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    The American Revolution raised to fight the "lower classes", small artisans having no property and the poor farmers, who formed the significant colonial population group. The "lower classes" in particular were the main driving force of the revolution being hostile towards the gentlemen, who held administrative positions. The primary issue that was changed by the Revolution was the overall freedom. The concepts are the most valuable for the society and its sustainable development. Nevertheless

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    Great Britain's interest in India first became present in the 1600s. At this time, the British East India Company had set up trading posts at Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. India was first set up as a trading post to benefit Great Britain. After the collapse of the Mughal Empire, the East India Company became the leading power in India. This company continued to grow in wealth over time. Eventually, the British government regulate the East India Company's efforts in London and India. The success of

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    The English Government had a big influence on American Colonists. When Colonists first settled in the new land they were free, but had no government to protect them. They got close to a government when England said they can make their own government to rule themselves. The English Government had influenced American Colonist in 3 ways, the right to make their own Government,English BIll of rights, and the Proclamation of 1763. First, England wanted to let American Colonists make their own Government

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    With the help of the American colony, the British gained much of Canada and were also able to take full control of French India (Cain and Hopkins 2002a). Though after this period the American colony would not be as helpful anymore. The American colony fought for independence starting in 1775 and ended up gaining their freedom from Britain (Woodward 1902j). This however did not phase the advancement and growth of the empire. By the nineteenth century the British Empire had reached its peak. It had expanded

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    Stamp Act Summary

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    and now the Proclamation of 1763 has forced Native Americans to move west. Two years later, 1765, Parliament has passed the Stamp Act. This made us colonists pay for a tax put on all printed materials, newspaper, wills and playing cards too. The British officials had applied the stamp after the tax was paid. The Stamp Act taxed us without are consent. Patrick Henry persuaded the burgess to do something about the Stamp Act because we had about enough. So Samuel Adams started an organization called

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    Imperialism affected Britain by economic benefits, it was mostly to entrepreneurs. The profits in the early centuries from trade in furs, tea, and or slaves. Also the success in sugar, rubber, and cotton plantations. Success came in the 19th century when Britain became the “Workshop of the world.” By 1850 maybe half a total world GDP. Economic benefits to the poor were they emigrated as miners to Australian, fishermen to Newfoundland, farmers to Southern Africa, and just about anything to the united

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    Imperialism occurred due to non-economic reasoning, which in the long term affected countries in a positive manner. Imperialism was a problem because the competing economic systems of the great modern empires posed a threat to world peace. Political ideas played a large role in Imperialism. Political ambitions arose from nationalism, in which they had a desire to become a stronger nation by expanding. In powerful countries, nationalism can lead to imperialism. For example, as seen decades before

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    Seven Years War Causes

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    the French and the British. The primary underlying cause of the war was control of land used in the lucrative fur trade. Both the French and English wanted to profit from selling the popular pelts of the American beaver and otter. French and British settlers gradually expanded until there were many lines of friction that caused disputes. One of the immediate causes of the war was the Battle of Fort Necessity in 1754. Days before the battle, George Washington was sent by the British to insist that the

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    1773. The Tea Act was an act placed by the British Parliament in order to raise revenue for Great Britain that required tax on

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    The result was a system of American isolationism under the sponsorship of the British navy. The Monroe Doctrine held that the United States considered the Western Hemisphere as no longer a place for European colonization; that any future effort to gain further political control in the hemisphere or to violate the independence of existing

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