Governments<span> are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. This was an idea that derived from Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke. ... The writers of the </span>Declaration of Independence<span> borrowed their ideas from Locke and others like him</span>
In 1763, Britain was in debt as a result of the Seven Year's War. In an attempt to pay this, and obtain more money for troops, the Crown imposed on the 13 colonies a series of laws and taxes.
People resented and rejected them actively, through protests and riots, because they thought that was just the introduction to worse, more controlling policies in the future, and they weren't willing to let that happen.
Some of the Acts were:
- <em>The Sugar Act</em> (1764)
- <em>The Currency Act</em> (1764)
- <em>The Stamp Act</em> (1765)
- <em>The Townshend Act</em> (1767)
- <em>The Tea Act</em> (1773)
- <em>The Coercive </em>or<em> Intolerable Acts</em> (1774)
It might lower the population drastically.
Hope this helps!
Coya Cusirimay (floruit 1493), was a princess and queen consort, Coya, of the Inca Empire by marriage to her brother, the Sapa Inca Huayna Capac (r 1493-1527). She was said to be responsible for the relief and well being of her people after natural disasters struck. The Spaniards led to the decline of the Inca civilization. The Spaniards took Atahualpa (ruler at the time,) hostage and killed his brother Huascar.
On his first voyage, Columbus claimed San Salvador, Cuba and Hispaniola as Spanish possessions. He built a fort and left behind Spanish soldiers to hunt for gold on Hispaniola, while he returned to Spain. (These men were later murdered by the inhabitants of the island for mistreating them.) On his second voyage, Columbus took a thousand Spanish colonists to settle in Hispaniola. This was the first European colony in the ‘New World’. These colonists fought among themselves and with the inhabitants of the island. They were greedy and complained that there was not enough gold to make them all rich. They were given land and allowed to force the indigenous people to work for them, but they were still not satisfied. The colonists were also responsible forintroducing foreign epidemic diseases such as influenza, smallpox, measles and typhus, which drastically reduced the indigenous population in the Caribbean within 50 years.
