ECO100Y1 Lecture Notes - American Civil War
Document Summary
What"s important is for each ppl to develop and give them the opportunity to contribute & achieve their best. King taxing heavily, (time of colonial) in us, in june 1776, amid growing sentiment for american independence and after hostilities with the british army had commenced at lexington, massachusetts, Richard henry lee of virginia introduced a resolution in the second continental congress for the colonies to collectively dissolve political connections with great britain, pursue foreign alliances, and draft a plan of confederation. Us became independent, and therefore forms american constitution (life, liberty & pursue of. Happiness) ironically they had the worst system (slavery) Us think the country/society should be run by ppl with good education, family backgrounds etc. Soon as those ppl settle in the us, they still have family in the great britain and wanted to move them over, and 1/3 of those families moved to canada.
