History & Social Studies (Essay Sample)

The Major Developments Of Democracy
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Introduction
This paper looks at the developments of democracy in the United States from 1765 to 1787. According to reliable sources featured in this paper, the developments of American democracy began in 1763 after the victorious war by British Empire against French and Indian colonies. The proceedings of the war left British in heavy debt, which led it to impose increased tax on its colonies (Madison, et al. 2003).
The democracy revolution began in 1764 when the sugar Act was enacted. In 1773, the Tea Act was again enforced. The Tea was being transported from East India Company through England and into America. The new tax made the shipment to hike upwards. This act resulted in a high increase in tea prices, and increased the emergence of smugglers in the tea market. The British was frustrating the life of its colonies while making profits out of it (Morgan, 2003). This is one factor that led to the onset of the American Revolution which concluded in 1783 when the British was defeated by the United States.
Factors Leading To The War For Democracy
Several factors such as the alliance of America with French and Spain and the long distance between England’s colony base and its mother country, led to the defeat of the British. However, before the war broke out, there are some factors that led to the war for democracy by the American government against the British combat troops (Foner, 1999).
The main factor that led to the revolution for democracy in America was the policy that British set that its colonies would be paying an increased amount of fees associated with their upkeep by the British Empire (Schneirov, 2013). This was implemented by imposing several direct tax which together with other unpopular laws by England were extremely disliked in America. It is important to understand that the colonies did not have elected representation leaders in the governing British Parliament. America and many other colonists strongly considered the laws set by the British to be a violation of their rights.
In 1772, some American groups began to create Committees of Correspondence which began the creation of the constitution. By 1774, these Committees of Correspondence which were now leading Provincial Congresses rejected the British Parliament and replaced the British ruling apparatus through the First Continental Congress. Protests began to happen especially in Boston and Virginia over Britain’s Parliament's attempts to exercise authority in the United States. Edmund S. Morgan examines these proceedings in details in his book American Slavery, American Freedom (Morgan, 2003). The British responded by sending troops who dissolved the American local governments and enforced a direct form of rule by the Royal officials. Consequently, the American colonial states mobilized its militias, and fighting broke out in 1775 (Morgan, 2003).
In 1776, representatives of the American original thirteen states met in the Second Continental Congress and voted unanimously to adopt a Declaration of Independence Act which rejected the British Empire in addition to the rejection of the British Parliament in 1774. This is the Declaration that established the United States as a sovereign country governed originally as a loose confederation where the state legislatures through a representative democracy selected the leaders (Schneirov, 2013).
Based on these proceedings several thinkers has had an influence not only on the American public life but also in the developments of the American democracy in the late 18th century. This paper looks at some of the philosophical essays, politics and pedagogy literature to help understand the developments of this democracy. These revolution writers takes an overview of the Democracy of the American government from the era of the Revolution to the present day. One common ideal with these writers is that freedom or democracy in America has is the strongest cultural bond and has been a birth right for some while on the other hand it has been a mockery to others (Schneirov, 2013).
Federalist Number 10
One brilliant article that describes the American Revolution through the creation of the US Constitution is the Federalist Number 10. Federalist No. 10 is an essay authored by James Madison that provides a series of argument regarding the ratification of the Constitution of the United States (Madison, et al. 2003). This essay was published on 22nd November, 1787 under the name pseudonym Publius, because all Federalist Papers were published under that name. Federalist No. 10 is one of the most highly regarded political writings of the American history. Federalist No. 10 addresses the question of how to guard against "pseudo-transformational factions", or groups of individuals, with political interests that are contrary to the rights of the citizens or the interests of the entire community. His recommendation is that such factions would be guarded by having a strong and big republic rather than having devolved smaller republics such as the individual states
(Madison, et al. 2003). The Constitution developers who were opponents to his argument provided counterarguments to his position. Madison position is seen as having been substantially derived from the commentary of Montesquieu.
The Story of American Freedom
Eric Foner is another revolutionist writer who narrates a synthesis encapsulation of the American history in the eyes of "freedom" in his book titled "The Story of American Freedom”. The Los Angeles Times Book Review provides a critical analysis of F...