American Revolution Vs Common Sense Essay

The American Revolution was stimulated through a various amount of reasons such as the Provincial Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the pamphlet titled “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine. Through many of the reasons listed, they were full of colonists tired of the continuous unjust punishments enacted upon them, such were the Intolerable Acts of 1774 and the Boston Massacre, causing enraged colonists to band together and create a new nation through their own beliefs. On March 5, 1770, The Boston Massacre occurred, causing the deaths of five American civilians. The American colonists viewed this as an act of tyranny and a reason to stand up for themselves. A few years later, on December 16, 1773, The Sons of Liberty, a group formed through the ideal of protecting the rights of all colonists, had conducted the Boston Tea Party where they have destroyed around two million dollars worth of tea in today’s value. Through the tea party, Britain had viewed it as an act of rebellion and had enforced the Intolerable Acts in 1774 as a direct response to the tea party, and the colonists saw this …show more content…
In the same year, Thomas Paine had published a pamphlet that was very critical to the revolution. “Common Sense” had spoken towards the people’s opinion and had allowed them to finally unleashed their yearning for freedom and decided to take up arms against British tyranny. Shortly afterwards, Massachusetts created their own provincial congress, declaring their independence against the British. As time passed and the war had started, more congresses rose to support and manage the rebel movement and activity in the colonies. By the end of the Revolutionary War, almost all of the colonies had their own provincial congress and fully supported the continental