How Did William Pitt Have A Coalition Government

At the dawn of the 1770s, American colonial resentment of the British Parliament in London had been steadily increasing for some time. Retaliating in 1766, Parliament issued the Declaratory Act which repealed most taxes except issued a reinforcement of Parliament’s supremacy. In a fascinating exchange, we see that the Parliament identifies and responds to the colonists main claim; Parliament had no right to directly tax colonists who had no representation in Parliament itself. By asserting Parliamentary supremacy while simultaneously repealing the Stamp Act and scaling back the Sugar Act, Parliament essentially established the hill it would die on, that being its legitimacy. With the stage set for colonial conflict in the 1770s, all but one

Before I really knew anything about the American Revolution, I believed that there was only one overarching reason that sparked the American Revolution; colonists just decided one day to become independent. As I have learned more about the Revolution, I discovered I was completely wrong. There are, in fact, two main viewpoints that commenced the Revolution: British loyalists and conservatives against the radicals. The loyalist and more conservative side was supportive of any of the rules, laws, taxes, or anything of that sort that British Parliament or monarchy put in place. In contrast, the radical’s craved for independence from the British government since they deemed their laws as useless and confining.

Lawyer and politician, Patrick Henry in his speech, “Give me Liberty Or Give Me Death” (March 23, 1775), explains that he give this plea to urge the old dominion to form militias to defend itself against British. He supports his claim by first using a religious reference to express the themes of freedom, equality, and independence. Then uses a selection of other strategies like rhetorical question and allusion to disprove the opposing arguments and clarify the point he is making. Patrick Henry purpose is to fight back and he wants other to fight with him in order for independence. He creates a powerful and commanding tone for the second Virginia convention.

In the “Speech to the Virginia Convention” given by Patrick Henry to the President in 1775, asserts that the colonists should not be trying to negotiate with the British. His purpose was to convince the audience that they should not be trying to befriend the people of Great Britain rather that they should make Great Britain their foe. Henry uses his speech to appeal to both the President and the colonist through the use of figurative language, tone, and syntax. Patrick Henry’s use of diction, a persuasive and forceful tone, appeal to ethos and pathos, as well as various syntactical elements in his “Speech to the Virginia Convention” shows that the colonists should be fighting to break away from the British monarchy rather than negotiate terms to try and stay under their clutches.

Under the control of the British Parliament in 1775, the American colonies consider going to war in order to gain independence from Britain. In “Patrick Henry’s Speech in the Virginia Convention,” Henry addresses the need for American colonists to work together to stop the British from controlling them. Thus, Henry’s periodic sentence, rhetorical questions, antithesis, and anaphora successfully convince the American colonists to unite against the British and to bring awareness to their wrongdoings. Firstly, Henry applies periodic sentences and rhetorical questions to convey the idea that the American Colonists must fight back against the British by working together if they want to gain freedom. Henry believes that “if [they] wish to

Speech of the Great The Revolutionary War a time of conflict and persuasion, trying to change the outcome Partick Henry writes the “Speech to The Virginia Convention”. Right before the Revolutionary War in the year 1775 Patrick Henry wrote a speech to the president to try and persuade to go to war but to do it in the right way. Henry uses ethos to hit the president’s emotion by talking about how in the past British hasn’t always had their side and they could easily play them, he also uses ethos by using analogies on what the outcome could be. It’s important for Patrick Henry to persuade the colonist to go to war because he wants them to realize that British isn’t always going to be on our side.

Patrick Henry’s claim in his speech to the Virginia Convention is war with England is the only way to win freedom and their desires because England makes this the only choice. Before Patrick went up there were other men that had spoken before him, these men were speaking their views on whether or not they should initialize the war. Once Patrick has his chance to say his part he believes that they should fight because England hasn’t been fair. Patrick states this basically by saying “An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us”. This is such a powerful statement because what he’s proposing is extremely dangerous.

