American Revolution

The American and French Revolution sparked some new ideas and gave way for change in two different countries and two different parts of the world. While it is true key events and reasons for the revolutions differentiate the two, both revolutions share a few full of things in common. Both revolutions started on the ideas of Enlightenment Thinkers, the demand for rights and equality, and proved that even the common man can make a change. Spanning over 100 years Britain established 13 colonies in…

Events as substantial and influential as these have often been the result of Revolutions. A key example would be the American Revolution. The American Revolution ultimately began in 1775 with the Battle of Lexington & Concord after a series of escalating conflicts. It ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Leading up to independence, there were many recurring controversies and conflicts involving the English and the American Colonists. Most of these stemmed from economic restrictions set forth…

make an alliance with them, but the Confederacy refused, and instead, made an alliance with the French. The combination of the Native Americans and the French gave them the upper hand in the beginning because they used guerilla warfare, which is basically cowardly ambushing the British soldiers. Later, when the British were starting to overpower them, the Native Americans backed out of their alliance with the French, which led to the British winning the war. But because they did not have the…

England expected aid from the colonies and the Native Americans. The loyalist were the people still dependent upon British government such as Anglican clergymen, royal office holders and professional ties to the British government (Reich, 2011, p. 279). Even though, the American colonies had already provided troops to resupply their ranks and financial assistance to help assist in buying supplies and paying the troops (Was the American Revolution Inevitable, 2011). In short, the Seven years of…

started the American Revolution. Though through all this talk about freedom, liberty and equality; slavery was still legal in America and nothing was ever said on the behalf of the slaves that had their freedom stolen from them. There was a reason for the American Revolution, things needed to change but a war and the brutality used in order to do so just makes these people seem crazy and to make matters worse they practically swept the fact that they owned slaves under the rug. Americans wanted…

Analyzing a Revolution The colonists had the right and reason to declare their independence from Great Britain because of the way they were treated by the British and how the event could have been prevented. Although, they were one united country the colonist were treated differently when compared to Britain alone. This unequal treatment validates claiming independence. Britain could have easily prevented many of these problems by simply taking into consideration the ideals of the colonist.…

The American Revolution was a major contributor to enduring effects on the United States. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies around the 1770s. These disputes were created because of Britain’s excessive taxing such as the Stamp Act and the Tea Act. A phrase used by the U.S. citizens was “No taxation without representation” which caused even more conflict between the two areas. The American Revolution shaped the U.S. and created…

The American Revolution was a combination of wanting new ideas and creating a new society and in the process escape from Britain. The Revolution couldn’t have taken place without religious background. In A History of the American People by Paul Johnson, he states that “ the American Revolution, in its origins, was a religious event” “That the fact was to shape the American Revolution from start to finish and determine he nature of the independent state it brought into being” One of few reasons…

rules that had taken place in that time period. Why are these documents important you ask? Most of them, believe it or not, had a very great impact for their influence of the American Revolution. The American Revelution was influenced by many documents, creating a chain of events leading to this create battle. The American Revelution started in 1775, and ended in 1785. But, as any other battle, there were events leading up to it. Many documents influenced this great battle, such as The Magna…

troops to enforce British power. The feeling of being greatly controlled and abused by an army lead to people quickly taunting the troops on the streets. On March 5, 1770, a revolt against the troops created a patriotic movement that made the American Revolution inevitable. In an effort to control a crowd of angry colonists, a couple of troops lost control and killed some unarmed civilians on the streets. This event was known as the Boston Massacre. When word began to spread, the idea of…