American Revolution or War for Independence? The United states gaining Independence against Britain is one of the most important events in American history. What many people call a revolution‚ others just call a war on independence. This an argument many have today when comparing the American war to other revolutions for example; The French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution. When analyzing whether it is a revolution it is important to form a definition of what exactly makes a war a revolution
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Mercantilism is an economic theory where a nation’s strength comes from building up gold supplies and expanding its trade. Britain formed the American colonies so that they could increase their gold stores. They wanted raw supplies to make into products to sell and make money. They wanted America to pay taxes so that Britain could make money. America used the theory in that they thought they ought to‚ in order to be strong expand their trade beyond Britain. Countries like Belgium‚ and France wanted
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The French & American Revolutions The American and French revolutions introduced similar ideas in fixing society‚ but different methods of implementing ideas. The American Revolution was created by the American colonists need for financial independence from the overpowering nation of Great Britain‚ while the French revolution was a struggle to gain social equality among the masses. People claim that the French had a greater impact on a lot of things than the American Revolution‚ and I agree on
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Revolutions have flourished through our history and have been mostly successful. All Revolutions cause Chaos that create similarities and differences between them. The Chinese and American Revolution has many similarities and differences. Three similarities between them are the American Sons of Liberty is just like the Chinese National revolutionaries group‚ they both were taxed on‚ and they both had people smuggle. Three differences between them are instead of the British soldiers massacring
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Significance of the American Revolution The American Revolution played a key role in abolition of slave trade‚ because they took initiatives that constituted an organized movement. The important catalyst came into being to shape the Americans. At this level‚ the fate of British colonies unleashed a heated debate about the political representation that was often enclosed in disfranchisement and the vote. The commitment of the revolutionaries to the equality and freedom led to the growing unease over
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The Patriots’ victory of the American Revolution changed the lives of the colonists. The effects of the Revolution were both positive and negative. Women were positively changed because of the American Revolution. They obtained more rights; property rights moved within reach. Women were granted more than they ever had. Women‚ like Abigail Adams‚ hoped to have men remember that they had talents and abilities beyond those of a housekeeper. In addition to women‚ the lives of slaves were affected by
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The sky had darkened‚ causing the lamp post to flickered on seconds later‚ as the outside world went to sleep. He sat down on the old gray office chair in the living room‚ waiting impatiently for the interview to start. He wore one of his favorite shirts‚ the white one with holes in it‚ and blue plaid pajama pants. His black eyes wandered across the room‚ as he scratched his beard looking as if he regretted agreeing to this interview. Holding a piece of yellow paper‚ for a guide to answering my questions
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At the time‚ revolutionaries were called ’Patriots’‚ ’Whigs’‚ ’Congress-men’‚ or ’Americans’. They included a full range of social and economic classes‚ but a unanimity regarding the need to defend the rights of Americans. After the war‚ Patriots such as George Washington‚ James Madison‚ John Adams‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ and John Jay were deeply devoted to republicanism while also eager to build a rich and powerful nation‚ while Patriots such as Patrick Henry‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ and Thomas Jefferson
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longer exist in society by the 1930’s however‚ it was documented that 42 percent of Native American women were still being sterilized during the 1970’s. The Native American community is a subgroup that has high rates of reproduction‚ but unfortunately this community has a large percentage of their people living in
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SLAVERY AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION During the American Revolution in the 1770s‚ African Americans soldiers participated in valor. Some were fighting for the Britain colonialists while others were fighting for American patriots in their struggle for independence. The slaves fought alongside their masters so that they could get human rights and freedoms enjoyed by other Americans. During this time‚ slavery was at peak‚ and most African Americans were under servitude and gross abuse of their rights
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