American Revolution Research Paper

The American Revolution, or the American Revolutionary War in 1775-1783, was the result of the conflict between thirteen American colonies and the colonial government which represented the British ruler. The reasons of the conflict because of the high taxes of British, such as Stamp Act and Tea Act, and the independence dream of American. So, in the summer 1775, the Revolution’s first major battle began by the armed uprising of colonial forces with British regiment to fight for their independence. Ending of the Revolution by the surrender of the Great British at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, and formal treaty recognized the independence of the colonies. So, the Revolution was a good evidence of human history in the way to fight for the nation …show more content…
Before the Revolution, America didn’t have a freedom of religion, so most colonies supported religious institutions with public funds and discriminated in voting and officeholding against Catholic, Jews, or Protestants. However, after the Revolution, most of the colonies had freedom of religious, and the religious power would less affect in the nation politic (pg.219). According to Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Thomas Jefferson et al, 1777 (enacted 1786), it states, “Be it enacted by General Assembly that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place […] but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of Religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities” (Document 12). Which means the people had the right to freedom of religion, so they could practice any religion or not practice a religion; so, it made more difference from the time before the Revolution. Moreover, another change after the Revolution was the better change of free black communities in 1776. According to Notes on the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, 1782, it states, “Besides those [differences] of color, figure, and hair, there are other physical distinctions proving a difference of race… Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites […]We will consider them here, on the same stage with the whites, and where the facts are not apocryphal on which a judgment is to be formed.” (Document 20). Therefore, Jefferson believed that free black citizens had the equal rights with the white people; also, all American needed to eliminate the negativity stereotype about black people, or slavery, to accept them as a real member in the big house, America.