The idea of the American Revolution is known to most people in America, but what most people dont know is if the American Revolution was actually Revolutionary. The American Revolution was from 1775 to 1783. The 13 British colonies went up and started something with the most poerful country in the world at the time, England, the odds were no where near being in the colonies favor in the beginning. The war was quite obviously and surprisingly won by the 13 colonies, who later named themselves the United States of America with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. The American Revolution as a whole was not very impactful, but the idea of the Revolution was very important. The Revolution was not fair to everybody, especially people of color …show more content…
Inside Document G, there is a speech made by a valedictorian student, that happened to be African-American talking about how his life after school would go nowhere compared to a white students. By saying that his life after school would go nowhere compared to that of a white students, proves that the Revolution was not fair to everybody, it was more lenient to white males. "Pardon me if i feel insignificant and weak.... shall i be a mechanic? No one will employ me; white boys wont work with me." With that quote being presented, it easily proves that the Revolution was not fair. Even when an African-American student achieves such an amazing thing such as being valedictorian, they were still not given the opportunity to do what they wanted to do with their life, instead they would have to work on farms when they had talent to do so much …show more content…
In document B, they use a portion of the Declaration of Independence that talks about how people should be treated equally and everyone has natural rights. But contradictory to the section of The Declaration of Independence used in Document B, Document A the letter from the three Seneca Indian leaders in 1790 states that the power they want is what seems to "detroy" their rights. "You told us you could crush us to nothing... as if our want for strength had destoyed our rights... Were the terms dictated to us by your commisioners reasonable and just?" That was a part of the letter written by the Seneca Indian leaders in 1790. While this was said in The Declaration of Independence; "We hold these truths to be self evident... all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights" Unalienable is another word for inalienable which means "unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor" and that seems to be exactly what happened. The rights of the Seneca Indians were not being treated reasonably by the rest of the United States, they did not get the same "life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" that the rest of the United States, when they are technically the exact same as
The American Revolution was definitely revolutionary. The people broke free from Britain and gained independence. Only one third of the colonist enthusiastically supported the revolution. The colonist were unhappy and being treated terribly by their motherland and trouble started to brew.
In Document 4 in the, “How Revolutionary Was the American Revolution” DBQ packet it shows data tables that split the wealthy, well-to-do, moderate and poor people’s economic status in the representatives in six colonies. This shows that it wasn’t a revolution after all, because it did not show how, “men are all treated equal.” It shows how people are split up and not treated the same way. This also shows that wherever you are placed on, whether its wealthy, well-to-do, moderate, or poor, you aren’t being financially equal. While the wealthy live in prosperity, the poor live in poverty without any money or little money. In addition, document 6 shows the view of a young African-American in 1819. In his speech he describes how African-Americans are treated differently and have different rules compared to the white race. In other words, while the African-Americans aren’t allowed to work among white folks, the white men can thrive without the rules and discrimination. Finance and segregation is not revolutionary at
The American Revolution was a very important event that still affects our society today. The Revolution consisted of the colonists declaring their independence from the British monarchy, which resulted in the Revolutionary War. In the end, America gained their independence, and the idea of rightful liberties was spread throughout the colonies. It may not have been revolutionary at first, but over time it caused a ripple effect. This ripple, starting with the creation of the Declaration of Independence from Britain being followed by a written Constitution, caused small events to occur over time.
The American Revolution was an important sequence of events over a period of time that has affected early American society up to today’s modern society. It all started with the Revolutionary War, which led to the Declaration of Independence from Britain, and in turn created a reason for America to write the Constitution and develop their own government. Ideas of equality became a major point of the Revolution, and although it wasn’t very quick to happen, ideas eventually spread throughout the colonies, giving the equality that poor to middle classes, African American slaves, and women deserved.
The American Revolution was a war that happened between 1775-1783 where the 13 colonies in America gained independence from Great Britain and became the United States of America. Over time there have been several different historical interpretations about the causes of the American Revolution. Many of these interpretations lack evidence or provide a very one sided claim. The best explanation for the causes of the American Revolution out of the 5 passages provided is “A Democratic Movement” written by Robert Brown because it had the most historical evidence to back the explanation.
