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SUPA U.S
The American Revolution was a revolutionary war that took place in 1775-1783. It was a war between American colonies and Great Britain. The war started when British taxed the colonies in order to pay the debt from the French and Indian war. The colonists believed that they should not be taxed without representation and they also believed that they can break away from the mother country. The colonies were the first to break away from the mother country, this makes the revolution radical. The American Revolution was radical because African Americans advocated for freedom, Americans were willing to die for their liberty, and ordinary citizens like the mechanics gained political power.
In the "Radicalism of the American Revolution", Gordon S. Wood, says the Revolution did bring radical change to the relationship between people and classes and their ideas about democratic governing. Wood argued that the Revolution allowed future right movements including civil rights and women's rights movement. The Revolution "destroyed aristocracy" and "brought about an entirely new kind of democratic officeholder". It also "changed the culture of Americans-making over their art, architecture and iconography-but even altered their understanding of history, knowledge and truth." …show more content…
Prince Hall, an African American, who was free in Boston at the time of the Revolution, petitioned the state of Massachusetts on behalf of all slaves. Prince Hall believed African Americans had the same "natural" rights as all white men, "a natural and unalienable right to that freedom, which the great parent of the universe hath bestowed equally on all
SUPA U.S
The American Revolution was a revolutionary war that took place in 1775-1783. It was a war between American colonies and Great Britain. The war started when British taxed the colonies in order to pay the debt from the French and Indian war. The colonists believed that they should not be taxed without representation and they also believed that they can break away from the mother country. The colonies were the first to break away from the mother country, this makes the revolution radical. The American Revolution was radical because African Americans advocated for freedom, Americans were willing to die for their liberty, and ordinary citizens like the mechanics gained political power.
In the "Radicalism of the American Revolution", Gordon S. Wood, says the Revolution did bring radical change to the relationship between people and classes and their ideas about democratic governing. Wood argued that the Revolution allowed future right movements including civil rights and women's rights movement. The Revolution "destroyed aristocracy" and "brought about an entirely new kind of democratic officeholder". It also "changed the culture of Americans-making over their art, architecture and iconography-but even altered their understanding of history, knowledge and truth." …show more content…
Prince Hall, an African American, who was free in Boston at the time of the Revolution, petitioned the state of Massachusetts on behalf of all slaves. Prince Hall believed African Americans had the same "natural" rights as all white men, "a natural and unalienable right to that freedom, which the great parent of the universe hath bestowed equally on all