American Revolution - Analytical Paper

Another theme of the text is "fear". Fear of loss of liberty in their homeland drove many colonists to begin thinking in Revolutionary terms, as previously mentioned. There was also fear on the English-side of an American rebellion. Fear is what drove England to force a standing British Army on the Americans. These fears would not subside and would eventually lead to war as neither side would back down.

The lack of “imperial chains” caused the Revolution’s effects, compared to drastic well-known revolutions, to be small (Wood 127). But the quick colonization of America over just a few centuries driven by the motivation of religious freedom and escape from persecution translated to the radical idea of equality and independence in men and later the abolishment of slavery and the support of women’s rights (132, 129). This battle caused America to unify against a common enemy and transformed the landscape of individual colonies to an interconnected continent with radically different social relationships and mindset

Chapter 7 of Alan Taylor’s American Revolutions begins by describing the tense state of affairs between American Patriots and Native Indians in 1775. Both sides feared the other and were determined not to let their enemy defeat them. The Patriots were angry with the British for seeking alliance with the Indians, compromising their “racial solidarity”, in order to gain a military advantage. The Natives believed that American independence would be the catalyst for their downfall into slavery and landlessness. The author moves on to say that this was not the case with all tribes. For example, weak bands of Indians in the Carolinas allied with Patriots and fought in their army in hopes for protection after the war. However, the reality was that

Many revolutions have taken place throughout history, ranging from the unremarkable to the truly memorable, such as the French Revolution, the Bolshevik Revolution and the American Revolution. Through an examination of the social, cultural, economic and political causes of the American Revolution, an exploration of key arguments both for and against the American Revolution, and an analysis of the social, cultural, economic and political changes brought about by the American Revolution it can be demonstrated unequivocally that the American Revolution was indeed truly revolutionary.

left intact the slave system of the South, which for 80 years after the War of Independence

The American Revolution was the point of change in the world. It was the first time that a democratic government was developed and tested in a time where monarchies ruled Europe and it was the time when the world saw that the concept of democracy could lead to the fundamental change in society, specifically politically, socially, and economically. However, even though it was the point in change for the world, to what extent did it change American society politically, socially, and economically in the period between 1775-1800? The answer is that political, social, and economic effects of the American Revolution impacted society to different extents and established ideas that would later influence future movements and changes in America.

The cause and effects of the American Revolution (1775-1783) are quite controversial among students and historians alike. One opinion believes that the American Revolution was a conservative movement, meaning that the revolution sought to preserve original American values while trying to eliminate some negative aspects of the New World, such as its ruler, Great Britain. While Americans achieved independence from England in the end, America’s initial traits were not preserved, but rather altered. The Revolution drastically changed political and social features of the United States but the economy was hardly affected.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the start of the American Revolution. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 when an armed militia of patriots in Lexington, called the Minutemen because they supposedly could assemble in a minute, awaited the British army who marched to Lexington to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, two revolutionary leaders. The British heavily outnumbered the colonists. The two sides were not yet fighting when a single gunshot was fired. To this day, no one knows which side fired the first shot, but the battles that day caused the beginning of military violence between Great Britain and the American Colonists.

The path towards the American Revolution did not unfold with a singular action, but was the result of an almost domino effect of events that stirred unrest in the American colonies. The earliest of these events was the Seven Years’ War, the conflict that took place in the Ohio territories from 1754 to 1763. The war brought forth victory to the Americans and British, but it also brought a shared cost in both lives and money, which led to a chain of events known as the imperial crisis of the 1760’s between the two victors. The first of the events to take place was the uprising of various Native American tribes known as Pontiac’s Rebellion.

During the Revolutionary era, the general public, or the working class, used violence to show their displeasure towards the financial wealth the elites had accumulated. Class resentment was as big of an issue during the Revolutionary period as it is today in the modern-era. One of the most notable was the attacks on theaters during the 18th century. Although there was an underlying issue of religion that came into play, there was also the fact that while the population starved, elites were able to frequent “large houses, [with] silver plate, fine furniture and good wine.” [pg 85] Countryman states that, “most disliked the theaters because of the symbolization – glittering ostentation and callous unconcern in time of distress” and when looking at the factors that facilitated the gap between the “haves” and the “have nots,” it should not be surprising that the conflict lead to violence and

The author of this journal article is Holger Hoock is a professor in the history department at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. The journal article that he wrote in 2015 was a discussion of the sexual violence and crimes committed by British soldiers to women during the American Revolutionary War. The purpose of reading and reviewing this journal article is to discuss that during woman’s rights were being violated during a time of a fight for freedom. But even after the war British law took the time to make sure that legal actions were taken by way of military codes and laws. Hoock uses the example of cases, incidents, laws, and codes that existed at the time to make it possible for justice to be served. To review and understand

All of us alive today have grown up learning about the American Revolution. Although it contains the word “revolution” in its name, there are many who don’t consider the American Revolution a real revolution. After considering the definition of a revolution – a radical change of an entire system, usually by war, resulting in a change of the way of life of the people involved – and the American society before and after the American Revolution, it is obvious that those who don’t consider the American Revolution a revolution are mistaken. Among the many aspects of colonial society affected by the American Revolution, those most greatly affected by the revolution were the attitude towards slavery, the role of women, and the role of trade.

On the night of January 2, 1777, patriots left there campfire burning along the Delaware River to make the British believe they were still there, while in reality they circled behind the British troops. Washington attacked and rejoiced as he saw his army destroy the British. This was significant because now, new soldiers joined the army and other re-enlisted. This affected the colonists because now the army and the revolution was saved.

The reason I chose the American Revolution as my topic was mainly because to me I thought it was very relevant subject to speak upon and not many of us have knowledge of how we even became the United States of America. Basically the American Revolution was one of many steps taken to develop our democracy type of government that we do have today. Also it tells about how the original thirteen broke away from the British harsh government taxes. To be honest I chose this topic simply because it was and I’ve done a report on this back in grade school. These are the causes that led up to the war (not the signing because its already prior knowledge)

The American Revolution was predicated by a number of ideas and events that, combined, led to a political and social separation of colonial possessions from the home nation and a coalescing of those former individual colonies into an independent nation.