It was created as a response to Great Britain overtaxing the colonists, so the founding fathers decided to send a declaration to King George declaring that America would be free, and that was the cause of the American Revolution.
“Tolerance, as we define it, refers to the skills we need to live together peacefully. In times of peace, people have a chance to prosper socially, economically and emotionally. Tolerance creates a society in which people can feel valued and respected, and in which there is room for every person, each with their own ideas, thoughts and dreams. This is why we believe tolerance is important: because it is an essential aspect of a healthy, livable society. In fact, it is the only way in which a country as diverse as Lebanon (politically, religiously, economically) can function and use each and every difference to make its people thrive rather than suffer.”
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I think that the colonists split from England because their freedom was diminished, I believe that the colonists also wanted spiritual freedom and social freedom, also England was pretty crowded and loaded with disease. After the revolution, they did receive what they wanted.
The colonial policies and practices that played a part in peaceful or violent transitions to self-rule were very complex. One major one which had a very important role here was Apartheid. This was an important policy which had at its core racial segregation between black and white people.
The person who was most closely associated with the abolitionist movement was: William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison, (born December 10, 1805, Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S. and died May 24, 1879, New York, New York),was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, which he founded with Isaac Knapp in (1831-65) and published in Massachusetts until slavery was abolished by Constitutional amendment after the American Civil War. He was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United States.
