The American Revolution was not really a revolutionary event in this country’s history. Before the war, Great Britain, and most specifically, the King and Parliament ruled the American colonies. The colonists had no say in what the laws that were given to the colonies said. However, the colonists began to have new political ideas, most of which being inspired by men like John Locke, that were considered tyranny against the King. These ideas eventually became more developed and were put into the Declaration of Independence, or Document 2, which said that all men had “unalienable rights”, which included “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The document also said that the government gets its right to rule from the people, and that any
