To What Extent Had the Colonists Developed a Sense of Their Identity and Unity as Americans by the Eve of the Revolution?
DBQ -- To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution?
A single colony cannot depart from its mother country and lead a revolution; only a whole united nation, such as that of the American colonies, could successfully detach themselves from Mother England. One must take into consideration that up until the eve of revolution, much had happened in the time era of 1607-1776, where the British were still very involved in the American lifestyle and there was no unity within the nation, nevertheless the colonies. However, after the numerous acts imposed by the so called mother that should've taken care of the colonist, more Americans saw the light and realized their place in society as Patriotic Americans rather than Britons. Thus, by the Eve of the revolution, America had built a great sense of unity within its people and a very sharp sense of identity as a community. Whether socially, politically, or any other way, the American identity and unity of the people was evident in all facets of lifestyle. Initially, when the first colonists had just arrived at the wild lands of America, they were already men, united by their will and courage to get up and leave their homeland in order to create a better future for their descendants. As the times went on, the colonies had to face hardships while tackling Native Americans, and to battle them successfully, they had to do so in unison. Regarding the documents, as Document C demonstrates, by the end of most of the imposed acts in 1774, the Americans had become united as one to fight any force objecting their belief system, and the amount of those objecting the British and uniting with the rest are expanding. "…all North American is now most firmly united and as firmly resolved to defend their liberties ad infinitum against every power on earth that may attempt to take them away. The most effectual measures are everywhere taking to secure a sacred
A single colony cannot depart from its mother country and lead a revolution; only a whole united nation, such as that of the American colonies, could successfully detach themselves from Mother England. One must take into consideration that up until the eve of revolution, much had happened in the time era of 1607-1776, where the British were still very involved in the American lifestyle and there was no unity within the nation, nevertheless the colonies. However, after the numerous acts imposed by the so called mother that should've taken care of the colonist, more Americans saw the light and realized their place in society as Patriotic Americans rather than Britons. Thus, by the Eve of the revolution, America had built a great sense of unity within its people and a very sharp sense of identity as a community. Whether socially, politically, or any other way, the American identity and unity of the people was evident in all facets of lifestyle. Initially, when the first colonists had just arrived at the wild lands of America, they were already men, united by their will and courage to get up and leave their homeland in order to create a better future for their descendants. As the times went on, the colonies had to face hardships while tackling Native Americans, and to battle them successfully, they had to do so in unison. Regarding the documents, as Document C demonstrates, by the end of most of the imposed acts in 1774, the Americans had become united as one to fight any force objecting their belief system, and the amount of those objecting the British and uniting with the rest are expanding. "…all North American is now most firmly united and as firmly resolved to defend their liberties ad infinitum against every power on earth that may attempt to take them away. The most effectual measures are everywhere taking to secure a sacred