Category: Taxation

Waging a RevolutionA poor, twenty eight year old shoemaker named Ebenezer Macintosh led the Hundreds of people. Many people where mad about the Stamp Act and stormed the street in protest. They attacked Andrew Oliver a wealthy Boston merchant who had recently been made the Stamp officer for Massachusetts. I.Paying for SecurityBritains leaders celebrated the …

As the British and Colonists were engaged in the Seven Years War against the French and Indians, the colonists were slowly building up feelings for their removal from under the British crown. There had been several uprisings to overthrow the colonial governments. When the war ended and the British were victorious, they declared the Proclamation …

It is not possible that an individual may be right and a government wrong? Are laws to be enforced simply because they were made or declared by any number of men to be good, if they are not good.. .What kind of laws for free men can you expect from that? …Christ was crucified… . …

For centuries, religion has played a crucial role in the shaping and operation of the human society. Over the years, politics and religion have, in various parts of the world, been seen to go hand in hand. Religion has been known to provide a moral standard by which people must live in a society, while …

Michael EdelmanHST 3133/28/2005Caricature PaperJacques-Louis David: Gouvernement Anglois (The English Government)Introduction:As one can expect from the very nature of political and social revolutions, there were some very unhappy people during the French revolution. The question here is why the French citizens of this time so upset were and was their discontent so great that a revolution …

“While every law restricts individual freedom to some extent by altering the means which people may use in the pursuit of their aims. Within the known rules of the game the individual is free to pursue his personal ends and desires, certain that the powers of government will not be used deliberately to frustrate his …

When the revolutionary war was over, the American colonists had found themselves free of British domination. Due to the fact that they were free from British control, they wanted to create their own system of government where tyranny would be practically diminished. Originally, The Articles of Confederation connected the separate states. But this document gave …

The Articles Of Confederation The system of national government provided by the Articles of Confederation had a number of flaws and was eventually discarded, however, it compiled a record of achievements over time. The Articles of Confederation helped the New World transition from colonies under British rule, through a revolution and into an independent government. …

The American Revolution, occurring during the late 1700’s, formed the foundation and ideals Americans still hold today. During this era, the Unites States Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and a ratified Constitution were written by perhaps some of the greatest philosophical men of America to date. The revolution proved to be no easy task …