Throughout Henry’s dilemma, he uses his influence and the corruption among his staff, to evade the church’s law and the Pope's authority. The play A Man For All Seasons, by Robert Bolt, is the telling of this story through the lense of many of the people involved in this monumental shift in English politics. In the play, corruption runs rampant and leads to the moral erosion of even the strongest of characters. In addition, it leads to Rich’s rise to power but lose of self and moral well being. Finally, it is the drive to be uncorrupted and stand for moral righteous which leads to More’s execution.

The Tudor dynasty was being pulled into the new generation of the British empire; the medieval government was not substantial enough to move into the next generation of the Tudor era, to creation of governmental ‘departments’ as argued by Elton was partly the cause of the revolution; individuals such as Cromwell rose to power through the governmental ranks, he established himself within the house of commons making sure that he had stable foundations for the next stage of his growth, although ‘Entry into the King’s service, not achieved but foreshadowed by the King’s approval of his membership of parliament, was the next step’ (81 Elton) tried to isolate the duties of the crown from government duties for a more efficient system as each bureaucrat could not have to ‘depend on the vigour of the Crown’. The government being controlled by individuals such as the ‘last medieval chancellor’ (Elton 70) Wolsey and Cromwell; both men were eager to ‘manipulate the strings of European diplomacy’ with Cromwell being a ‘modern type of English statesman’ taking up the reigns of power - as a result these two powerful men make it seen that Henry was being influenced by them to break away from Rome, Starkey sheds light being able to agree with this statement as Henry had ‘many...qualities of a born leader’ (Starkey 1), yet he had found it hard with the ‘application to routine in which he father had excelled’ (Starkey 3). As a result Henry relied on many advisors who looked after his accounts, he

British policies established in 1763-1776 greatly affected the colonists and pushed them towards developing their own republican values. All of the acts and taxes the British issued and how overly controlling the British were over the colonists was the starting point, also the increasing rebellions encouraged the colonists to break away from Britain’s rule, and finally the wars that resulted and seizing authority from the British was the final turning point for the colonists in eliminating Britain’s heavy-handed ruling over the colonists. The acts, and taxes that came with most of the acts, that the English imposed on the colonists was a substantial reason the colonists opposed British rule. After the French and Indian war the British found

In act one of the musical Hamilton, King George III sings “You’ll Be Back” where he sings about his love for the U.S and how they’ll come back to the crown, but he can’t see past his madness and realize his actions and unfair treatment was the cause to the revolutionary war happening. George III says “You say the price of my love’s not a price that

Introduction In the pilot episode of American television series House of Cards, protagonist Francis Underwood raises the champagne glass and greets the audience: “Welcome to Washington.”, marking the embarkation on his asperous journey for political power. Over the course of four seasons, with the aid of his wife Claire Underwood, Francis ruthlessly maneuvers and manipulates his way from House Majority Whip to President of the United States. On first sight, a modern television series and 16th Century Shakespeare plays does not exhibit strong correlation. However, attentive viewers of House of Cards will identify hints of Shakespeare in their political drama.

The representation of Henry V has been purposefully re-shaped across its various adaptations to encompass contemporary contexts. In his original play, Shakespeare constructs Henry’s persona to reflect the Elizabethan context, vitalising Henry’s suitability to the throne through his Machiavellian traits and war-mongering attitude. However, as notably recognised in Branagh’s adaptation of 1989, subsequent to the Vietnam and Falkland’s Wars, this character of Henry has been altered, thus embodying a humanised leader loathing war and its ramifications. These contrary views of Henry are explicitly represented in both texts, as exemplified through language devices and filmic techniques respectively.

Anderson, Fred. The War that Made America. New York, New York: Penguin Publishing Group, 2006. Fred Anderson's work on the Seven Year War center's upon an argument that the events during the conflict led up to and contributed to the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. Moreover, Anderson argues that the seeds of civil strife between England and its colonial possessions were sown at a time when English victory in North America was assured.

King George limited the colonies with various taxes and laws. Most of the other colonies were in one of the few that weren’t was Virginia. Patrick Henry was the one who convinced them to join the fight against the British. Patrick Henry’s excellent use of pathos was the most effective way to persuade the Virginia colonists because they already had strong emotions towards the British and what