The American Revolution is the most significant event in American history, starting from 1765 with the introduction of the Stamp Act until America was officially recognized in the Treaty of Paris in 1783. This event significance is the reason why it is mentioned in numerous books, articles, movies, and various other means of media and popular culture. But what we fail to recognize is that popular culture and the media portray events in a specific way, often emitting and emphasizing on certain aspects, to sway us towards a particular view of it. I believe that the YouTube video “No More Kings” emphasizes the American colonists’ perspective of the American Revolution favorably due to the way it is depicted in the video. The video “No More Kings” is a cartoon that briefly talks about the American Revolution in three minutes. It begins by showing
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Native Americans were shown only once in the beginning of the video when the Pilgrims arrived to Plymouth, in which they were only two Native Americans compared to around nine Pilgrims. This is done intentionally to justify the Pilgrims making their settlements in North America since it is portrayed that the Native Americans as only a minor group, even though in fact there were many Native Americans tribes and they occupied those lands. It doesn’t even mention the encounters and wars between the Americans and the Naïve Americans that resulted in the British acquiring the land that made up the thirteen colonies during the French-Indian War.2 The failure to mention about the French-Indian War is shown in the video when King George III is shown hoarding the bags of tax money, even though the whole purpose of taxing the colonists was to cover the huge debt acquired during the
Native Americans were shown only once in the beginning of the video when the Pilgrims arrived to Plymouth, in which they were only two Native Americans compared to around nine Pilgrims. This is done intentionally to justify the Pilgrims making their settlements in North America since it is portrayed that the Native Americans as only a minor group, even though in fact there were many Native Americans tribes and they occupied those lands. It doesn’t even mention the encounters and wars between the Americans and the Naïve Americans that resulted in the British acquiring the land that made up the thirteen colonies during the French-Indian War.2 The failure to mention about the French-Indian War is shown in the video when King George III is shown hoarding the bags of tax money, even though the whole purpose of taxing the colonists was to cover the huge debt acquired during the