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9/6/09 After the colonies were established from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania from the early to late seventeenth century Pennsylvania would be the ideal colony to settle into for any settler. Pennsylvania was set from social to economical aspects from their friendly relationship with the Native Americans allowing a prosperous colony to the friendly, diverse society. Pennsylvania’s settlers did not trifle with the Native Americans, instead they befriended them. William Penn continued to show his respects to the Native Americans by purchasing land from them instead of just taking it like Massachusetts did. By befriending the Native Americans that allowed for peaceful trade with them and avoided all negative mannerisms. By showing respect and being friendly allowed the trading to become easier than in the other colonies allowing Pennsylvania to become a prosperous colony. Pennsylvania’s settlers’ diverse social status is attributed to a few events. William Penn allowed anyone into Pennsylvania allowing a cultural mixing pot. William also gave the settlers land to anyone, making sure that there were no conflicts between the people, unlike the other colonies with their indentured servants having no land and no women making them have any opportunity. Everyone is allowed to have freedom of worship, unlike in Massachusetts, where it was only Puritanism. Everyone who is a landowner, which is everyone, was allowed to vote for the Repres. Assembly, however, Catholic and Jews were not allowed to vote or hold office, but other than that everyone shared the rights. Pennsylvania’s social and economical aspects made it a perfect place for settlers to settle compared to the other colonies like Massachusetts where there was not a prosperous colony.

9/16/06 In the colonies from 1763 to 1774 the relationship between the British and the colnists took a drastic social and economical change after the conists united to defeat the Franch in the French and Indian War. After a 150 years of being allowed to run the colonies how they please King George III now wants a say in the structure of the colonies. 10,000 British soldeirs were left in the colonies so that King Goerge III could institute his acts and he would have a force in the colonies to back them up. some of these acts would be George Grenville's acts, which didnot truly work and failed. The Sugar Act of 1764 put a tax onsugar, which at the time the colonists were smuggling in, but the fact that it was taxed messed with their mentality. Another act would be the Currency Act of 1764, which had the colonists attempting to use a British currency, which took away their feeling of individuality that they had. the Quartering Act of 1765 was that if a British soldier came up to a colonitsts house they ha to take them in and feed them, taking the colonists right of freedom away. The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed everyone no matter their status on paper products. The colonists were taxed for the war that they faught in and even though they were promised to be reembursed they never truly were. King Goerge III wanted to have control of the colonies only led the colonists to realize that they were not the Englishmen they once thought they were, it made them realiz they were separate people all together. The British soldiers did not view them as Englishmen and they looked down on the colinists demeanor. There was a clear difference between the Bristish and the colonists. by King Goerge III taking away the liberties and freedoms that the colonists once had cause them to united even more and form assemblies like the Loyal Nine, Sons of Liberty, and the Stamp Act Congress all from the fact that they were being taxed and they did not have a representation.

9/23/09 From the French-Indian War to the intial American Revolution could have easily been stopped had it not been for King George III. From the acts he passed casued thecolnists seeking the need for their own independence and liberties they were not allowed causing rebellions and retailiation. The colonists could have gone on having no problem with the way England had control had it not been for the fact that they were taxed, but yet they had no voice in what was being taxed or on how. The Greenville Acts were all failures, except in the fact that it caused the colonists to become mad at England and for it to messwith their mentality. The Sugar Act was a attempt to stop the smuggling of sugar into the colonies, tax sugar, and help England with their debt from the war. The Currency Act attempted to make the colonists use a British currency, even though they were no longer viewed on as Englishmen. The Quatering Act invaded their right of privacy and said that they had to house and clothe any British solier that stepped onto their doorstep. The Tea Act really upset the colonists and really messed with their menality. It gave the British East Company a monopoly over tea in the colonies, meaning that the colonists could only get their tea from them. The Townshed Acts was British focus switching from their debt to maintaining the colonial government and the salaries of offices. The Declaratory Act said that Parliament is allowed to pass any law they see fit for the colonies. In response to these acts that King George III had passed the colonies did not just sit and take it they formed their ownorganizations to retailate. The formed the Loyal Nine which were merchants and laywers protesting against the Stamp Act. From that sprouted the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty were an organized group who started protests and slowed the progress of England. they were the ones that caused the Broston Tea Party, throwing all of the tea that Boston had boycotted into the harbor in the dead of night dressed in all black. The Colonists did not put up with acts and being taxed when they did not have a say in what they were taxed on so they found other ways to retailate and in the end declare their independence from England.

10/11/09

The Constitution lead to many debates and leadto different fractions and opinions in America; Federalists, Democratic Republicans, and even the common people. Each fraction interpreted the Constitution in their own individual way some wanting to follow it word for word and others wanting to use it as a guide-line, this lead to many great debates in America. The Consitiution lead to two great faction, the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans. The leaders of the Democratic Republicans was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson believed in state rights rather than a central government and he did not want a "bussinessman's politcal party" like Hamilton wanted. Alexander Hamilton was the leader of the Federalist party. He believed that the government power should be left to the welatheir and more educated people and he had little trust and feared mob rule. Hamilton created the Whiskey Excise Tax which put a 25% tax on all liquors being made and sold in the US. The Whiskey Excuse Taxwould be a way for the nation to get out of debate that they had from the wars. Jefferson believed this was unfiar because it taxed the small farmers .09 cents when it only charged the wealthier farmers .06 cents. He believed that Hamilton wanted to look out for the wealth class rather than look at everyone equal. In the end this tax lead Jefferson to resign from his post. Hamilton believed he was being fair because the small farmers do not produce as much as the larger farmers. He also believed it was "more of a social discipline than a source of revenue". The tax lead to the Whiskey Rebellion where the small farmers took action against the tax and in the end Washington lead 13,000 in militia against the rebells. Washington's cabinet allowed him to be unbais because he heard everyone's opinions and he made a desicion after hearing the opinions allowing America to be formed into the great country it is today.

10/25/09 The election of 1800 was the Revolution of 1800. A revolution is s radical and pervasive change in societ and social structure. Under Adams and Washington the Federalist party established a strong government. There were policies that anlienated large groups. for example, they enacted a tax on houses, land and slaves, that effected every property owner. However, the election revealed a serious flaw in the Constitution. The flaw was that the member of the Electoral College could only vote for the President: each elector could vote for two candadites and the Vice-President was the one with the secondlargest number of the votes during the election. This election was the first peaceful transfer of executive power for one policitcal power to another. During the election Jefferson promised "a wise and frugal government" to keep order amognst the people, but would "leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuit of industry amd improvementto ". Jefferson also believed that the Federalists he defeated represented not just a different vision, but a wrong vision that went against what Americans fought for against the British. To Jefferson it was a restoration of America's Revolutionary vision. The election of 1800 brought about different changes from political, social, and to economical changes.