Virginia Tobacco Dbq

During the 1670’s, farmers in Virginia struggled to profit as they depended on tobacco for a source of income. In this early period of colonization, indentured servitude was the most common source of cheap labor. Critically acclaimed author and historian, Lerone Bennett Jr., described this labor system as “the big planter apparatus and a social system that legalized terror against black and white bondsmen” (Bennet). Tied into service bythe promise of land, indentured servants could not profit off their work. By doing so, servants were forced into a continuous cycle of service to provide for themselves and their families.

In document 3, Wang Xijue is a government official for Ming China. He is reporting that although the Chinese government is collecting a great deal of money in taxes, by demanding tax payments in silver the government is actually hurting the economy. Because all the silver is spent to pay taxes there is very little left for people to use to buy farm products or tools or to hire laborers. Since they cannot afford to pay much in silver prices and wages are dropping. This is driving some farmers out of business.

Economic involvements had a bigger impact on the great depression. The great depression was a time of need for the Americans. Due to the supplies and accessories shipped out during the war, America was low on supplies, money and control, and president Herbert Hoover did very little in an attempt to overcome this problem. Men and women were driven into what were called Hoovervilles, which was a collection of teepee huts gathered together to make a community. Just as the people thought they had hit rock bottom, a switch of presidents helped make all the difference.

The Prosperous and poor joined forces in America because of the taxation put on them by the English crown. The passing of Sugar Act in 1764 was the first of many small but economically divisive taxes passed by the British in an attempt to recover expenses from the colonists. The colonists however were not represented in parliament. Following Locke’s theory of the social contract they demanded representation otherwise they would not pay taxes. These taxes affected the rich and poor alike and when tensions escalated and after Jefferson wrote the Declaration Of Independence, the colonists rebelled.

Reconstruction can be considered a large failure because of resentment in the South and it seems as if they felt like they were being punished for losing the war. 2. Growing businesses prospered in the 19th century due to improvements in technology and the surplus of work labor. The methods used to run these corporations were by the use of monopolies, which were divided into the robber barons and the captains of industry. The robber barons were negatively portrayed monopolists who were discerned to be hoarding their wealth.

Most arguments made by the proslavery political leaders used the economy, religion, and paternalism to argue against most of the arguments made by abolitionists. Many argued that the sudden end of the institution of slavery would not only hurt the people in Europe, but also South’s very own economic who rely on slave labor to work on their plantations. Slavery in the South during the 1800 was tied closely to their economy that if it ended there will be nothing to hold and support their backbone. In addition, they also argued that if the entire slave were to be set freed, there would be a widespread unemployment and chaos. Religious arguments from proslavery advocates also were involved in slavery.

The American Revolution was not avoidable because of British policies that were unfair to colonists. An example is the Proclamation of 1763 which prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. This policy limited opportunity for colonists. Another issue that angered colonists was the increase of taxation without representation.The colonists reaction to these policies were protests, boycotts, and harassing tax collectors. The french and indian war lead to tension because then the British government had to pay for weapons and such to win the fight resulting in them falling into a lot of debt.

Both, urban and rural Americans suffered during the Great Depression, but not in the same way. Many urban Americans had to deal with living in large communities of homes made out of cardboard boxes due to homelessness and lack of food in the cites (Schultz, 2013). At the same time, rural Americans were losing their farms due to the crops as a result of the drought. The Great Depression was a perfect time for the Communist Party of the United States to thrive, as a large portion of Americans believed that Capitalism was the cause of the whole thing. However, others such as Bonus Army, also used this time to further their cause of getting back pay for serving in World War I.

Therefore, we believe that the United States had good intentions but overall backfired and actually hurt US citizens. I agree with my group because, the United States did act with the best intentions, but those acts overall, blew up in their face, and created an endless amount of debt for their civilians. Tax cuts on the agricultural industry put farmers hopelessly in debt. It did not help that the President at the

another self-strategy was the alliance exchange making farmers focus on a central purchasing house. all these actions failed because farmers were too poor or in debt due to prior sales. the system was poorly capitalized, prices were too high for farmers, they ended up being victims to business causing the uprising of boycotts. the subtreasary plan succeed this plan helped farmers by giving them loans in order to grow and sell crops. The back and forth communication and strategies not only lead the famers to a political path but it also began the start of the populist party.

In his article, Holton supports this by stating, “From the complex struggle of the 1780’s, the Founding Fathers extracted a simple lesson: that the uneducated farmers who seized the ship of state during the American Revolution had damn near driven it aground.” He continues to say that most ordinary Americans during this time were not yet ready or capable to rule themselves. This negative portrayal of democracy created a struggle of who should rule at home among the colonies. Barbarism was another problem that contributed to the struggle for authority among the colonies and with British control as well. With Loyalty to Britain waning, the colonist looked for excuses to justify a revolutionary war. In Peter Silvers article, Barbarism and the American Revolution, he argues that the colonist used the discourse of “savagery”

Rather than helping the farmers which it was designed to do, it turned out to be the one of the nation 's highest protective tariff(TEXT PAGE 740) This served as a low blow to all international countries America was involved with. Not only did the tariff economically isolate America from the world, but it also created a financial chaos among America 's trading partners. It literally sent America and other nations into a deeper depression(DOCUMENT D). In addition to this, during the nineteen twenties, stock prices were rapidly increasing and because of this, “buying on margin” became very popular. This “buy now, pay later” form of credit worked well with a rising market, but not with a declining one(DOCUMENT B).

The United States, like many other countries, had to fight for independence from their motherland. During the early eighteenth century, many countries were facing suffer inflation by the British parliament in hope to gain more money for King George III. The main target was the colonies of the British Empire, also known as the American colonies. The American colonies consisted of mainly low poverty men, women, and children. It was the American colonies who paved the way into fighting for their freedom and independence.