The history of the United States of America is broad and can be addressed in the various subheadings below;
The Stamp act
This act involved the Great Britain Parliament, which imposed direct taxes on its colonies in America, and it required printing of multiple materials which were to be produced on a stamp paper in all Britain colonies in America, and the material was to bear embossed revenue stamp in the year 1765. The stamp act marked the violation of rights of Englishmen, most of them being taxed without their knowledge. Nevertheless, from its passage, on 22 March 1765, the act only contributed to stirring protests in all the colonies in America since it was the only act that was used by Britain government to collect revenue.
The Atlantic Slave Trade
This trade involved transportation or exchange of slaves who were mainly Africans to the Americans to work in the large farms and plantations. The trade started in the sixteenth century and involved traders from West and Central Africa as well as European merchants who used African slaves as their principal item of trade. This trade resulted in the growth of the US economy and hence marking an era of revolution with multiple developments. The trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean, thus the name trans-Atlantic trade.
Seven Years of War
This took place in the early 1750s, and it involved the conflict between France and England, and its impact was evident in North America for several years. The leading cause of the war was the expansion of France territory in Ohio River valley, which influenced Britain colonies resulting in a series of conflicts that lasted for seven years. This war affected the lives of North Americans since most of them were used by Britain to fight against France.
Bacon′s Rebellion
The Bacon rebellion was pushed forward by Nathaniel Bacon in the year 1676. The rebellion was against William Berkeley, the Governor in Virginia, whose rule was not good for the people by that time. Being the first aggressive civil war, it served its purpose by frightening the government in the capital of Virginia and hence realization of the need for order and equality. The bacon rebellion involved both blacks and white militants, and this hastened the hardening of racial lines.
Common Sense Declaration of Independence
This declaration was put forward by Thomas Paine, one of the political theorists who once lived in America in the year 1776. Furthermore, the latter came up with the ideology of self-independence of each state in America, where he attacked the hereditary form of governance. In his declaration, the government that has its independence is also full of liberty, and this means that the idea of independence was meant to fight for one’s own natural rights.
The Columbian Exchange
It is also known as Columbian interchange, and it was exposed by Christopher Columbus in between the fifteen and sixteenth centuries involving the transfer of ideas between Americans, West Africans, and the old world. Christopher also spread ideologies relating to culture, technology, the human population, as well as plants’ and animals’ ideas. The Columbian exchange caused some negative influence on the human population in some areas of America where a decrease in population was registered.
The Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire
The conquest was led by Cortes from Spain, who was accompanied by several Spaniard warriors in the mid-fifteenth century to claim Mexico as part of Spanish territory. The annexation of the Aztec empire led to many losses in terms of valuable items such as gold and silver, and also, it attributed to the capturing of various cities in Mexico by the Spanish warriors. In one way or the other, the war was a benefit for the Spanish side because the former was left homeless and also without property.
The Intolerable Acts
These acts were extensively punitive laws and regulations passed by the British parliament after the Boston Tea Party in the year 1774. The laws were particularly made to punish the Massachusetts colonists who were involved in the defiance actions in the Tea Party protest due to changes in the rates of taxation by the British Government. The coercive laws controllably took away the rights that the people used to enjoy in the thirteen colonies of Britain in America. However, the acts contributed to the 1775 American Revolutionary War following the need for better authority and lower taxes.