Adams had a strong affiliation with independence in America through his work as a lawyer
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“Gentlemen may cry‚ ‘Peace! Peace!’ -- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! (...) I know not what course others may take; but as for me‚ give me liberty‚ or give me death!” (Henry‚ 1775). Great Britain passed many laws that brewed trouble between the colonists and the British. But there were two laws that stood out the most. The Stamp Act was a law passed by Parliament and was established on March 22‚ 1765. The Quartering Act was 2 British laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain
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In 1766‚ the colonists efforts were credited as the act was revoked by British ruling. In order to maintain their power over the colonists and show that they were still dominant‚ they issued the Declaratory Act. With the Declaratory Act‚ the British reassured their power and influence on the laws that could be applied to the colonists; with this act they could see to it that any law they wished was to be enforced ( history.com staff). With the success of their protests against the stamp act‚ the
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The Stamp Act was a tax imposed by the British government on the American colonies. British taxpayers already paid a stamp tax and Massachusetts briefly experimented with a similar law‚ but the Stamp Act imposed on colonial residents went further than the existing ones. The primary goal was to raise money needed for military defenses of the colonies. The Act imposed a tax that required colonial residents to purchase a stamp to be affixed to a number of documents. In addition to taxing legal documents
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The act of Enlightenment was about seeking truth though observation and logic and was aimed toward giving people new voices and rights. such as natural rights‚ John Locke is well-known for claiming every human has certain rights not given to them by the law or society. Things such as freedom‚ privacy‚ life and owning property. Social Contract - Again Locke‚ but also prominent in Jean-Jaques Rousseau’s writings. A political philosophy which claims that the government and people are bound under a contract
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During the Enlightenment‚ or The Age of Reason‚ there were many thinkers who made a huge difference in the world‚ changed how people thought about traditional authority‚ and helped them embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational changes. The Enlightenment was an era of new ideas and ways of thinking that gave rise to the expansion of a literate European society promoting economic improvement and political reform. Out of the many thinkers in this era‚ there are three that
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