The Battle of Santiago de Cuba caused the American fleet to lose only one killed and one wounded. The K.I.A (Killed In Action) was George Henry Ellis.
Answer: French 18th-century and 19th-century constitutions as well US constitution (18th century) are believed that constitute the basis and fundament of today´s modern democracies but in their original version they were made for white man. So one can say that "we Americans" is a hypocritical statement because excluded many people. The same can be said about the French constitution (1st French republic) that contradicts its preamble (the test speaks of "les droits universells de l´homme et du citoyen").
Explanation: what was said above perfectly demonstrates that 18th-century intellectual revolution was a revolution of white European man from which many were excluded (indians, women, poor).
They resisted by escaping the forced west !...
Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. So they began to tax all the colonists. Hope that helped.