War for Independence

4. What was the Revolutionary movement, at its core, really all about? Was it about the amount of taxation, the right of Parliament to tax, the political corruption of Britain and the virtue of America, the right of a king to govern America, or the colonies’ growing sense of national identity apart from Britain? Was the Revolution truly a radical overturning of government and society—the usual definition of a revolution—or something far more limited or even conservative in its defense of traditional rights?

Many events happened during the period of time from 1763 through 1775 that changed American’s mindset as the country grew. Both people and events during this time affected the nation of the United States enormously. This time period changed the United States for better in it’s development as a nation. Specific people like Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams tenaciously tried to change the course of history; wars, such as the French and Indian war altered the perception of the American people. These events and people were some of the many that facilitated the colonists’ defiance against the British. Altercations they encountered turned the people of the newly formed Americas against the British aiding in their quest for independence.

After the French and Indian War had ended in 1763, the British parliament passed various laws to collect more taxes in American colonies in ways to pay for their war debt. As a result, colonists outraged as they had been taxed unjustly without having any representation in the British parliament, which eventually led to an uprising known as the American Revolution. In the process of making a revolution, Thomas Jefferson, a revolutionist, and father of our modern constitution, effectively masters an appeal to ethos, pathos, logos, and strong dictions to inform King George III on reasonings behind American colonies’ justifications for becoming independent from the Great Britain.

For eight grueling years, the fathers of our genealogy fought a battle that would transcend the limits of 13 colonies. An analysis of The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon Wood shows that the American Revolution (AR) commenced the progress of uniting the States of America, all the while terminating Britain's omnipotent reign. Through direct and indirect revolt and rebellion from the perpetuation of British customs, the revolutionary era of the American Revolution birthed profound economic reform and radical social change.

Prior to the Revolutionary War, the Native Americans were considered to be an essential part to learning and living on the North American landscape. However, after the relationship between the Colonists and British tensed, the Native Americans found themselves in the middle of a war that would divide the Native American people. However, during the course of the war, the Native Americans had to consider who they should fight with/for. While both sides, the British and the Colonists, professed the benefits of fighting with/for them, the Native Americans’ decision would determine the fate of many Indian generations during the course of expansion in North America. On one side, the British offered diplomacy, land, and economic expansion; on the other, the Colonists promoted freedom, equality, and the promise of land. The struggle of the tribes to decide which side to fight for would prove to be the true battle that many of them would face. However, the relationships of the Native Americans and the English people did not start with the Revolution; it began almost two-hundred years prior in the settlement of Jamestown.

The American Revolution, one of the most significant events in our world’s history, has established a huge impact on not only life back in the eighteenth and nineteenth century but our society today. The Acts of Parliament highly benefited the British but did not afford those same rights to the colonists until the formal issuing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776, in which colonial freedom was granted. The most controversial issue is which group caused it; a result of propaganda by the colonists. Multiple acts and protests contributed to this war, three influential ones being the Stamp Act, Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party.

During the years previous to the American Revolution, Great Britain increasingly asserted its dominance over the colonies. This assertive behavior caused tension between the colonies and Great Britain. Therefore, colonies debated the pros and cons of going to war with Great Britain in order to declare their independence. Increased British control led to revolution by the acts Great Britain forced upon colonists, colonists lack of representation, and Great Britain’s reaction to protests held by the colonists. Great Britain’s increased control led to the Revolution by the acts they forced upon colonists.

In the year 1764, King George III of Great Britain placed taxes on colonial America causing anger to flourish within the colonies resulting in their rebellion from the British. One-third of the colony wanted independence from Great Britain, the Patriots, while another third decided to stay loyal to the British, the loyalists/tories. The Patriots soon went to war with Britain for their independence, but the rest of the colony was reluctant to join the Patriots’ cause for various reasons. The loyalists were hesitant to join the American Revolution because of the nonideal living location and the British protected them when no one else would.

The American Revolution was also known as the war of independence for the American colonies. Unpredictably, this war changed our world in more ways than we could imagine. Not only did this conflict over independence free the colonies from Britain, but also afforded freedom to many African Americans from the shackles of slavery. Pledged promises of freedom in exchange for military involvement by two military forces, encouraged blacks’ eagerness to participate, some, not only never mentioned, but were, in addition, sent back into slavery. In brief, Britain’s most formidable military force should not be reckoned with. Also, one could assume the colonies would be the sole beneficiaries of these loyalties from the African Americans, free and bound, but the fact is, many African Americans found themselves picking sides.

During the Revolution, the British viewed the African American’s in the South as numbers to add to their side of the war and also as a group of individuals to manipulate in warfare (Nash et al., 2008). On the other hand, the American’s viewed the slaves as vulnerable and dangerous. With so much speak of liberty and freedom during the revolution, the African American’s began to petition against the lives they were living as slaves and fought to have their own liberties.

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.

The American Revolution was a movement that brought forward drastic changes within American society, bringing into light new and controversial ideas of equality and freedom to the colonies. The tension between Britain and the colonies brewed as the English Congress, Parliament, began to pass laws and taxes on colonies’ goods, sparking uproars and protests reminiscing about the past rule over the colonies- salutary neglect and a desire to return to the unscrutinized type of British rule. The French and Indian War sent Britain spiraling into debt and in order to remedy the loss, Parliament began to tax colonists to pay back what was lost from the war. In essence, the colonies

After Britain won the French and Indian War, American colonists were proud to be British. In the years directly after the war, the 1760’s and 1770’s, this attitude changed completely. Britain needed to pay off the debt from the war, so they turned to the North American colonies, an area that had not received much attention from the mother country until this point. Soon, the increased British scrutiny led to laws, policies, and taxes that grated on the colonists. The British response to any form of protest from the colonies was generally even more controlling than the previous measure. Resentment and bitterness in the colonies grew until a change seemed inevitable. The major source of contention was how the British continued to take away freedoms and rights from the colonists. Harsh British control of the colonies caused the American Revolution.

Chapter 7 dives into the final stands against the colonists before the start of the American Revolution, and the beginning of the war that would declare independence for the future United States. Elements of this chapter like the organizing of colonial unity, a sense of national identity, and the strong craving for independence can be seen all throughout history. Similar to the Stamp Act Congress, the South organized and shared its ideas and values to prompt its seceding from the United States. The Civil Rights Movement channels the colonists desire for independence, and demonstrated how justice can bring so many people together.

The year was 1775 and all through the colonies only one thing was being discussed, how are we going to win this war. The colonists had rapidly grown tired of the British tyranny that had befallen the New World. The British were taxing the colonists without the colonies getting and voice in the government. The British were treating the colonists as slaves. They were making them send back materials, buy British mad products, and taxing them by large amounts when they did these things.