Revolutionary War Pros And Cons
Around 1776, several important individuals within the English colonies made a discovery. They discovered that creating a nation,with a symbol, a legal unity they could take over land. And all profits, and political power from the land. In the process, they found that could avoid a number of potential rebellions as well as create a popular support for the rule of a new leadership. If we look at the American Revolution in this way, it was really a work of genius. The Founding Fathers certainly deserved the award tributed to them over the centuries, for the creation of the most effective national control system that is still in use today.
During the Revolutionary War it seemed that all of the advantages went to the British when it came to military. They had an immense navy and superior equipment for their soldiers. However, the American colonists refuse to quit and stuck to their convictions about having their Independence. And as the war went on their advantages started to show. For starters, the colonists’ had the home field advantage as the British soldiers were far from their home and as such they were far from their supplies. The …show more content…
conviction of the colonists was 10x that of the British, because for them it wasn’t just a struggle for power but their very future hung on the outcome of this war.
The social impact of the Revolutionary War was felt differently between Women, Native American and African Americans.
The war had profound albeit limited significance for African Americans as some found freedom as they used the conflict as a means to effect their escape, while other learned the concept of liberty though they seldom saw it. The end of the war saw the weakening of the Native American position as it meant that the colonists would soon look to expanded their new nation and in doing so take the land in increasing amounts from the Native American. And for women the end of the war saw an increase their value as mothers. Mothers had the important task of educating their children in the virtues of Republican Citizenry. Though they were still not equal their role in the household received increased respect from most
men.
The Revolutionary war had a profound impacted Martha Ballard. Ballard worked as a midwife during the war . “Between August 3 and 24, 1787, she performed four deliveries, answered one obstetrical false alarm, made sixteen medical calls, prepared three bodies for burial, dispensed pills to one neighbor, harvested and prepared herbs for another, and doctored her husband's sore throat”(Ulrich 40). The British first tried to take Boston; however follow their defeat at Bunker Hill they realized that Boston was not the right place on which to wage war. The British then turn their sights on New York. They believed that with large army their victory would be assured. However, the neglected to take into account the cold, which in the end spelled their undoing in New York. During their fight for New York the British dispatched men to Philadelphia. As a result of many mistake made by the British they were unsuccessful. In the South the British lost their drive, as the support they thought they could get was not there.
During the Revolutionary War it seemed that all of the advantages went to the British when it came to military. They had an immense navy and superior equipment for their soldiers. However, the American colonists refuse to quit and stuck to their convictions about having their Independence. And as the war went on their advantages started to show. For starters, the colonists’ had the home field advantage as the British soldiers were far from their home and as such they were far from their supplies. The …show more content…
conviction of the colonists was 10x that of the British, because for them it wasn’t just a struggle for power but their very future hung on the outcome of this war.
The social impact of the Revolutionary War was felt differently between Women, Native American and African Americans.
The war had profound albeit limited significance for African Americans as some found freedom as they used the conflict as a means to effect their escape, while other learned the concept of liberty though they seldom saw it. The end of the war saw the weakening of the Native American position as it meant that the colonists would soon look to expanded their new nation and in doing so take the land in increasing amounts from the Native American. And for women the end of the war saw an increase their value as mothers. Mothers had the important task of educating their children in the virtues of Republican Citizenry. Though they were still not equal their role in the household received increased respect from most
men.
The Revolutionary war had a profound impacted Martha Ballard. Ballard worked as a midwife during the war . “Between August 3 and 24, 1787, she performed four deliveries, answered one obstetrical false alarm, made sixteen medical calls, prepared three bodies for burial, dispensed pills to one neighbor, harvested and prepared herbs for another, and doctored her husband's sore throat”(Ulrich 40). The British first tried to take Boston; however follow their defeat at Bunker Hill they realized that Boston was not the right place on which to wage war. The British then turn their sights on New York. They believed that with large army their victory would be assured. However, the neglected to take into account the cold, which in the end spelled their undoing in New York. During their fight for New York the British dispatched men to Philadelphia. As a result of many mistake made by the British they were unsuccessful. In the South the British lost their drive, as the support they thought they could get was not there.