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    On April 19, 1775 the original American colonies declared war on Great Britain, who up till now, owned and controlled the land and colonies. When the colonies were beginning, the British basically let them do their own thing for about a half a century. This was called the period of salutary neglect. Then the British Government decided to be more involved in the colonies. During this time the British started to create more laws and had british troops in the colonies enforce these laws. Since the…

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    At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, most Americans doubted America’s ability to defeat the British. Although the British held various strengths over the Patriots, America had several key advantages over the British. When the British arrived to fight, they underestimated the resilience, political and military leadership, and strategic capacity of the Patriots. Eventually America triumphed in the Revolutionary War, emerging successful against the daunting British regime. The Patriots…

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    legislation. These actions as adverse effects because they were rejected by the colonies and started a revolution. The revolution resulted in a divide between the colonies’ people. On one hand, there were Loyalist and on the other were the Patriots. The revolutionary events from 1775-1776 transformed competing visions of Patriots and Loyalist in Britain’s mainland colonies. Then men and women who supported the colonies’ fight for independence and protested against British rule called themselves…

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    Revolutionary Women Summary Generally, when we read about the American Revolution we hear about all the heroic deeds of men like George Washington or Paul Revere. What we don’t often hear about is the many heroic deeds women performed as well. I read the book Women Heroes of the American Revolution, by Susan Casey which told the story of 20 different women. There were lots of women involved in the revolution, whether they quietly resisted the British, spied on them for American militia, or…

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    office under England(Zinn)”, so I think we can conclude that the revolutionary was not really about all the people. Even though in the Constitution, it stated “all men are Equal” African- American were still not see or treat as humanity, yet the founder their self-had owned a lot of slavery. Worst it all, the native American who original belong to this land did not gain anything at all while they also did not want the revolutionary to happen. After all, it is their country but after the…

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    The bitter wind stings when it hits the Patriots nearly naked bodies. There clothes are torn from fighting and they don’t have new uniforms. They are stumbling onto the ground. Dying from illness and starvation. Still they go on. They keep fighting to venture for independence from Great Britain. The Revolution has not gone well for the Patriots in the first two years. In the summer of 1775, the patriots were forced to withdraw from Boston and go to New York City. Later that year, they were not…

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    The American Revolutionary War was started in 1775 and ended in 1783. The war was started because of tension building up between Great Britain, 13 North American territories, and the colonial government. For more than 10 years before the Revolutionary War, pressure has been rising between colonist and British authorities. British have attempted to get money by demanding the colonist called the Stamp Act of 1763, Townshend Tariffs of 1767, and the Tea Act of 1773.Colonials safety led to death in…

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    Paris, bill of rights, constitutional confederation and many more. The primary causes of the revolutionary war can be categorized under political, economic, religious, social and intellectual factors that mainly occurred within the period of 1763 to 1776. The French and Indian war The French and Indian war began in 1754 and lasted for seven years. The war inspired the eruption of the American revolutionary war. The British and French Ohio river…

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    Was the American Revolution really all that revolutionary? Due to all the political bodies and documents written, it can be proven that the American Revolution was revolutionary. Most of the ten documents researched, can show revolutional subjects. These subjects contain letters written to political leaders for rights, religion, conflict, and anger from colonists. Through all the documents, most of them were anger from the colonist and not getting what they deserved. There were ten documents,…

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    A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier is a historical narrative about Joseph Plumb Martin 's adventures and efforts while in the Revolutionary War. This classic read uncovers the thoughts and struggles of a soldier in the Revolutionary War during the year 1776. Plumb Martin enlisted in the Continental Army in 1776, and served in New York and Connecticut during the American Revolution. Joseph Plumb Martin was an American patriot for many different reasons. One of those reasons being that he…

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