Revolutionary

Was the Revolutionary War actually Revolutionary? A big question about the past today is: Was the Revolutionary War really Revolutionary? Many things have happened to sway others’ opinions, and the biggest ones are the Declaration of Independence, and laws that it stated. It is thought, that the War was not revolutionary. It is thought that the Declaration was a big change in what others thought in their own laws, but the Declaration of Independence does have one crucial fact that Thomas Jefferson wrote; “...we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” This should mean mankind, as in men or women white or black. In document #6, however, there was an African american man who was valedictorian of his high…

The American Revolution has many debates surrounding it. Among those, is whether or not the Revolution was revolutionary. On 2/27/17, we traveled around the classroom, analyzing primary documents, to give us an idea of what was happening. My answer to the debate is that yes, the Revolution was revolutionary. The revolution made a difference in life for colonists in many ways, which are embodied and shown in various ways. To begin, source 1 was a depiction of a revolt in New York. Colonists who…

How Revolutionary was the Revolutionary War? A revolution is a forcible overthrow of government or social order in favor of a new system. It also means radical change. Throughout many centuries, we see many revolutions that completely changed the world as we know it. For instance, take a look at the French and Russian Revolutions. In both of these, the lower class rose up against the rich and elite. A true characterization of the meaning behind the term "revolution". A true social revolution…

Causes of the Revolutionary War The Revolutionary War was fueled by a number of factors, many of which didn’t include economic factors. The first of which was the high tensions between the colonist and British. The most infamous example of this would be the Boston Massacre of 1770. This event began with overexcited colonists protesting and harassing Redcoats with snowballs. Whether by accident or order, Redcoats fired upon the otherwise unarmed crowd, leading to the several deaths and wounding…

Book Analysis of “Revolutionary Mothers” “Revolutionary Mothers” is a book based on the past which was written by Carol Berkin. This book specifically talked about how women used to live back in the old time during war time. Some men may have been sent to war without their consent, but women suffered as well. Berkin described the American Revolution as a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American. The author shows how women played a vital role…

The American Revolutionary War had taken place for a long 8 years, ranging from 1775 to 1783. “The American Revolution was a radical movement that had political, social, and economic causes that resulted in the birth of a new nation, the United States.” The British were desperate to make as much money off of the 13 Colonies as humanly possible. Due to being the super power and the “mother country,” the British had the power and ability to enact various laws in Parliament outside of America,…

British control led to the Revolutionary War Bang! There goes that infamous shot heard around the world fired from Lexington on April 19, 1775. Some say that this was the First conflict of the revolutionary war, but what caused it? Was it a miscommunicated accident, too much British control, or was it from just pure hatred. The British implemented many different taxes and acts that the colonists believed were unfair such as the Stamp, Tea and Intolerable acts which increased british control…

The Sentiments of an American Women suggests that the role of women is to be the ultimate patriot for the Revolutionary War effort. Women were to make personal sacrifices equal to or greater than that of men, all for the good of America. Women were to be inspiring, encouraging, and serve soldiers in any way they could. The document encouraged women to be thankful for and appreciative of the sacrifices of the soldiers that were fighting for the freedoms of America. In return for the services of…

The United States went to war against Great Britain, and eventually signed a treaty that ended the Revolutionary War on September 2, 1783. “It was not war- it was murder” (Ferling 25) The road to freedom wasn 't so easy, and it was for certain bloody, with death tolls pushing numbers close to 620,000. During the beginnings of the war, and even during the actual war, the United States were scrambling to change the ideology of the people against Britain and to accept the idea of Independence, and…

The revolutionary war ran deep in the structure of the British empire thus transforming the British state itself. The seven-year war also known as the French and Indian war, this war created unprecedented problems of finance and control for Britain. In the war's early years, the colonies traded with the enemy and refused to pay for British military operations. The War officially came to an end on February 10, 1763, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. France of properly given in all of its…