The Constitution of the United States did not appear out of nothing. The Articles of Confederation were the first edition of the US Constitution written yet during American Revolution and ratified in 1981. As every legislative document compiled for the first time, the Articles of Confederation had a few problems. Each state had the only vote in Congress no matter how large it was. Congress had no power to put taxes and regulate the interstate commerce. There were no judicial system and no executive branch to enforce acts of Congress. To address these and more inconsistencies, 55 delegates met at
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American Revolution was the road to the independence of the New World. It was about colonies standing up to their British Parliament that took much control over the 13 of them. As it often happens, money is to blame. After King George lost a great deal of money in the French and Indian War, the Parliament imposed taxes the colonies could not bear. Colonists had not been abused by Britain before those events, and people were not used to paying for things that had been free. Besides, colonists had no representation in the British Parliament. After extra taxes had been imposed
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Gender roles were crucial in colonial America as nowhere else. A family was a nuclear unit that assured the success of colonialists in the new land. The government, church, and community all worked for the good of families, and people were expected to adjust to strict gender roles existing in the colonial society. Males were expected to give orders, prescribe duties, perform justice, and distribute rewards within their family at the very least. They owned property, maintained the family, and participated in government. The role of a colonial American woman was very different than that of a man. Women were supposed
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The story of Roanoke, the lost colony, still remains quite mystic and intriguing to many. The early European settlement in present-day Virginia, the village of Roanoke was one of the first English colonies on the American land. While other European settlements succeeded in agriculture and self-protection from the tribal Natives, Roanoke did not appear that lucky. People lacked food and tools, and they were scared by the prospect of being attacked by the Natives. One day the village governor went back to England to bring everything necessary for the colonists. When he came back three years later, the governor saw
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The European invasion of North America started with several developments that took place in the late 15th century. About this time, Portugal prince Henry the Navigator invented a caravel – the new kind of ship that could go into the wind. In the result, Portugal conquered the neighboring Azores and Madeira islands, having caused envy in the rest of the European continent. After the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile united into Spain, there was much political desire for conquering new territories and bringing new goods to Europe. That was why the European colonization began. After Christopher Columbus succeeded with his journey,
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