Declaration of Independence
Many colonial people volunteered to fight for the Allied forces
because they hoped that their services would win their colonies independence.
Freedom was always the main target behind people fighting in favor of the
Allied forces. The British forces were always trying to suppress any type of
revolt that people were trying to create. Also the people were really fed up
with variety of taxes that the British implemented over the colonial people.
This was the main reason behind the colonial people’s decision to join and
fight for the independence of their colony.
In 1609, two years after English settlers established the colony of Jamestown in Virginia, the Dutch East India Company hired English sailor Henry Hudson to find a northeast passage to India. After unsuccessfully searching for a route above Norway, Hudson turned his ship west and sailed across the Atlantic. Hudson hoped to discover a "northwest passage," that would allow a ship to cross the entirety of the North American continent and gain access to the Pacific Ocean, and from there, India. After arriving off the coast of Cape Cod, Hudson eventually sailed into the mouth of a large river, today called the Hudson River. Making his way as far as present-day Albany before the river became too shallow for his ship to continue north, Hudson returned to Europe and claimed the entire Hudson River Valley for his Dutch employers.
The Big Four or The Four Nations refer to the four top Allied powers and their leaders who met at the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919. The Big Four is also known as the Council of Four. It was composed of Woodrow Wilson of the United States, David Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, and Georges Clemenceau of France.
It made every body a lot richer because of the new economy
