American Democracy

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This paper looks at the events on the road to American democracy from the establishment of the first permanent English settlement in the New World at Jamestown in 1607, to George Washington's Farewell Address in 1797. It examines the colonial spirit of independence which powered the unstoppable American desire for self-rule. This spirit led Americans on an amazing journey, from the Virginia Rebellion of 1676, the French and Indian War, the Boston Tea Party, to The American Revolution, The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation and finally the Constitution of the United States.

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"These events inflamed the relationship between Britain and the Americas for several reasons. First, it angered colonial merchants. Second, it revived American anger over taxation without representation. American colonists soon responded by boycotting tea, and the actions of several colonies to prevent East India Company ships from landing in their harbors. In Boston, agents of the East India Company attempted to land their boats against the colonists' wishes. As a result, 150 colonists, masquerading as Mohawk Indians went aboard the East India Company's ships, and threw the tea chests into the harbor."

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