1 Before, During, and After the American Revolution The American Revolution was a major event for the founding of the United States of America. The events leading up to it, during it, and even after it had major effects on the foundation of this country. During the years of 1754-1763 the French and Indian War was a war between the British Empire and their Native allies and the French Empire and their Native allies. The conflict was over territory in the New World and who claimed what and who wanted what. This seven year war was fought mainly on the frontiers between the New France and British colonies. In 1755, six colonial governors in North America met with the British General Edward Braddock, the newly arrived British …show more content…
It cost the British Empire a lot of money. With this debt, the Crown imposed heavy taxes on the American colonies, most of them very unfair. The Stamp Act and Tea Act were the major catalyst of the rising revolution. These acts triggered the Sons of Liberty to take action and perform the Boston Tea Party, where they dumped tons of tea into the Boston Harbour. With this news reaching Great Britain they imposed the Coercive Acts. These acts took away the colony of Massachusetts way of their self government, historic rights, which triggered outrage and resistance in the American colonies. They were also some of the key factors in igniting the the American Revolutionary War. The reason Great Britain did this to Massachusetts, was to make an example of them and show the power they had over them. A fifth act, the Quebec Act, enlarged the boundaries of what was then the Province of Quebec and instituted reforms generally favorable to the French Catholic inhabitants of the region; although unrelated to the other four Acts, it was passed in the same legislative session and seen by the colonists as one of the Intolerable Acts. Then came the Townshend Acts, the ones that made the tensions between the American colonies and the British Empire reach its …show more content…
The founding fathers having to get their new type of government in place, accepted by the new states of the United States of America, and getting it to run efficiently. The new government was quite weak during this time. . The Congress of the Confederation lacked the power to accomplish anything by itself, and each state could veto the major actions of the Congress. Congress also lacked the power to raise its own revenue, regulate foreign or interstate commerce, or effectively negotiate with foreign powers. The weakness of this new Congress proved self-reinforcing, as the leading political figures of the day served in state governments or foreign posts. The failure of the national government to handle the challenges facing the United States led to calls for reform and frequent talk of secession. It was extremely hard for the Congress to keep all the states together, because each one wanted to do their own type of
The French and Indian war was a war fought between France and Britain. “This New World conflict marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France.” (History.com Staff, 2009) This war lasted for seven years (also called the Seven Years’ War) beginning in 1753 to 1763. This long lasting battle began the changes within these countries to form.
This made it difficult for the government to solve national issues without the approval from each state. For example, prior to the constitution the government was not able to regulate high taxation for Farmers nation wide, which led to the farmer’s rebellion known as Shays rebellion. In addition to this, the weak federal government was not able to unify currency that made them very vulnerable
The problem was that the existing government, under the Articles of Confederation wasn't doing the job. It was too weak. There overall goal was to create a strong-central government without letting anyone gaining much power. Federalism Federalism is a compound republic, meaning it is made up of two governments. It is between two distinct governments which are subdivided into separate departments.
Question 2 The French and Indian War from 1754-1763 was the war that helped divide the United States from Britain. The war revealed the differing views of freedom between two lands. The affects of the French an d Indian war was the causes of the revolutionary war, the creation of Common Sense and it's own aftermath, and John Locke's version of freedom.
The Quebec Act enlarged the boundaries of Quebec and granted religious freedom to the Roman Catholic inhabitants of the province; the colonists saw this statute as a new model for British colonial administration, which would strip the colonies of their elected assemblies and promote the Roman Catholic
Not so long after, problems arose with the governmental system and our founding fathers gathered and started considering different ideas to improve the governmental structure. Large and small states had different suggestions on what should be done to solve the problem. Yet, two things remained clear; Americans feared the British system and wanted nothing similar to it and, the Articles of Confederation had proved inefficient due to the restricted power of the federal government. Two main plans were the reason of debate, the battle was between the federalist and the antifederalist. The powers vested on the executive were a big part of the discussion and the arguments were sustained through a series of publications called the Federalist
The Constitution The Articles of Confederation was an archetype constitution that created a nation of independent states only loosely connected together by a single congress. The founding fathers deliberately designed a nation with a very feeble central government. There was no judicial branch, no executive branch, there was no coining money, and there was no president. These were all intrinsic weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation that were entrusted to the states, weaknesses that would soon cause another rebellion. It was a confederation rather than a strong union, so in a sense we were playing with the other states on the team
The French and Indian war was fought between Great Britain and France. It was originally called the Seven Years’ War, but because the French and the Indians allied against the British, it was later renamed by the Americans. The French and the British were fighting for control of much of North America. America was just starting to form and cultivate colonies, and both the French and the British wanted control over them. The French and Indian War was a very basic battle; two countries fought for land, and one came out the victor.
First, I will be addressing the Tea Act of 1773 which was implemented by Great Britain and proved unfair against the colonists, then Britain's response to the rebellion of the colonies, and lastly why the
All these financial and political problems were due to a loose union of thirteen states known as the Articles of Confederation. Although the Articles of Confederation was a big help to make our new nation, it failed in many ways. The national government was unable to solve all the problems mentioned in the previous paragraphs. As a result, in 1787 a meeting was held in Philadelphia by Congress and asked each state to send their delegates to discuss about how to improve the Articles of Confederation. They wrote a new constitution even though they gather to improve the Article of Confederation.
Under the Constitution, states and the government both have different duties and both shared large responsibilities. When events such as Shay’s Rebellion occurred, the lack of national power prevented quick and efficient responses to problems in the nation. These issues highlighted the inefficiency of the Articles of Confederation and the need for a national army that could quickly resolve issues. Each state was dealing with its own problems and searching for its own solutions. As Abraham Lincoln later said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Before the Revolutionary war beginning in 1775, the thirteen American colonies were controlled by the British without serious issues. Each colony had its own representative for its local government in terms of making and practicing laws with being supervised by the governor dispatched by the British. Moreover, all thirteen colonies were required to comply with the laws made by the British Parliament. It is possible to say that the colonial settles were proud of being the British citizens.
To achieve this they authorized the Articles of the Confederation. The Articles of Confederation brought federal politics to a standstill due to the fact that a unanimous decision was required for exact amendments. Under the Articles of Confederation, federal government lacked the needed authority to tax or maintain a standing army. In Document I, James Madison, writes, “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.”
Finally, the third most hated act was the Quebec Act. This act gave the British government more power. It also gave them some power over Canada. Those acts made the colonists angrier at the british leading the colonists closer to
The French and Indian War was a conflict between the French and the British during the mid seventeen hundreds. The French expanded to the Ohio River valley that created a repeating conflict with the British colonies, in 1756 the British formally declared war. The government sent Edward Braddock and over a thousand troops to go capture Fort Duquesne, Washington soon joined Braddock to help defeat fort Necessity. The new American commander Lord Loudoun caused many problems and failures for the British. Then in 1757 William Pitt paid Prussia to fight in Europe and saw the colonial conflicts as an opportunity to build an immense British empire.