GOVT 2305 Fall 2016
Assignment 01
Rena Major
Ever since I was a young child, I have always had a fascination with learning. I soaked up every outlet of information I could possibly find, whether that be watching educational television, browsing the internet, or checking out the maximum number of books the public and school libraries would allow each week. Science, history, world culture, literature - I absorbed it all. I love finding the facts in every nook and cranny of the world. Almost more than learning, I loved sharing the information I’d consumed in vast amounts. When I’d exhausted my mother’s capacity for sitting through a ten-year-old’s lecture about the Revolutionary War, my cat was there to learn about how his tabby stripes were an effective form of camouflage. I would create books - hand-drawn diagrams of how the dinosaurs lived and how gravity worked, with paragraphs in a child’s scrawl - and make my own library for which my parents (and the cat) were the only patrons. I loved learning about the world, and I loved dispersing the knowledge that fascinated me so much. As I grew older, I gained a sister - and a new, non-feline pupil. I imparted on her all that I’d studied, and my adoration of learning became her own. As she entered school herself, I guided her through her studies, tutoring her. It was through this that I discovered a love of teaching. At first, I didn’t think it was truly a career option. For all my love of learning, I didn’t even like
Education is never ending therefore there are many things to learn. Each and every day has something new to offer. This is a constant. I am an avid learner consequently I hunger for something new every day to quench that taste for knowledge.
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War in the United States, was the prosperous military revolt against Great Britain of Thirteen American Colonies which joined together as the United States of America in July 1776. Originally constrained to fighting in those colonies, after 1778 it additionally became a world war between Britain and France, Netherlands, Spain, and Mysore.
During the 1770’s the Revolutionary War began and it was between the Patriots and Great Britain (Redcoats). Great Britain treated the Americans unfairly and the Americans has no representation. Although, it was undecided who shot the first shot at the battle of Lexington and Concord it is agreeable that Great Britain was at fault for starting the Revolutionary War.
Great Britain thought that the American colonies would obey them just like the rest of their establishments, but they would soon find out the hard way that they were wrong. The French and Indian War, or the Seven Years War, was a very costly British war. The British spent a lot of money trying to get land in the North America from the French, and ended up with a huge debt to pay for the war. To pay off this colossal debt, King George III decided to tax the American colonies. Two major tax laws were the Intolerable Acts and the Stamp Act. The Intolerable Acts, The Stamp Act, and the other laws being made in Parliament angered the colonists immensely. The colonists very understandably were furious at the British Parliament for making laws without
The Revolutionary war was not revolutionary. However, the colonist made adjustments to their old form of government and political structure. For example, document 5 showed a map of all there states and any involvement with slavery (abolishment etc.). The amount of slavery in the colonies increase because, the colonies population grew. However, the amount of slavery in the colonies had gradually been growing ever since their usage became so vital.
Imagine how hard it would be to live in the 1760s. Now imagine living in the 1760s and having a bunch of taxes put on all the things that you use most. This is what the American colonists had to live through. In the 1760s, the British parliament placed taxes and laws on the American colonists. The colonists got very upset with Great Britain and started to protest. Eventually these protests led to the revolutionary war. Two british laws that the colonists thought were unfair were the high taxes on their goods without anyone to represent the colonists and the law that let the british soldiers quarter in the colonist homes. The colonists responded by doing boycotting British Goods and protesting.
The revolutionary war, a time when a still young and growing thirteen colonies began to take a stand to their mother country, Great Britain. With a lack of communication with the American colonies, a sense of “salutary neglect”, a rift began to form between mother and child. Trust in each other was beginning to wane. This rift soon caused a series of chain reactions. With the British enforcing laws that seriously hindered American expansion and trade. Great Britain having losing their trust in the colonist, they did not respect any American leadership and or opinions. Both sides were both to blame for a war that followed their poor decisions and reactions.
As a result of the American Revolutionary War, American society was altered economically, politically, and socially.
Due to the conflict during the French and Indian War, tension arose between American colonists and the British government. This caused Americans to unite together to fight for their rights against the British. The Americans boycotted English rule, but this did not work so their only option was to go to war. The tension between the British and the Colonists lead to the revolutionary war. The American colonists were justified in waging war because they were unfairly taxed, their freedoms were denied and the British deceitfully killed the colonist.
With the end of the French and Indian War came an influx of new taxes on the British American colonies. Beginning with the Proclamation Line of 1763, resentment of Parliament grew. Where colonists had once been proud Britons, and enjoyed “the British system of government—with its limited government and respect for the rights of the individual”, many now were frustrated and felt crushed under the boot of tyranny (Document 3). These are sentiments that drive the narrative of the Revolutionary War today; most non-historians see the war for independence as an organized rebellion of a united people against an oppressive, tyrannical government. Evidence suggests, however, that the Founding Fathers overstated the “death, desolation, and tyranny” they
The Revolutionary War was not very revolutionary because even though colonists risked their lives to fight for what they believe in, ending their terrible years under British control, they haven’t freed African-American slaves nor stated women and American Indians’ rights. It is one of history’s most important events.
The Revolutionary War can be interpreted differently depending on if it is being told from the White American perspective or the Black American perspective. From the White’s perspective the Revolutionary War was primarily about the oppression of the colonies by the British nation and the fight for freedom. During the war the White Americans fought against the British and used any person including slaves who was willing to fight in the battle against the British including those who supported the British cause. Once the colonies were free there was discrepancy over if the slaves should be given freedom or not. When taken into account the Black American population contributes a whole new dynamic to the Revolutionary War. The beginnings of
On April 19,1775 the American Revolutionary War started and ended on September 3, 1783.Did you know that Samuel Adams had the idea for the Boston Tea party? I bet you didn’t know that!! Do you also know why there was an American War? Well, it happened because the Great Britain wanted to rule the new 13 colonies and the colonies did not want to be ruled.Did you know who patriots were? Well, patriots were people who fought for the rights of the colonies to be a free country which soon became our U.S.A. Do you know loyalists were? Loyalists were people who fought for the rights of Great Britain to rule over the new 13 colonies, but I guess that they didn’t win the war. There were also big events like the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea
The Revolutionary War started on April 19, 1775 at Lexington and Concord. America was very much unprepared with no central government or army. The congress stepped up as the government and began to organize an army. The Revolutionary War did not end until September 3, 1783 with the signing of the final peace treaty between America and Great Britain. The victory in the Revolution War led to the birth of a new independent nation.
During the beginning of Colonial America, there were many people who migrated from Europe to settle the new founded American Continent. They traveled from Europe to escape the laws, taxes, demands, and nobility brought upon them at the hands of King George III and Parliament. They wanted to be free from the tyranny of King George III. When the colonist arrived on the American Continent they felt freedoms that they had never before felt. After, feeling the freedom of being on this newly found continent King George once again started putting his demands on the Colonist. Eventually, the colonist saw their rights being taken away by the acts that were passed, the taxes that were implemented, and the Proclamation of 1763. The Tyranny of King