POLS208 Essay – 5a) American War of Independence and Revolution When Abraham Lincoln sought to comprehend the significance of the United States‚ he looked back upon the American Revolution. In doing so‚ he knew that the Revolution had not only legally created the United States but in turn had produced all of the hopes and values of the American citizens . This essay will attempt to describe the social and political actors involved‚ analyse the main events and discuss in detail the constitutional
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Paul Revere is mostly known for his Midnight Ride at Lexington and Concord‚ but he did many more contributions to the American Revolution. Revere was born January 1‚ 1735 in Boston Massachusetts. His father‚ Apollos Rivoire‚ was a French immigrant who came to America at the age of 13. On the other hand‚ his mother ‚Deborah Hichborn‚ was a Boston native and the daughter of an artisan family. According to www.theamericanrevolution.org ‚ Revere had a good education. He was taught the art of gold and
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DBQ on American Revolution The American Revolution fundamentally changed American society in many different ways. Americans gained independence from Great Britain and began to govern themselves democratically and deal with their own dilemmas like slavery‚ internal revolts and rights of different groups of people without foreign interference. They utilized farming as the main labor but trade and manufacturing also picked up due to the end of mercantilism and the Navigation Laws. After the Revolution
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many causes of the American Revolution. If just one of them weren’t to happen‚ America wouldn’t be the same today. The three main events causing the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party and when the Declaration of Independence was written and signed. Although these are only three of the causes that affected America’s Revolution‚ they were the most important ones. To start off‚ all the acts coming from the British to the colonies were the start of the American Revolution. One of the acts was
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Could Have the American Revolution Been Avoided? As Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “No gains without pain.” This could not be more of a true statement when speaking of the American Revolution. There are so many factors that are said to have caused it‚ that it’s hard to determine what never needed to happen. Because of the French and Indian War‚ the British were suffering from debt. They needed the find a way out; therefore‚ new laws and acts were established. If the British would have treated the
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While the revolutions in colonial America and Haiti had many parallels‚ they were also unique in their own ways. In both revolutions‚ the rebels revolted against a foreign superpower that was in a weakened economic state in order to gain economic and social freedom. However‚ the Haiti revolution stressed freedom for everybody (including slaves)‚ whereas the American Revolution focused more on the needs of the Bourgeois‚ or middle class. The revolutions in both of these countries would have been
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reasons for starting the American and French Revolution coincide together‚ but also differentiate. First reason that relates is the financial problem within the two governments. The second purpose for the French revolution is inequality being placed on the colonies in America and the third estate (common people) in France. Lastly‚ a reason for enacting the revolutions was for the countries natural crises. These are the various reasons for starting the American & French Revolution. Economics was a key
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When we look back at the American Revolution there are two main causes of the revolution that are argued; it was fought for independence‚ or that the colonists were only fighting because their wealth was at stake. However‚ both the political and economical factors in the American Revolution must be analyzed in order to comprehend what the colonists were fighting for‚ and thus what our nation is built upon. Although many factors played a role in the American Revolution‚ the most influential component
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may be a chance that the Revolution could have been prevented‚ or at least forestalled. England did not have a very strong control over the colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. They had little to no policies‚ and when they did pass one‚ they rarely enforced it! Throughout that time period‚ the colonials had essentially been free. So‚ when the English began passing more and more policies the colonists began to uprise and rebel. This helped cause the Revolution by starting a reaction
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Why the American colonists should not have revolted against the British Throughout history their have been numerous revolts and rebellions against tyrannical kings and governments which were simply out of control. In other cases it has been a group of underprivileged‚ misunderstood‚ misrepresented‚ or oppressed groups of people. In this case these certain groups of people took it into their own hands to create the government they wished for. In most cases these groups of people had rational
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