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    The American Revolution was a critical point in American history, it allowed America independence from England and created a confidence that lasts today. The cruel treatment and constant abuse by England gave America the confidence and anger needed to revolt against the British. However if England had not overused their power in America, the United States could look a lot different. Therefore the Revolution of the United States was justified, by the over reaching power used by England. During the

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    Thomas Paine (1736-1809) was an English American writer and political theorist, whose work, especially the Common Sense, has greatly influence the America Revolution in the eighteenth century. Paine wrote the pamphlet Common Sense during 1775 and 1776, in which he advocated independence of the American Colonies from Great Britain. At the suggestion of Benjamin Franklin, the man he met in London, Paine emigrated to America and landed at Philadelphia on November 30, 1774. At first, he published the

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    The American Revolution was a justified war. It was the colonists against a tyranny. When the British came to America, they established themselves in Virginia. There are many reasons the American Revolution was created. The British forced laws on the colonists without their consent. The British started a Proclamation which kept the colonists from settling on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains. Then they passed laws which oppressed the colonists in several ways. Those were later known as the

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    The purpose of The American Revolution was to substitute tyranny to another. Our founding fathers were trying to keep the lower class down from everyone else. Like mentioned in the chapter the founders were able to take over property, make a profit and take over political power from the British Empire. During the process a number of potential rebellions created support for new leadership. The lower class was against the rich before the revolution came about. Most of the leaders of the Patriot movement

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    famous words were shouted from the American colonies’ streets in rebellion against the new taxes being placed by the British government. But what was the real cause behind the rise in taxes and how did these new laws contribute to the American Revolution? In the 1750’s the American colonies were still under the oppressive ruling of Great Britain. While the British had a desire to expand their colonies, they ran into trouble with the French and Native Americans. Both countries had expanded their

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    announcement was not met with open arms. In fact, rebellion was inevitable. Parliament tried to establish power in the New World by issuing a series of laws. The passage of these laws undermined the Colonist’s loyalty to Britain and stirred the Americans to fight for their freedom. The colonies also accepted England’s right to monitor trade. The change of course in 1767 was what really riled the colonies. England began

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    The American Revolution was a very improbable and unpredictable event. The British North American Colonists had just helped to win a war and have never been more proud to be British. Who knew, that in little over a decade, the same colonists would declare and gain independence from the British Empire. The Revolution was a defining moment in the history of the world. It shaped certain ideas and codified the language that still define Americans’ image of themselves. Also, it motivated other revolutions

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    There were many causes to the American revolution that really started the topic of separating from the British control. The British had laws that caused the colonist to have many rebellious reaction. The British king was considered a tyrant by Patrick Henry because of the unreasonable taxes put on the colonist when they were not on the parliament. Also, there were many more colonist reactions to the British actions like the boston massacre, and that caused most of colonist to get mad at the British

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    The American Revolution. A turning point for our country. We said we were ready to be our own country, we said we didn’t need a babysitter, they didn’t listen, and they found out in some unexpected ways just how ready we were. There were multiple reasons why we felt the need to be our own country. One of them is they kept enacting acts and enforcing “Taxation Without Representation”. I believe the colonists would have been more accepting of the taxes if they were given a vote, given consent

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    Revere was sent to Lexington to warn everyone that the British were coming.” According to the poem. The poem didn't have all the accurate information and didn't tell all the correct details. The title of the poem was, “Paul Revere and the american revolution.” by Ethel Ames. The other one was titled, “How accurate was longfellow's poem?” by Franklin Johnson. One way the poem was inaccurate was that in the poem it said that the lantern led the way that the British was going, but, it was actually

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