Essay On The Restoration Of The New Netherlands

England governed its colonies loosely before 1660, but after 1660, when the monarch was brought back, England tried to reinforce order in the colonies and allied with Native Americans to fight against other European countries.

     Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the emergence of a society quite different from that in England. Changes in religion, economics, politics and social structure illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans.

“During the 150 years after the settlement of Jamestown, the colonies grew apart from the motherland”. – (Lecture). Colonies were beginning to support themselves economically and politically without British input. This of course meant they had and were exercising different economic and political views than England. Colonies that failed in the beginning were being restored. While Britain was dealing with issues in England, no new English colonies were established in America for nearly thirty years since Lord Baltimore received the charter for Maryland in 1632. – (Page 26) “The English colonies eventually united, expanded, and became the beginnings of a great nation”. – (Page 28). The colonies became independent minded and created their own governments, and operated separately from the crown. “The growing colonial ventures were producing pressure in England for a more uniform structure to the empire. The English government began trying to regulate colonial trade in the 1650s.” – (Page 32) England imposed the Navigation Acts. This didn’t go well because most colonial governments except Virginia operated independently of the crown. Additionally, although the Navigation Acts were passed - they were not enforced. While Parliament was crashing, “the colonial assemblies, taking advantage of the weak imperial administration, had asserted their own authority to levy taxes, make appropriations, approve appointments, and pass laws for their respective colonies.” – (Page 37). “The British took little notice. England pursued polices of Salutary neglect, leaving the colonist fairly free to conduct their own internal

Regardless of the growing frequency of Jewish migrating to the United States, the community continues to confront the many issues as part of their assimilation. Through this process of assimilating,

Since the beginning of the Judaism, the Jewish people have been subject to hardships and discrimination. They have not been allowed to have a stabile place of worship and have also faced persecution and atrocities that most of us can not even imagine. Three events that have had a big impact on the Jewish faith were the building and destruction of the First Great Temple, the Second Great Temple and the events of the Holocaust. In this paper, I will discuss these three events and also explain and give examples as to why I feel that the Jewish people have always been discriminated against and not allowed the freedom of worship.

Britain established a series of acts to control the colonies and this became the main cause of the revolution. These acts enabled

The loose control of New England is shown in the beginning of the American Revolution. The revolution was begun by New England (and Virginia), because of their ability to know what it is like to not be tied down by

With the growth of the population comes the opportunity for more jobs. Jobs in the agricultural field greatly increased. They needed more food to feed all the new people- meaning the production and collection of rice, wheat, and tobacco increased. Since there was more crops being tended to, that meant more could be traded with Britain. With trade increasing, the people would need more ships to transport everything. This then increased the lumber business. The fishing businesses also increased, as well as slave trade. Under slave trade almost every colony benefited. The shipbuilders in the New England colonies were able to trade slaves with the West Indies in return for molasses and then make the molasses into rum to trade with Africa. The Southern Colonies were able to use the slaves in the fields, which saved them money because they didn’t have to pay them, and became centers for American slave trade which brought more ships from other countries to the area. With the production of new jobs and increased trade, the economy was very strong. With a strong economy, the colonies needed Britain less and less than before and were becoming self sufficient. Now they could trade with other countries and were too large for Britain to support. By this time, the colonies could manifest their own ammunition and weapons which would be very helpful in the Revolutionary War against

What helped King James of England to increase his control over the colonies in the 17th century, was how the American colonist viewed themselves as citizens of Great Britain. The colonies were securely tied to Britain by the way the citizens were governed and through trade. The king increased his control by restricting trade deals, so the colonies had to rely purely on Britain for goods and supplies that were imported. Also, because the king held the majority of power, there were no banks and the colonies had very little money, so colonists were forced to use credit and barter to buy the necessities they need for survival.

In this period the colonies prospered as they could trade and spread however they want. This would end up having the same effect as leaving a kid in his room to do whatever he wants while his parents are gone. As they spread they ended up finding out that the French had already settled along the Ohio river and making alliances with the indians. They then sent in Lt. colonel George Washington to deal with the french. When he attacked, most of his men got slaughtered and he was forced to surrender, but in the battle he started the french and indian war. For 7 years england and france clashed but in the end england won and took the french

The history of the Jewish people in Spain is certainly a pivotal time period that changed the future of the Jews and specifically, the Sephardic Jews. At the time of the issuing and signing of the Edict of Expulsion on March 31, 1492, Spanish Jews were experiencing the most persecution that had been felt in the many centuries of which the Jews had been in Spain. Spanish Jewry came to a dramatic end after almost a millennium of Jewish presence in the country. Spanish Jewry’s golden age, however, the Jews experienced almost no persecution, resulting in a new centre of Talmudic study, before suffering from a relapse of anti-Semitism that eventually led to the Inquisition and the Edict of Expulsion. (SOURCE 1) This essay will discuss and analyze

The years of 1750-1910 were of most important because of the development of four events, the French Revolution, the American Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution. The rule of William and Mary was start of a new type of rule in britain with the control of power getting withdrawn from one ruler and being distributed to a large/elected body (William, Spurr). The ideas that pushed for the revolutions of America and France were ideas of Enlightenment, were the kings power was to be stripped and given to a large elected body, promoting freedom of speech, and a constantly changing body of government to allow the say of the people in their own matters (Bently). The preceding time period included the cruel and unjust punishment of the people in speaking against their rulers or defying their rulers will. The rule of William and Mary changed that as well by restricting unlawful imprisonment, or cruel and unusual punishments(William).

Military strategy forever had been battles of attrition, men throwing themselves at each other until a winner was determined, this form of battle was replaced in Europe during the 16th and 17th century. The change in military strategy took place mostly in Europe, and the countries at the forefront of this were the Swedish empire and the Netherlands. The Swedes and Dutch changed many military strategies and practices which were in place for thousands of years and changed the standard for militaries. They helped to show the first realistic application of David versus Goliath, using smart tactics paired with a smaller army to destroy militaries of greater size. The two smallest nations in Europe took control and led the world in military innovations in the 16th and 17th century through competition and loss. The Swedes and Dutch managed to create fluid militaries which were able to overpower larger armies through deception and agility. The Swedish and Dutch nations during the 16th and 17th century gained military strength through the reformation of tactics, reorganization of the military, improvisation of weapons, and as a result changed the image and action of the military forever. The idea of a military revolution was first explored by a man named Michael Roberts in the 1950s. Roberts said that if the Swedish Empire and the Netherlands had not developed as they did, military strategy and organization would have not evolved for much later.

The British Empire was continuously attempting to expand their kingdom and at the time recover from the

It was easy for the colonists to work around the law, but England did nothing to stop it because trade deals were still happening, and everyone was still making money. This caused Americans to think of their government as equally as powerful as the British bureaucracy. England lost major control over the colonies during the Tradition of Neglect, but they didn’t do anything to stop it. Even though the colonies still considered themselves a part of the British Empire, people understood that they could lead themselves.