The American Revolution was about America wanting to secede from Britain, to govern themselves as a new union, the United States of America, it would negate any ties they had to Britain and would solve the taxation without representation, No, the American Revolution was not a radical overturn of government, it was America fighting for their freedom of Britain so they could be one union instead of always referred to as the colonies, to get rid of the relentless taxes that were being
The American Revolution set the ground work for a major change in the New England colonies. It was a time of significant governmental changes on political and social levels, and a growing ideology on the obedience of a women and the dissolution of slavery.
It also was never fair to all of the people who lived in the colonies. Many African-Americans and Europeans never had many rights as whites males did. Females also did not have a big role in the colonies and its government. They were only to work and clean the home that the husband owned and to take care of the children if they had any. The Declaration was in the works and was not thought out properly so it may have had some flaws but the mind set of colored people and women not having rights would greatly affect how they are seen in America’s future.
The American Revolution occurred due to the conflict between those living in the 13 colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown because of the high taxes they were ordered to pay to their homeland. By definition, a revolution means to forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. With the new colonies winning the war against Great Britain, yes, they did overthrow the ruling of the Queen and if not, the United States would still be considered colonies of England. But if one looks through the lens of social, political, and economic change occurring for all people, this was not a true revolution. The middle class did not grow. Slavery was still legal. There was no restructuring in terms of economics and the new America was run on a system of capitalism. Change only truly occurred in terms of politics, with the introduction of a democracy and the constitution. With these changes, only the white male elite were only able to benefit from these changes, gaining more power, ability to participate in politics and financial success. African Americans, white women, and poor men saw no changed in way of life after winning the war. What the war did was began a quest of reform and revolt from these groups who suffered from injustice.
Thesis: I believe the American Revolution was actually revolutionary. The Revolutionary War did not cause an immediate change in America, but led to a long chain of actions, leading to America’s modern freedom.
The topic of revolution is extremely subjective. What may appear as an insurrection to some might not be as extreme to others. When talking about the American Revolutionary War, however, the answer is clear. While the War certainly brought about change within the United States, it wasn’t necessarily very revolutionary. The most important aspects of the colonies, such as ideas about government, various types of societal equality, slavery and freed blacks, and the rights of women remained for the most part, unaffected.
Everyone is created equal in the eyes of the Declaration of Independence, but before this document was even thought about, this was not the case for colonist in the New World. They didn’t have an enemy like the indians, they were up against themselves in the New World, their own King. Many people came to the New World hoping for freedom and independence, but they realized once they got there that this new world was far from being the land they were promised and they land they hoped to get away from. Many things caused new colonist to revolt, including English traditions, enlightenment ideas about rights and government, and what the King did to anger the colonist. It was these reason they decided to start a revolution, the American Revolution.
The american revolution was not revolutionary. The impact of the war was not the cause of change for some of the categories, but was further down the line during other times. the revolution was not revolutionary because it inflicted moderate change in the political and social categories and inflicted no change in the aspects of Slavery
Document five shows the years that slavery was abolished in each state of the United States, which changed how America worked as a nation. Document seven and eight depict the change for women’s rights. In a letter Abigail Adams wants women to be remembered in the constitution as in giving them rights. Document eight shows that finally women got the rights they wanted in allowing them to vote by the government passing the 19th Amendment. For Indians in document nine the government protects the Indians not letting their land, freedom, or rights be taken away unless authorized by the government.
This undeniable reality of the racial constraints on the concept of equality naturally leads us to question whether the Revolution Era had a “truly revolutionary” effect on anyone except for the white man. When discussing the concept of equality in part with the Revolutionary Era, we should start with identifying the various demographics that were meant to be affected by this concept. Africans are arguably the most affected demographic by the revolutionary era. The most significant changes of where they sit on the societal totem pole happen in the northern colonies, as America a Narrative History states, after achieving independence all the states except Georgia stopped the trafficking of slaves; only for South Carolina to re-open their slave trade in 1803. However, we should also