What Was The American Revolution

The American Revolution was an extremely important event in history; social, political and economic aspects all helped develop a very strong revolutionary spirit within the colonists of America. It helped enlightenment philosophers like John Locke or Benjamin Franklin to step up and lead the revolution politically with great success. All these aspects made the American Revolution the historical landmark that it is today; it symbolizes the way that Americans came together to become independent and formed state. This essay will be reflecting and analyzing the most important events that caused what we call today the American Revolution. The ideas of the enlightenment philosophers helped the people of America stay united and fight for their right
to independence while also managing to fight with the government of Britain.
First of all, the enlightenment philosophers; the people who led the revolution, the people who answered to people's requests and inspired them not to give up. Benjamin Franklin was one of those enlightenment philosophers. He was actually, one of the main leading figures in the American Revolution and had an expertise in many subjects for example statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor, and diplomat. Just from the description, a person can tell that Franklin was an extremely intelligent individual. He owned a printing business that got him wealthy and available to participate in many different public affairs. He was extremely involved in the American Revolution and even participated in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence (1776) while in the second continental congress. Finally, in 1787 he became a delegate to the convention the made the U.S Constitution. Another enlightenment philosopher that helped establish the United States of America is John Locke, an English philosopher and had a very big influence on the
founding fathers (George Washington, George Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe, Benjamin Franklin and more key people). There are a couple ways how John Locke influenced the American Revolution; he was the one to come up with the idea of checks and balances which was later implemented into the U.S Constitution, afterwards John Locke wrote a piece concerning national rights of human beings in 1680 called “Second Treatise on Government” Thomas Jefferson got influenced by it as he read it 3 times and got many ideas from John Locke’s book. In general, the enlightenment philosophers had a great impact on the United States of America and as it is today in the present. They managed to change the perspective of the founding fathers and change the direction which the American Revolution was going. Social events helped form the society of America and show that they are not going to be pushed around. Many things happened that inspired the American Revolution to advance but, there are some that impacted it more than others. One of those events is the Boston massacre; while being called a massacre it was merely provoked by the citizens of the town. Troops were positioned to stay in the town and the citizens kept harassing them so they had no choice, 5 people were killed. Even though the casualties were minimal, the colonist community labeled it a massacre and went against the British Empire to undermine them. This affected the way that the revolution worked out quite strongly, it showed the British empire that the colonists were uncontrollable and needed to somehow be controlled and that's how they proceeded to their other social event. The Boston tea party, three years later (1773) in December 16th tons of people came to the Boston port and spilled imported British tea, this showed the Brits that being passive is not going to work out and that event triggered the hostility and very controlling laws against the colonists. The Boston Tea Party was mainly planned because of the Tea Act that was instituted; the colonists were not happy about it and decided to protest by spilling tea into the water. To conclude, the two events mentioned had the biggest impact on the American revolution, they showed the British empire signs of disapproval and fought the laws that British officials were trying to pass. Lastly, political disagreements or events one of the most important things during the American revolution was the politics without them, there would be no America.
First came the passage of intolerable acts, where the British passed laws after the Boston Tea Party to reinforce all of the things that were happening in their colony. This event angered the colonists even more and so they gathered the first continental congress which made British Troops come and try to solve things in a hostile manner that’s how the battles of Lexington and Concord happened, the colonists decided to fight back striking out of the shadows the Brits got outnumbered and had to retreat. This was the first proper victory for the Americans and their morale was boosted more than ever. That’s when enlightenment philosopher Benjamin Franklin came to be part of the second continental congress where representatives from 12 states decided on what to do next. They decided to officially declare independence from Britain, it took them a lot of time, they had to draft the constitution but, finally, in 1776, July 4th America declared itself as an independent state and decided that it no longer belonged to Britain. This finally got Britain to back off and allow the U.S to become independent. In conclusion, This was the biggest win for the Americans and since the revolution, this is remembered as the most important historical event in American
history. To sum up, the American revolution was a fight of patience and whether or not the Americans were going to give up was up to them, they chose not to. And all these events, political and social alike helped for America the enlightenment philosophers allowed the citizens to feel supported and safe because of their smart and adherent ideas. All of these factors impacted the American revolution in one way or another and allowed for a different taste of freedom and victory within the countries people.