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Massachusetts Bay Colony Vs. Penn. Quakers The 1600’s, presented different religious and social diversity. The settlement that I would live in is the Utopian society, formed by the Puritan faith. The Massachusetts Bay colony separated itself from the rest of America, re- establishing the Anglican Church. John Winthrop’s leadership and creation of the Utopian settlement provided the Puritan colony to be an idol for the rest of society enforcing the Connecticut Blue Laws and by leading the civilization to be the most economically advanced because of the high profit trading industry of fish and shipbuilding. Quaker life in Pennsylvania illustrated a poor governmental structure and limited religious stability. The population of Pennsylvania was unable to keep an Indian alliance and structure. The Puritan society seems the best fit, considering the religious laws of the civilization. As a member of the society, we are part of England with a reformed version of the Anglican Church. By being part of The “City upon a hill” we are a model of God and a beacon to humanity. The local Indian tribes were no match for our guns and social structure. The only law is that of God and we follow the context of his scripture literally and to the tee. To succeed, our civilization must share and bargain with other “groups” to get the resources necessary for survival. Each member of the settlement must pay taxes towards the government supported Church. Being part of the colony, allowed us to drink heartily, sing on occasion, and make love monogamously. Fear of hell is what leads our community. The fear of wrongdoing and going to hell is what provides are civilization with the security it needs. Most sins are punishable by death or banishment. This keeps organization and order in the society so that corruption does not occur. The business of fishing and shipbuilding helped build our economy. By trading with England and close colonies nearby, we were able to prosper economically. Overall our belief of a perfect society trumps all ideas formed by the Quaker society. Are order and organization kept us at the top of the social and economic totem pole. The leadership of our civilization and our belief of God kept our society as the leading colony at the time.

Essiential Essay #2 French Indian War The French and Indian war aftermath between the time period of 1763 and 1774 created an outstanding amount of tension dealing mainly with economic and social aspects. The 7 years War lasted until the battle of Quebec in 1759. The English won dominance over America and was now able to enforce a standing army and taxation on Colony land. Whether the Treaty of Paris of 1763 influenced the social makeup of the colonies or the millions of dollars of debt that was developed because of the war, the relationship between colonists and Britain worsened. The social tensions between colonists and British rule increased largely because of England’s removal of freedoms for many colonists. The Treaty of Paris created a social tension among America. France lost all Canadian possessions and their empire in India. Everything east of the Mississippi was given to the English. The English took exclusive rights to Caribbean slave trade and had commercial dominance in India. Indians that still resided in America formed to make Pontiacs Rebellion in 1763. Ottawa attacked British strongholds such as Detroit and Pittsburgh. It took the English 18 months for them to have a foothold over Indians. Not until Britain tricked the Indians into a Peace Treaty, where British soldiers gave Indians blankets full of smallpox which killed off all Indians. The real tensions began after the Proclamation of 1763, where King George III ensured Native Americans could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains. He did not want Native Americans moving out west and spreading ideas. He wanted to monitor them and make sure they could not get powerful enough to grow to dominance once again. This created tensions with the colonists, because they had just fought with British to ensure that Native Americans would have to move out of the east. Many colonists had hate for these Indians because they fought war against them which created a high amount of conflict. The English began to enforce many laws in lands that they owned. Admiralty Courts were designed to be judicial system during the time. When people were forced to have their ships checked by the English and then taxed on the goods they had, many people tried to beat the system. If a person was suspected of trying to pass through English without taxation, they were immediately considered guilty unless they proved their innocence. At these courts there were no jury members and one man decided your sentence. People were outraged and the Paxton Boys were first group of open defiance against the Crown after the French Indian War. Economically England suffered from large amounts of debt from War. England’s debt increased from 72 million to 132 million pounds. The debt was so high because British Taxpayers did not have enough money to pay off things that they bought. Britain then developed laws making all colonists have to buy things imported from England while England got all goods made in America. Distribution of goods between America and other countries was forbidden. This is why the English monitored all shipping material sent from harbors each day. Taxation was placed on all goods. Mercantilism was main economic system developed in America during time. George Grenville was sent to America by England to help make plans for economic problems of England. One of his ideas included that of the Sugar Act of 1764 which was combating the illegal distribution of sugar. England taxed the sugar and made colonists buy it straight from England. This failed because England could not afford sending multiple amounts of soldiers in the Caribbean to monitor the sugar production. What sparked most tension economically was that colonists were forced to pay taxes on stamps. Stamps were used on almost all products that were needed to be traded. Prices for these stamps were increasing and it was hard to make profits off of goods to be sold. These tensions between the two groups caused major increase in tension and led to the Revolution of America. Overall the problems England faced after the 7 years War brought to the problems with colonists in America. The tensions faced in America were brought upon by the social and economical aspects of England.

