The Rise of 16th-18th Century Absolutism In Europe (Explain and Examine)

 The Rise of 16th-18th Century Absolutism in Europe  Absolutism reemerged in around the 16th-18th century in Europe. In that time Britain had already established the 13 colonies in North America. The rise of absolutism greatly affected the formation of The Unites States government and its political and economic policies. One of the main effects absolutism had on its formation was the constant tax increases on the already poverty stricken colonies.

By the 1770's, Britain had control of the eastern coast of North America known as the 13 colonies. Britain's king, King George III, had the colonies embargoed, forcing them to trade with Britain and Britain alone for goods and supplies. There were no banks and poverty was not uncommon. Colonists used barter and credit to pay for imported items they needed. Britain taxed the colonies to help with the Britain Economy. The taxes were originally 3 cents which was high for those times. Britain needed to pay off its war debt after the French and Indians War. To do this Britain raised the principal to an additional two cents bringing it to 5 cents on all basic imported goods and supplies. In response to this tax increase, colonists protested and boycotted British goods weakening the already low economic system stasis of Great Britain. After the colonies declared their independence from Britain and won the Revolutionary War, the constant tax burden placed on by absolutism helped in the formation of The United States economic policies and tax fluctuation decisions made by colonial, and later on state, officials.

Even though the colonists learned from absolutism about high principals, the taxes have been rising for centuries and still continue to grow higher, so high that even the middle economic class citizens that the majority of the tax burden falls to, struggles to pay them all off making the lower economic class even larger. If the principals keep rising any further The United States will be much like India in that they do not have a median economic class, only a higher and lower economic class giving them a less than favorable global economic stasis. Absolutism greatly and directly affected the formation of The United States, but unfortunately it does not greatly affect our government or economic tax policies today as they should.

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