The Republic: The Revolutionary Generation

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

Joseph J. Ellis, the author of “The Founding Brothers,” identifies and give a better vision of what is happening in the American Revolution. Ellis states, “On the inevitability side, it is true there was voices back then urging prospective patriots to regard American Independence as an early manifest destiny” (3). The book introduces the revolutionaries: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin. Ellis focuses on the characteristics, actions, events, and the ideologies differences that affect the American Revolution.

The purpose of this research paper is to do more than simply provide an accounting of the events of the American Revolution. Instead, I will provide a detail of how the French and Indian War impacted the revolution, and missteps by the British Empire led to the American fight for freedom. In doing so, you will come to understand how the American fight for independence would be a call to arms for not only colonists, but also for other territories controlled by monarchs the world over.

As the European powers rushed to colonize and develop the new worlds many mistakes were made. These mistakes ultimately resulted in the total loss of any land and all assets the European powers hoped to develop. Specifically, we will highlight eight major contributions to the rebellion of the North American colonies from England that resulted in the eventual Declaration of Independence and many concepts that would lead to the creation of the United States of America. Both England and its colonies made several mistakes in leadership. We as Americans like to look at these revolutionary concepts as a wonderful series of events that led to the forming of many of greatest accomplishments of human beings here in the USA. However, there are lessons

The American Revolution had 20 - 30% of the people in loyal service to the king, while the remaining 40% of colonists desiderately longed for freedom. This conflict pitted family against family, and many of them were forced from their homes by the dominant British army. The colonists first three years under the illustrious man and future President, General George Washington, were crestfallen for he and his men. (3)Bitterly, they dealt with staggering supplies, food shortage, and practically no clothing to keep the soldiers warm. ?However, the sun was about to peak out from behind the hills for the colonists, when in October of 1777, they defeated the British army at Saratoga, and as a bonus, gained support from their European friend, France.

With cannons blasting throughout the field and gunshots going off in all directions, His Excellency George Washington sat waiting for the inventible. Overcoming all odds, Washington managed to lead a ragtag, pathetic semblance of an army out of the trenches and into glory. Once the French ships encircled the British harbor, it would only be a matter of time before the war would be over, the colonist victorious. But it was not as simple as leading a couple of battles, or strategically running away. There would not have even been an American Revolution without the support of the middle class, increasing expectations over the quality of life, various coalitions, key ideology, and three crucial stages. It was not that the colonial leaders had a checklist of these points, but the American Revolution would not have been so successful had these elements not been met.

Proceeding the Revolutionary War, the colonists were thought to be underdogs; however, they were a force to be reckoned with. Victory wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t impossible either. The Thirteen colonies had good fortune in the fact that there were many skilled leaders among them. These leaders allowed American armies to learn new military tactics and establish foreign interventions. Despite the disorganization of the union, most colonists came together as one to fight. With the support of the people, many diplomatic opportunities came and choices were made, such as the Olive Branch Petition and forming an alliance with France; moreover, this would have been possible with out the great leadership of our founding father, Benjamin Franklin, and the ideal image of leadership from the honorable George Washington, allowing a movement so great it consecrated a successful revolt against the British reign and formed a whole new nation.

Many events happened during the period of time between 1763-1775, that changed Americans mindset from then until now. Certain people and certain events during this time frame affected the nation of the United States enormously. This time period changed the United States for better and for worse. Certain people like Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams, tenaciously tried to change the course of history; haven wars, such as the French and Indian war altered the perception of the American people. These events and people were some of the many facilitated with the defiance against the British. This essay will show how these altercations turned the People of the newly formed Americas against the British.

Posterity chooses to view the American Revolution in a different light than many revolutionaries experienced it, for history is often mutable at the founding of a country. As revolutionary ideals blossomed, certain people were rejected from the pages of history. Many of them fought and bled for America, and one penned a history of his colony, but none were given historical shares of American independence. They were rejected from posterity’s heroic, romantic play of the American Revolution because their historical truths could not be cast—they created another play altogether. The following is an analysis of the Continental Army, the Oneida people and of Thomas Hutchinson— each was rejected from an idealist’s view of the American Revolution.

The how and why of our beloved republic, are so much better known and understood, than the who. The United States of America was born in 1776, but it was conceived 169 years before that. The earliest settlers had watered the new world with sweat, and they had built substantial holdings for themselves and their families. When the time came, however, to separate them from the tyranny an ocean away; at the best it meant starting all over again after the ravages of war. This paper gave me a whole new outlook on what the Founding Fathers of our great nation endured and sacrificed in order to bring to us the United States as we know it today. All other of the world’s revolutions were initiated by men who had nothing to lose. Our ancestors had everything

The book “Founding Brothers” by Joseph Ellis is a nonfictional historical novel focusing on the lives, achievements and the interesting situations of the founding fathers that came up and occurred, while also the description of how America came to be American (revolution of America). Founding members of the revolutionary generation secured their legacies through battle and later through legislation, but many were unaware of what happened behind the scenes of the hardships and dedication it took to do the things that needed to be done. The book reminds me that Americans today take our freedom for granted, but our founding fathers had to fight to separate us from the British and their tyrant's ways. Revolutionaries like Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine suggested that colonial independence from England was not only plausible but was meant to be. No other colony at that time in history had ever successfully won its independence to form a lasting republic. The United States remains the oldest surviving republic in history, but the steps needed to get there were mind boggling, and I

Based on various sources, one can conclude that the American Revolution was inevitable, as well as foreseeable. Acts established by the colonies and Great Britain were plentiful, and also forgotten. The effort that the British ‘regulars’ put into making the colonies follow these Acts was only a waste of their time.

The creation of the American nation became what it is today from years of struggle in which the common people, as well as the Founding Fathers, played a vital part for independence. The promise of the Revolution, a nation based on the republican ideals of liberty, independence, and equality, was to some extent achieved. Yet the great principles of the Revolution have long shaped our thoughts of what it means to be an American. All the events leading up and after the American Revolution will have effects on the common people. The story of George Robert Twelves Hewes helps historians comprehend the part that the common people played in their struggle for freedom and republican ideals they wanted to achieve for the generations to come in the new nation.

During the 1760’s and 1770’s, tension was rising between the American colonists and Great Britain. The American colonists found themselves in many problematic situations under the monarchial rule. For this reason, a plethora of colonists considered declaring complete independence from their “mother-country.” Thomas Paine was one such colonist who believed that it was necessary for the colonies to break free from British authority. He created a political pamphlet titled “Common Sense,” which widely influenced the colonists to strive for freedom. In “Common Sense,” Thomas Paine clearly exhibits the unjust practice of monarchy and hereditary succession, the inevitability of British oppression, and the opportunities gained after detaching from Britain as persuasive arguments for colonial independence.