Key Goals Of The American Revolution

A fight for liberty and a democratic consummation The key objectives of the American revolution are mostly represented as a fight for liberty and independence, but the true history behind a curtain of facts is a predominant unknown among the majority of Americans. It is true that the population of the 1700’s was fighting for freedom above anything else, but there was a set of other major causes that pushed the mentality of change among the heterogeneous society of that era. The divergence inequality between social classes, the prevailing lack of equality for women’s, and the solid lack of rights for African Americans were the most imperative pillars for the fight for independence which as the final result conducted the American society to …show more content…
First off, it is important to highlight that the society of American colonists of that era was not a homogenous united group. For example, the differences between the interests of the upper class and the general colonists created a rivalry for the liberty of taxation. People in the high spheres of the crown representation of the colonies abide the taxations imposed by the crown. But prominent individuals such as Gouverneur Morris a New York aristocrat who firmly opposed the British policies which later lead to the creation of new governments with the main intention of acquiring independence from the British rules as discussed in “A Gentleman Comments on the Mob 1774” (72). An example of this is the “Mecklenburg County Resolves 1775” (73) which in consequence provided a more democratic and egalitarian set of provisions to the residents of the colony putting aside the incommensurate privileges of supporters of the crown …show more content…
The set of conversations that these letters contained included the petition of Mrs. Adams to John Adams to fight for women rights. But, this petition did not obtain the best results because Adams and his contemporaries failed to make a section pertaining women’s rights as a priority. Besides, many other women among the colonies shared the same idea one of them was Judith Sargent Murray. She as the author of an essay titled “On the Equality of the Sexes” strongly emphasized why women should be treated equally, arguing women have the ability to perform the same tasks as men and are not domestic employs. “On the Equality of the Sexes 1790” (81). These sources highlight the need for an equal democracy that could be achieved by obtaining independence from Britain and creating a new