Justification of American Independence essiential essay question #3 //The American colonists working towards their fighting of independence during 1760-1776 against the British troops faced many social conflicts. Their actions were well thought out and organized which helped lead their way towards independence. With the help of many groups to help lead to independence included the Sons of Liberty, Benjamin Franklin, and Paul Revere. The making up of our country was based on opposite ideals of how the British sought to rule America. // // Britain did a terrible job in keeping a well regulated economic system. Beginning with the judicial system in the colonies, the Writs of assistance of 1761, took away from the freedoms American colonists originally had. Once England made the mistake in sending George Grenville to help solve economic problems in America, he ended up direct taxing colonists. The Stamp Act of 1765 displayed the first signs of direct taxation on colonists. All legal documents and paper items were taxed affecting all colonists. Anger was building and England continued to anger the American colonists. // // The Townshed duties of 1767 were enforced by England to generate enough money for support for British troops to station in America. England took natural resources found in America and manufactured them into different goods to sell back to colonists. They placed indirect tax on these items and it angered many Americans. England’s governing of America started to become corrupt and Americans came to realize this. America saw the first main military action of England at Boston, March 5, 1770. Eight American lives were lost when British troops fired among colonists. The Committees of Correspondence warned neighboring colonies about British incidents and broadened resistance. England’s overzealous approach to the power they had in America led them to issuing the Tea Act in 1773. England had a monopoly on British tea imports. These were controlled by the East India Company. The colonial middleman was removed and businesses for colonists were failing. Boston was the center for merchant business. Boston was the hotbed for the American Revolution. The people who were most affected by England’s taxation, was the merchant’s in Boston. The terrorist group, The Sons of Liberty, consisted of merchants. They designed an action against Britain by participating in the Boston Tea Party. This was the dumping of British tea into the ocean sparking the first real resistance towards the crown. // // When the issuing of the Coercive Acts in 1774 occurred it sparked the beginning of Revolution. These acts took away many rights that were given to Boston residents. The port of Boston was closed until the Tea from the Boston Tea Party was re-paid. Massachusetts’s charter was revoked and the Writs of Assistance was re-established. England now was showing no mercy on colonists. Anger and resentment towards England was higher than ever. Therefore, the First Continental Congress of 1774 was established. This was a governmental structure to help battle the Coercive acts. Patriotism grew throughout the colonies and the Battle of Concord proved of this. The first real skirmish between the British army and American militia began. England’s need for ultimate power and greed created the necessary action for America to seek for their independence. //

Essiential essay- "//__Was the Revolution of 1800 truly a Revolution?"__// The Revolution of 1800 changed the political, economical, and social make up of the United States. Before Thomas Jefferson’s presidency John Adams was in office. Adams was a Federalist who was against the French goal towards Revolution. The Democratic Republicans point of view was directed towards helping the French as they helped America with their Revolution. The Revolution of 1800 should not be considered a Revolution, because the ideas of Jefferson did not change the face of America. Jefferson made decisions that led to the decline of the American economic system. Jefferson had ideas to re-construct the American government. Many States were angered by Adams decisions in office. An example of his mistakes as president occurred during his making of the Sedition Acts. This took away from Americans rights of freedom of speech and all the ideas of the Constitution. Any slander against American government was punishable by jail time which in effect angered many states and people around the country. States started speaking out and Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions nullified against sedition acts. The failure to keep American rights standing, led to the presidency of Jefferson. Jefferson’s idea of a functional government is one that is for the people. His unreasonable ideas for peace and Revolution caused him to make some mistakes during his presidency. For awhile America had taken a neutral stands on the British and French War. Jefferson supporting the French still followed the policy of peace but instead, he issued the embargo act of 1807. This contributed to the already bad economic system in the U.S.   The changes Jefferson issued during his presidency and those in the Revolution against the British during 1776 were not alike whatsoever. The organization of this presidency was very calm considering the violent warfare used during the Revolutionary War. The highly controversial economic policy placed by Hamilton was not changed by Jefferson. He did little to make a long lasting effect during his presidency like he did during the signing of the Declaration.