The Minutemen Essay The Minutemen and Their World is a book written by Robert Gross describing the town of Concord and the lives of Concordians before, during and after the American Revolution. Concord is a town in the west belongs to Middlesex county of Massachusetts. It was considered together with its neighbor Lexington to be the first locations where the confrontation between the British and the colonists took place. Like many other town, Concord was a distant subject of the English government and the direct subject of the government of colonial New England. According to Gross, although Concord has its elected body of officials to vote in for the town’s taxes duties manage the community’s affairs such as schools, roads and churches.
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Gross argues that the Concordians desired “ an end to bickering and fighting that had marked their prewar affairs and a rebirth of virtue...Concord embarked on a revolution with a broad consensus of political ideals...the town people had steadily moved toward a republican philosophy” (Gross 135-154). With the new ideas in minds, many people from the town of Concord resisted the new constitution. They afraid that the idea of established government resemble the British policies that the colonists had fought so hard against. Furthermore, new problems raised among the town of Concord. The problem of town dwellers versus outlivers had risen again after the Revolution. Many of the outlivers wanted a town of their own and independent from Concord (Gross 165). The result was passed on April 12, 1780 where the district of Carlisle was established. The district of Carlisle enjoy of the freedom that town might has but was prohibited from having its own legislatures. For slaves and free blacks, the Revolution did not change their social status dramatically compared to white men. Gross insists that the best of a free black man can do was to have himself a piece of land, and making enough to feed him and his family. Yet, Gross notices that many free blacks are struggle to make end meets once they were set free (Gross 187-8). Blacks were had their voice heard in the assembly or government. Their rights to suffrage only came after many more decades and a bloodied civil war. Additionally, the Concordians had changed the way they think about poor white men. Before the civil war, many Concordians accept that poor white men had to follow their magistrates. However, after Revolution. many of the Concordians believe that they have as much rights as an wealthy and educated white man (Gross 188-9). Moreover, Gross believes that “The Revolution did not so much create the upsurge of confidence in human
Gross argues that the Concordians desired “ an end to bickering and fighting that had marked their prewar affairs and a rebirth of virtue...Concord embarked on a revolution with a broad consensus of political ideals...the town people had steadily moved toward a republican philosophy” (Gross 135-154). With the new ideas in minds, many people from the town of Concord resisted the new constitution. They afraid that the idea of established government resemble the British policies that the colonists had fought so hard against. Furthermore, new problems raised among the town of Concord. The problem of town dwellers versus outlivers had risen again after the Revolution. Many of the outlivers wanted a town of their own and independent from Concord (Gross 165). The result was passed on April 12, 1780 where the district of Carlisle was established. The district of Carlisle enjoy of the freedom that town might has but was prohibited from having its own legislatures. For slaves and free blacks, the Revolution did not change their social status dramatically compared to white men. Gross insists that the best of a free black man can do was to have himself a piece of land, and making enough to feed him and his family. Yet, Gross notices that many free blacks are struggle to make end meets once they were set free (Gross 187-8). Blacks were had their voice heard in the assembly or government. Their rights to suffrage only came after many more decades and a bloodied civil war. Additionally, the Concordians had changed the way they think about poor white men. Before the civil war, many Concordians accept that poor white men had to follow their magistrates. However, after Revolution. many of the Concordians believe that they have as much rights as an wealthy and educated white man (Gross 188-9). Moreover, Gross believes that “The Revolution did not so much create the upsurge of confidence in human