At the end of the quotation, when the author says “Island” he refers to England. This excerpt refers to the fact that the English people took a great amount of land as its colonies between the 16th and 18th centuries. The British Empire and its Colonial Department was settled in England, which is and Island.
And the author states that it is absurd that a quite smaller island would govern a continent as big as Africa.
Answer:
as well as farming if farming was a thing back then
Explanation:
The fur trade was a big thing in America in the 1800s, along with Buffalo meat. These were many things early Americans started to industrialize.
The basic difference is for whose benefit the Tax went to.
During the British revolution, the Tax that being paid went to the Federal budget of the British Government in order to fund their wars.
On the other hand, if the civilians do not pay the taxes for their own taxes, they pretty much do not contribute to the infrastructure development of their own nation.
Back then government was possible when the people came and worked together. By having good leaders they could make stable groups called empires
Hope this helps might be a bit more then you wanted
