How did the colonists justify their protests and ultimate rebellion? What sources did they call upon? What philosophies were influential? How was the language of freedom and liberty used? The King of England was using the colonies as an economic tool. He taxed them heavily and made sure they had limited trade partners so they could make a huge profit. In 1761‚ Otis led Bostons fight against the “writs of assistance.” These writs were search warrants empowering agents to search homes for any
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American Revolution and French revolution and the enligthment changed ideas about who should control the government. Liberty‚ equality and democratic. Around colonies of Europe‚ in Latin America‚ the people was in a bad situation because the domination of the European colonial Powers. • Latin American People Win Independence Colonial society divided‚ what classes existed in Latina American society‚ in Latin America society was divided into six classes of people‚ peninsulares is the people that
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A revolution‚ in definition‚ is the overthrow of one government with replacement of another. The American and French Revolutions were both successful revolutions that happened in different ways. The French revolution took place because the French saw that the Americans were successful in overthrowing the British rule over them. No taxation without representation was a major cause of both revolutions‚ the Americans were being taxed by Great Britain and the king taxed the French heavily. The American
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Women generally did not fight in the revolution‚ and the traditional status of Eighteenth Century women meant that they were not publicly able to participate fully in the debates over the revolution. However‚ in their own sphere‚ and sometimes out of it‚ woman participated fully in the revolution in all the ways that their status and custom allowed. As the public debate over the Townshend Acts grew more virulent‚ women showed their support for the cause of freedom by engaging in certain "feminine"
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Imagine American colonist fighting against strong‚ trained soldiers. This was known as the revolution. The revolution could’ve been avoidable because colonist had a good life compared to many others. For example they could life safely in their homes and not have to worry about somebody attacking them because they had and army protecting the colonies. Also the colonists were free and could pretty much do whatever they wanted to do within reason and the colonist were pretty successful in life. These
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Both the American and French Revolutions were focused around liberty and equality. Both countries were trying to gain freedom. The American Revolution had many causes‚ similar to them trying to gain freedom from the rules and taxes put upon them by Great Britain. Whereas the French wanted to abolish the French monarchy and create a better government‚ in which the people could have more of a say in society. Although the revolutions of both started for very similar reasons‚ and both countries fought
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look upon him as the most virtuous.” They also functioned well together; they would plan attacks together and give each other feedback on what could be improved. One of George Washington’s generals‚ George Athan Billias explained‚ “Lafayette avoided the factions jealous of Washington because he recognized that Washington was the Revolution and that should be reduced in power or replaced‚ the whole cause would collapse.” Lafayette saw this and immediately respected Washington for it. Due to Lafayettes
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If I would have to choose only one of the lessons which I have studied throughout the duration of this course‚ which one do believe to be the most important to teach someone else about the American History‚ that would be The American Revolution. The American Revolution is one of the most important events from 1775-83 and known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. There are many reasons to say The American Revolution as the important historical events of the United States
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The American Revolution was a time of great change in the world. The biggest empire in the world‚ Great Britain‚ was being heckled by its American colonies and had to go overseas with troops to take care of it. The American colonists split up into three sides when the war started‚ the Patriots‚ the Loyalists‚ and the Fence-Sitters. The American Revolution was as much a civil war as it was a war against a foreign nation (Tindall‚ Shi 236). The Patriots and Loyalists both lived in the American colonies
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The American Revolution was predicated by a number of ideas and events that‚ combined‚ led to a political and social separation of colonial possessions from the home nation and a coalescing of those former individual colonies into an independent nation. Summary The American revolutionary era began in 1763‚ after a series of victories by British forces at the conclusion of the French and Indian War (also‚ Seven Years War) ended the French military threat to British North American colonies. Adopting
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