Tag Archives: government
Mobocracy? or not?
Democracy is a form of government in which supreme power is vested, and exercised directly by the people. It is this type of government Fisher Ames feared when he had said that “Mob government was no government” (the road to … Continue reading
Independence & Taxes
As the colonies tried their best to obtain self-government and commercial independence from the British, they were then faced by their ‘higher’ power. Although they made it somehow illegal for the British to have any interference, the British had their … Continue reading
Only the beginning
Failed Diplomacy: A Major Cause of New Amsterdam’s Downfall
Amongst the many events leading to the fall of New Amsterdam and its takeover by the English in 1664, rising tensions and conflicts brought about by failed diplomacy between the Natives and the Dutch colonizers caused a substantial amount of … Continue reading
Where they really that dumb?
Thats what historians will ask each other when reading our tweets that are being saved in the archives of the library of congress. Tweeting about going to the bathroom , or making a ham sandwich without any mustard will really … Continue reading