Loyalist

An independence movement is when a group of people unite and combine their efforts to advocate for freedom. America and Latin America gained independence from their mother countries because of these independence movements. There were however, discreet differences between the causes of the American and Latin American Revolutions. Factors such as the way the colonies were established, the geography of the land, and the Enlightenment can cause a revolution. Britain and Spain established colonies…

Maya Dandashi Mr. Householder APUSH Period 5 12 May 2015 The Prelude to the Revolution Blood had been shed for the first time. The damage done by their own kind. Soon to become nations of their own. The amplified event, trial, and article of the Boston Massacre have unquestionably been some of the most influential causes of American Revolution due to it being the first bloody contact between the British and the Colonists along with explicitness of the trials and the propaganda based articles.…

INTRODUCTION “We fight, we get beat, we rise, and we fight again.” This research project will explore the evolution of Nathanael Greene, as a paradigm, from being a prominent Quaker pacifist to becoming one of the most active members as General of George Washington’s military unit during the American Revolution in order to understand how Quakerism could potentially be faithfully compatible with pacifism and the struggles of a “just” war. As an activist for the same principles of the American…

Washington Irving’s character Rip Van Winkle was a man looking to escape his troubles. When he escaped he slept for twenty years. During his sleep wars were won and lost, a new country was formed and people moved on from their memory of him. Rip Van Winkle’s town, townspeople, and house changed physically and politically while he stayed in the past during his sleep. His sleep demonstrates Irving’s idea of escapism. Irving writes how Rip Van Winkle wanted to escape due to his troubles. Before…

The french and american revolution had a lot of similarities and a lot of differences. Even though the french revolution was against themselves to change the social structure, the american revolution was against England to gain the same rights as people that lived in England and. In this essay i'm going to tell you three differences between French and American and also tell you 2 similarities between them. Even though both revolutions were similar in some aspects, the differences outweigh the…

The Creek Indians were a powerful and bold group of individuals that united to protect themselves from larger groups of Indians in the Southern region of America. Creek established towns could be found throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina in woodland areas along winding creeks or rivers. As the Creeks settled in different areas, they took their culture with them. Their town square was used for many events: festivals, dances, rituals and even council meetings when the weather…

Colonial Putman said to his men, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes,” during The Battle of Bunker Hill. The Battle of Bunker Hill was a fierce battle that showed the British that the Americans were not going to give the fight for freedom. The colonial militia had over 1000 men, who were led by William Prescott, were quickly constructing ramparts and earthen fortifications on top of Breed’s Hill and Bunker Hill and along the Charlestown peninsula. British troops opened fire on…

A few years ago I wrote about the Underground Railroad and I mentioned a neighbour’s name as I had remembered several of his passionate conversations about local black history at my Dad’s home on Miltimore Road in Bromont. Hank Avery and his wife Linda were teachers at a local school in Cowansville, Quebec at the time and after my Father died I never saw them again. Years passed and by this time I was living in Oakland, California where I was now a minority in an East Bay neighbourhood. In…

These women suffered and lost much because they or their husbands sided with the losing side. The women that lost everything for following the British troop, were known as the loyalists. In the Native American society, women enjoyed a much more powerful role than in the white society. Now African American women had difficult lives during the Revolutionary War. Many of the free blacks and slaves traveled with the British army in…

But, like most wars, they is always a winner and loser. What we do know is the America got its independence, its own government, Civil rights and most of all they got their freedom. As, for the losers of the revolution, well that went to the Loyalist who stayed with the King and to the mother country. Another I believe were the Native Indians. They lost the rights to their land. The defeat of the British gave the American colonist a political stand and an economic rights from the British. Even…