The American Revolution was caused by much more than the simple concept of no taxation without representation; its roots can be found dozens of years prior, in 1763 and the years that followed, as well as back to the early history of colonial North America. Two authors and historians, Colin Calloway, who wrote The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America, and Eric Foner, who authored Give Me Liberty! an American History, offer two comprehensive viewpoints into the origins of the American Revolution and a historical analysis of how the events and conflicts which took place during the time periods influenced the Revolution’s arrival.
Colin Calloway’s The Scratch of a Pen begins in the year of 1763, with Calloway defining …show more content…
the key events throughout the history of colonial North America, which would serve as the roots of the American Revolution. He outlines how the Revolutionary ideals that would be instilled within the colonists formulated from conflicts and movements that took place within the early history of the English colonies and how they redefined the ever-changing idea of liberty and what it truly meant to be free. Foner’s account stretches much further than The Scratch of a Pen, beginning with the very first settlers of the late 1500’s to the post-revolution United States within the 1800’s. Because of this, Foner accounts many influential happenings that occurred before the time period of Calloway’s The Scratch of a …show more content…
In a quote from Foner, the outcome “helped to promote the idea that the publication of truth should always be permitted.” He goes on to say how its influence spread throughout the colonies, stating, “it demonstrated that the idea of free expression was becoming ingrained in the popular imagination.” The Zenger Trial therefore was of critical importance to developing the ever-changing idea of liberty within that time period, and was just one of many occurrences that helped to develop the Revolutionary mindset of the colonists. The Trial was just one of many pre-1763 events which helped the Revolution take
Colin Calloway’s The Scratch of a Pen begins in the year of 1763, with Calloway defining …show more content…
the key events throughout the history of colonial North America, which would serve as the roots of the American Revolution. He outlines how the Revolutionary ideals that would be instilled within the colonists formulated from conflicts and movements that took place within the early history of the English colonies and how they redefined the ever-changing idea of liberty and what it truly meant to be free. Foner’s account stretches much further than The Scratch of a Pen, beginning with the very first settlers of the late 1500’s to the post-revolution United States within the 1800’s. Because of this, Foner accounts many influential happenings that occurred before the time period of Calloway’s The Scratch of a …show more content…
In a quote from Foner, the outcome “helped to promote the idea that the publication of truth should always be permitted.” He goes on to say how its influence spread throughout the colonies, stating, “it demonstrated that the idea of free expression was becoming ingrained in the popular imagination.” The Zenger Trial therefore was of critical importance to developing the ever-changing idea of liberty within that time period, and was just one of many occurrences that helped to develop the Revolutionary mindset of the colonists. The Trial was just one of many pre-1763 events which helped the Revolution take