The Revolutionary War brought about the destruction and chaos expected for such a cause. The earth quaked with the intensity of battle as the two opposing sides fought relentlessly for dominance. Bright red blood‚ painted the ground from end to end as each side fought for their respective dominion and control. On one side‚ there was General John Burgoyne‚ A British Commander who was superior in the art and skill of war and ready to crush any rebellion toward the crown. On the other‚ was General Horatio
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The ideology of supporters and opponents of independence was often also different. Loyalists‚ on the whole‚ gravitated toward conservative views‚ and considered the uprising against the Crown as treason‚ whereas their opponents‚ on the contrary‚ strove for everything new‚ for example‚ they wanted a new history of the countries of Europe
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non-Quaker settlers came to Pennsylvania; the role of religion dwindled. Religion began playing a greater role in the 18th century leading up to the Revolution‚ because it largely dictated if one was a loyalist or a patriot. The liberal cities of Philadelphia and Boston became major areas for the Patriots and were the homes to many turning points of the American
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Independence‚ British determination to subdue and retain colonies increased 2. During spring of 1776‚ patriot assaults on Canada stalled 3. British assaults on New York in the fall sent Continental Army reeling 4. Efforts to negotiate peace floundered on British refusal to acknowledge U.S. independence 5. British swept across New Jersey as far south as Burlington in Dec 1776 6. Many patriots despaired and advised suing for peace B. The Trenton-Princeton campaign 1. George Washington realized
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Virginia‚ a slaves owner himself initially didn’t want the help from the black Virginians who had offered‚ however he eventually caved because he was outnumber by the Patriots (53). The proclamation was going to affect the Neutralists and they didn’t want to free the slaves‚ so the proclamation sway them to aside with the Patriots to show oppose to freeing slaves. Many of the slaves that fought with the British were exiled after when they received their
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acts committed by George the Third. Furthermore‚ it proclaims the natural rights of humankind and sovereignty. Soon after the Declaration of Independence was written‚ the conflict took the form of civil war‚ pitting patriots against loyalists. British commanders also invested loyalists amongst the enslaved people in hopes of strengthening their numbers by promising freedom from slavery. Luckily for Americans‚ the French wanted revenge against the British for the humiliating defeat of the Seven Years’
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York City before George Washington and his American patriots take control of the city. At the end of the war‚ Aminata sails with thousands of blacks to Nova Scotia. In Shelburne‚ she discovers that freedom in the British colonies is illusory and in some respects just as dangerous as the slavery she fled in the American South. In 1792‚ Aminata joins the first "back to Africa” movement in the history of the Americas and sails with 1‚200 Black Loyalists to Sierra Leone. After a decade in Africa‚ Aminata
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States soon repealed their test oaths for voting & office holding. Loyalists who did not leave the country were quickly reintegrated into American society‚ although despite the promise of the Treaty of Paris‚ confiscated Loyalist property was not returned. The Indians were still forced off their lands and took over their property. Washington himself had acquired over 60‚000 acres of land in western
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expensive then and not many people could afford them. The October delegates met and stated that the colonist will not be able to have any say in parliament. This mad the colonists enraged. This was the cause of the first true rifts between the patriots and the loyalists. The colonists held an orderly Stamp Act congress to protest the law. The colonists rioted in seaport towns. (Bilven junior) Most assemblies believed that they had the right to decide on their own laws. Men who sold stamps were threatened
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Sentiment had been growing in the colonies since the American Revolution‚ and so‚ the Latin American wars were vicious and were sparked by ideas of independence. Thanks to Napoleon’s invasion of Spain‚ the rebels in Latin America had the perfect excuse to declare their independence. However‚ even though the independence movements happened at a relatively close time from one another‚ they were not necessarily link together‚ since they have their own heroes and history. We can separate the Latin American
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