They claimed that it was fought to protect the colonists. However, the colonists knew that it was fought for British financial interests
During the American Revolution, the Patriots had boycotted British teas and other goods, accepted the Declaration of Independence, and created New York State. There are other reasons why the Hudson River was important in American history, but these are just a few.
To correctly understand the phenomenom of the Enlightenment we must resort to its fundamentals sources of inspiration.
- The philosophy of Descartes - " Based on methodical doubt to admit only clear and obvious trhuts".
- And the scientific revolution. Supported by simple general laws of a physical nature.
The enlightened thought that these laws could be discovered by the Cartesian method and applied universally to the government and human societies.
That is why the elite of this era felt a great desire to learn and to teach what they had learned.
<span> High Priests, who represented the Jews before God on their most sacred days, increasingly came from the ranks of Jews who joined with Rome.</span>
