The answer is, To argue for, there's the obvious, which is that the colonists didn't
like their lack of voice within British Parliament. They also didn't
like how Britain was treating other colonies, what would become Canada
for instance, with similar laws and codes seen in the US colonies. You
could also argue that it was a more financial decision, as the taxes
placed upon the colonies and the restrictions on trade were hurting
American businesses. Honestly, an argument combining the two would
probably be more rounded.
It shows the culture of the Kikuyu people in its entirety both
its virtues and its flaws. It shows the
identity of a people and the changes they go through both in ancient times to
the modern era. The author wanted to
give more insight to the culture of his people that is not as primitive as the
Europeans view it.
French nobility was a powerful political class who always used to dictate the terms of court of king. They were hereditary and had collected a lot of wealth. They used to live in fortified castles and enjoyed a luxuries life. They had limited the powers of the king and became as king makers.
King Henry IV introduced some important measures which curbed the influence of these hereditary nobles and laid the foundation of absolutism in France. He inducted the commoners into to the nobility and thus curbed the influence of hereditary nobles. He also waged the wars against the ambitious nobles. He used Intendants to bring the royal authority to provinces and nobles. For tax collection royal bureaucrats were employed by him which further decreased the influence of hereditary nobles and increased the centralization of power as well.
