His146 Final
Victoria Juan
History 146
Final Paper
Mar 16 2015 Title The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which rebel colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America. This was the first time a colony had rebelled and successfully asserted its rights to self-government and nationhood. This inspired many European nations and colonies to revolt. For the longest time, I have been led to believe that the American Revolution was the most glorious war of all American time period. However, at the consummation of American Revolution unit, my perception of the war had drastically altered. Not everyone wanted to fight; in fact, it was mostly the upper class trying to persuade the lower class to fight while the elite could buy their way out. According to "Give me liberty" book charpter 5, historian Foner thought Americna Revolution is a revolution about independence and freedom for maybe all of the races and classes of America. Most Americans understand the history of their freedom in an uncomplicated way: the Founding Fathers laid down principles of American liberty that their descendants have been applying ever since, steadily ''augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere,'' as Abraham Lincoln said. Eric Foner disagrees. ''The story of American freedom,'' he says, ''is not simply a saga of a fixed set of rights to which one group after another has gained access,'' but ''a tale of debates, disagreements and struggles'' with lots of bumps and wrong turns along the way. Moreover, American freedom itself is ''not a single idea'' but a ''complex of values'' that have changed over time, taking on meanings unknown to Jefferson and his contemporaries. Yet freedom, he says, provides a unifying thread for our
History 146
Final Paper
Mar 16 2015 Title The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which rebel colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America. This was the first time a colony had rebelled and successfully asserted its rights to self-government and nationhood. This inspired many European nations and colonies to revolt. For the longest time, I have been led to believe that the American Revolution was the most glorious war of all American time period. However, at the consummation of American Revolution unit, my perception of the war had drastically altered. Not everyone wanted to fight; in fact, it was mostly the upper class trying to persuade the lower class to fight while the elite could buy their way out. According to "Give me liberty" book charpter 5, historian Foner thought Americna Revolution is a revolution about independence and freedom for maybe all of the races and classes of America. Most Americans understand the history of their freedom in an uncomplicated way: the Founding Fathers laid down principles of American liberty that their descendants have been applying ever since, steadily ''augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere,'' as Abraham Lincoln said. Eric Foner disagrees. ''The story of American freedom,'' he says, ''is not simply a saga of a fixed set of rights to which one group after another has gained access,'' but ''a tale of debates, disagreements and struggles'' with lots of bumps and wrong turns along the way. Moreover, American freedom itself is ''not a single idea'' but a ''complex of values'' that have changed over time, taking on meanings unknown to Jefferson and his contemporaries. Yet freedom, he says, provides a unifying thread for our