What Are The Ideals Of The American Revolution

The American Revolution helped shape the desires, the expectation and demand of the American patriots that forced the creation of true representative national government by some basis that were ideological and philosophical. These creations were sought up by men who were independent, logically and intellectually sound. The American Revolution is the ideological and philosophical of what we know today. These include The Enlightenment, Common Sense, the second Continental Congress and The Declaration of Independence. The Enlightenment was the intellectual activity that started in Europe and spread into the colonies. These intellects of the idealism of the Enlightenment was to challenge religious myths and beliefs. “The Enlightenment celebrated rational inquiry, scientific research, and individual freedom. Curious people wanted to dissect the workings of nature by close …show more content…
It was a long sought out document that was appointed to Thomas Jefferson to write, with eight-six changes. The document included very important concepts such as “the radical concept that ‘all men are created equal’” (203). The contract theory of government the Thomas Jefferson words, that governments derive “their just Powers from the consent of the people,” who are entitled to “alter or abolish” those governments that deny people (white people, in Jefferson’s eyes) their “unalienable rights” to “life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (203). These concepts and ideas were some of the many important statements that made up The Declaration of Independence. The American Revolution was a well sought out idea. The men that came up with the idea of departing for the control of England were very forward thinkers and very courageous. The idealism and philosophical basis was well expressed and admired. It needs to be revisited so the hard work that was put into The American Revolution can be