Inequality In The American Revolution

Christopher Columbus travels to the New World and is funded by Queen Isabella of Spain and King Ferdinand. Christopher Columbus' reason for doing this wasn't to discover new places, it was to get rich. The Spanish monarchs supported Columbus's trips mainly to expand their kingdom. The support he had from Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand illustrates the economic focus of Spanish exploration. Spanish exploration was mostly about making money rather than spreading religion, many wanted to find ways to get rich like using people's labor.

In the late 17th Century, the French Revolution began. The French Revolution was a rebellion of the third estate against the inequality and injustice of the social classes. The high economic gap and social inequality led to reforms such as the drafting of the Declaration of Rights for Men and the Tennis Court of Oath. One of the main factors that led to the French Revolution is the economic gaps between the rich and the poor.

World War I took place in Europe in the early 19th century and was fought by Germany, Italy, Russia, France, Great Britain, and Australia-Hungary. These countries reasons for a war were nationalism, alliances, and militarism. Germany, Italy, Russia, France, Great Britain, and Austria-Hungary were all wanting the same thing, but they were too busy competing with each other to see clearly.

The American Revolution lasted from 1775 to 1783, it was one of America’s most important wars because the United States gained its independence from Britain. The war was a domino effect of the outrageous taxes brought on to the colonies by the British government to pay off war debts. One example would be the Stamp Act, which was imposed about a decade earlier forcing colonists to help pay off debt from the Seven Years’ War. The Americans in anger, used the Coercive Acts of 1774 as a drive in gaining their independence. This colonial revolt helped strengthen the concept of natural rights, freedom, and equality for the Western world.

The American Revolution was the consequence of British dominance over the colonies. The French and Indian War ended the British policy of laissez faire on colonies, causing the British to sanction taxes in order to strengthen the empire and pay off its debt. Taxation without representation exemplified by the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Acts angered the colonists, who believed they were being unfairly punished. Additionally, events such as the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party elevated British resentment and hostilities. The shared desire for independence united the colonists in fighting against the British, and encouraged them in shaping their own societies, causing political, economic, and social change. Politically, land rights

The American revolution improved social standards for American families and demolished common social inequalities that were brought to America by Spanish and British colonists. Throughout the American Revolution, social turmoil between races and cultures plagued settlements and colonies across America; African natives were imported and sold into slavery while Native Americans were abused, executed, and forced out of their land. As the war progressed, American colonists fought with British anarchists to free their new nation from arbitrary British rule. Consequently, American colonists began to realize their actions against Native Americans were very similar to those taken by Britain in attempting to dictate American lives. Because of these

Throughout our cake, we had two major themes that were evident, social injustice and political grievances. To demonstrate social injustice, we used medals for the Latin American Revolution, Chains for the American Revolution, and a tennis ball for the French Revolution. To represent economic inequality, we used tea bags for the American revolution, bread for the French revolution and money for the Latin American Revolution. For the American Revolution, The chains represented the role African American slaves played in the revolution.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between England and the colonies which were settled earlier by the English. There were many factors and events that led to the American Revolution. The Revolution was mainly an economic rebellion that was fueled by taxation without representation following the French and Indian War. The English Parliament was more often than not considered cruel and unfair by the colonists. With conflicts over trade, taxes and government representation, the colonies were at a starting line of a revolution that would later transform into the basis of the United States of America.

Almost the entire elite class of Pennsylvania opposed independence from Britain, causing them to fear being attacked.

Do our finances have the power to change how we treat each other? Due to the British taxation of paper, tea and others the colonists started to rebel and began a revolution. The American Revolution started in April of 1775 which was also known as the War of independence of America from Britain. When British troops and American colonists stood face to face at Lexington and Concord and the shot heard around the world went off. France soon joined in in 1778 to help the colonists, which turned the problem from a civil war to an international conflict, but they helped the colonists gain their freedom when the British surrendered at (1781) Yorktown even though the fighting didn't stop until 1783. The Revolutionary War started because Britain started to harshly tax their citizens to pay off their war debt of the French and Indian war. This essay will continue to prove that the American Revolutionary was mainly driven by economics with a hint of ideology as well. The economic policies of the British drove the American colonies to revolution.

Liberty and equality has always been a controversial issue in America. Based on the readings, people during the American Revolution had a different view on what liberty and equality meant to them, then what it means to most people in modern society. Liberty is defined as “the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views” (Dictionary.com). Today’s definition of equality is the “state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities” (Dictionary.com). In the times of the American revolution the focus of liberty and equality only affected white men. In modern day and age, the focus is for all mankind to have the same rights, and people are no longer viewed as property. Throughout time since the American Revolution, the ideas of what liberty and equality mean has been influenced and evolved as the opinions and citizens within society have changed.

Columbus made four different voyages to what the world now knows as America, he wanted to find a water route to China because there were many goods that the Europeans wanted, and Columbus colonized and expanded the territory of Europe.

The American Revolution of the 1770’s was fueled by the ideas of social equality and political liberty as well as the desire for justice and the creation of democratic institutions. This movement as well as the writings of authors, such as Rousseau and Voltaire, speaking human rights, led way to the French Revolution. With King Louis XVI reign there was much careless spending and overindulgence leaving France in a very poor financial state when he passed away. His rule had caused the majority of French people to have distinct and feelings of resentment towards the monarchy when Louis XVI came into rule. At the time, France had three basic social classes. At the top were the royals’

The American Revolution is claimed to be a revolution of equality. The founding fathers and all those who fought for this cause believed that all men were created equal. Some of the founding fathers especially the Northerners believed that the African Negro who were enslaved in the United States were also entitled to be treated as equal as everyone but this never meant they were citizens because neither the naturalization act of 1790 and 1795 made them citizens of the United States. This meant they were still considered aliens. The reminder that the Negro Africans were still aliens was made by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney of the Supreme Court. In fact the constitution never made the African Negro citizens until the Naturalization act of 1870. The fact that the constitution did not make a clear pact for the Negro Africans to become citizens in America made it difficult for the abolishment of slavery nationally. Most Southerners or slave holders believed that the Negro Africans were not equal with the Whites. Some even used the bible to explain and defend the institution of slavery.

The foundation of Japanese imperialism, which eventually led to World War II was in the Meiji Restoration of the 1870’s. At that time, pro-war sentiment and desire for national strength and growth arose as the national attitude of the Japanese people. Certain groups, which advocated return to the traditional Japanese ways, began to grow in power. Shinto, the traditional religion of Japan, was revived with a new emphasis on emperor worship. By the time Emperor Hirohito assumed power in 1926, the nation was ready for a second restoration.1