The American Revolution occurred when the American colonists wanted to be free from Britain. After the war‚ the colonies had won and became their own country‚ but was the American Revolution revolutionary? The Revolution was revolutionary because it was the beginning of ending slavery‚ made people think about women’s rights‚ and America was free from Britain. To start off‚ slavery had begun to die off after the American Revolution. According to Document 5‚ slavery got abolished almost immediately
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Blacks in the Revolutionary War 1 Blacks in the Revolutionary War African American Studies Latasha Gating September 20‚ 2012 LaChanda K. Clemons Blacks in the Revolutionary War 2 Looking back at the history of the United States‚ it is evident that the Revolutionary War impacted the country a great deal. It was the first war fought with slaves thanks to Lord Dunmore’s controversial proclamation. Historian Benjamin Quarles stated “The Negros role in the Revolutionary War can be best
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with a rag tag army win the Revolutionary War against the strongest military of the time? Some say luck or God’s providence while others explain that it was the people in the background doing cooking‚ cleaning‚ spying‚ and occasional fighting; some say the answer to the question is women. Without women participating in the Revolutionary War through boycotting British goods‚ spying on the British‚ and helping their men in various ways the British would have won the war against the colonists. Women
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During the American Revolutionary era many unfair laws were placed on colonists by the British for the purpose of repaying the debt of the French and Indian wars. Many people were unhappy and would begin to revolt against the British soldiers and government. With all the conflict going on it will eventually cause the Revolutionary war and the separation of the colonies from British rule. The French and Indian war that lasted 7 years left Britain in debt so they had to find a way to repay the money
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Loyalists and the Revolutionary War Around the time of the mid-late 1700 ’s‚ people in the United States (then the Thirteen Colonies) who supported Great Britain were called Loyalists. The Loyalists respected the king ’s authority and were opposed to the American Revolution. They were for the most part happy with the king‚ as the rebellion had been fueled by (the patriot ’s) general discontent with British rule (Allen xv). The Loyalists also had a chance to defeat the Patriots in the war‚ because they
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free person right now. But if there was no one in the American Revolutionary Army‚ you would be a British person write now. So‚ let’s talk more about this American Army. The Major Leaders of the Army Some of the Major leaders in the Revolutionary war were: Richard Montgomery‚ Horatio Gates‚ William Howe‚ George Washington‚ Israel Putnam‚ Marquis de Lafayette‚ jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur‚ comte de Rochambeau‚ Nathaniel Green‚ and Daniel Morgan. There was a lot more leaders but these were the
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The revolutionary war followed by several causes. These causes are the Indian policy and the Pontiac war‚ the Sugar Act‚ Currency Act‚ Stamp Act‚ Townshend revenue act‚ Tea Act‚ and the coercive act. Those causes were forced on the colonies by the Britain. However‚ the Continental Congress tried to help to the colonies‚ by resistance to the acts and defining American rights. In 1763‚ Britain let to its troop’s army to stay in the area of North America. In that area‚ colonies were living‚ and the
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Prior to the Revolutionary War‚ many American Colonists dealt with a conflicting issue of whether to remain loyal to the crown or join the Patriots in their fight for Independence. The colonists‚ most in the North‚ were taking the side of the patriots while others were not. The question was whether the colonists were being pragmatic or were they just being anti-liberty if they weren’t choosing a side. It is important to determine the reasoning behind why they would remain loyal or join the Patriot
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The Revolutionary War was a time of intense divide among the colonists in the Americas. Ever since the religious upheaval in Britain‚ there had been friction among the English‚ which is why the colonists came to the Americas in the first place. Decades of friction that accumulated eventually led to the Revolutionary War. It was the final break that severed Britain from the colonies because of the effects from tyranny‚ inequality‚ and taxation without representation. In 1763‚ the French and Indian
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There were many events that took place in the 1760’s and 1770’s that led to the Revolutionary war. During these years the British did many things that upset the colonists. These upset colonists would eventually get sick of all the British ways and fight for their freedom. Many events crucial the Revolutionary War took place in the 1760’s‚ such as the Sugar Act‚ Stamp Act‚ and Declaratory Act. The Sugar Act of 1764 set an import tax on foreign sugar‚ molasses‚ and rum entering Britain’s American
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