The Five Characteristics Of The American Revolution

“British are marching around the city, a few men set up for an ambush and wait for the perfect time. Gunfire is heard from miles away but through the large clouds of smoke only a few men stand, patriots”. This would be like the literature found in the revolutionary era of the united states. Heroic stories were written on pamphlets and flyers to get people excited about the cause. However, most of the literature in this era was political and not as exciting. Five characteristics that would describe the literature in the revolution would be political, satirical, ordinary men becoming heroes, prideful and educated. Political writing was mostly trying to get people to side with them in order for them to separate themselves into a political party. Once the political parties are formed they now have the power to separate from England and to establish their own government. One author that was excellent at this type of writing was Thomas Paine. “Albert Marrin commented in The War for Independence: The story of the American Revolution, “Tom Paine
George Washington is a perfect example of this because he was just an ordinary settler and he decided to help the cause and he became a general in the fight against the British. This was not a very popular style of writing as stated in the quote: “Military victory fanned nationalistic hopes for a great new literature. Yet with the exception of outstanding political writing, few works of note appeared during or soon after the Revolution”. This quotes says that there was inspiration through these heroic people fight for freedom yet it was still pretty rare to find a piece of literature that strayed away from politics. One person who shows this in modern day is Chris Kyle the American Sniper. He went to war to provide for his family and to protect his country but when he came back he was considered a hero for his contributions to the