Revolutionary War Theme

The theme of the Revolutionary War is passion. Ever since the Puritans first colonized in Massachusetts, the British have abused their power over the colonies. In 1607, the English were finally successful in establishing colony in the Americas, the colony was called Jamestown, and it was in Virginia. After that, many of the English moved and created their own colonies. One of those colonies was made up of the puritans, who were English Protestants. They escaped Britain to get away from persecution, and therefore created a colony in Massachusetts and became mostly merchants. After a while, the British didn’t consider the colonist English citizens anymore. They taxed the colonist for profit,forced them to take care of soldiers that were there …show more content…
.Eventually, the French came to North America, they settled in Quebec looking to make a profit of the resources in the west. Meanwhile, the English colonies were overpopulating, and were also looking to expand westward. This conflict caused the French and Indian war. During the war the French sought help from the natives, and the natives were willing to help them because the French weren 't looking to settle and take land. On the other hand. the colonists sought help from the British. The French and the colonies were fighting, when a man, known as George Washington, was filled with passion and fear of losing the war, he stormed into a throng of Frenchmen who opened fire on him, but he hasn’t hit once. His horse was shot and killed almost immediately, but he wasn 't hit once. when the colonist saw this they also became filled with passion and started to defeat the French. Meanwhile, the English had summoned William Pitt, an excellent …show more content…
One extensive facts that is reoccurring reason of protests to repeal acts is the lack of colonial representation in Parliament. Parliament assumed conditions and needs were the same in britain as the colonies, despite the differences in technology and geography. and therefore made ignorant laws and passed irrelevant and aggravating laws. The colonies believed they deserved representation, which the Second Continental Congress iterated in this excerpt of the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms, the text reads “[The British declare] that Parliament can “ of right make laws to find us in all cases whatsoever.” What is to defend us against so enormous, so unlimited a power?... We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the irony of irritated [British officials], or resistance by force.―The latter is our choice."(Doc.5). It is written here that Parliament has absolute rule and that all the colonies can do is either just acquiesce to the injustice, or protest against it and risk lives. Another political reason why the colonies were right to detach from Britain is because of their government. At the time, the British were an absolute monarchy and in the eyes of the colonists the king was frequently portrayed as a tyrant. The king in power at the time was, King George III. An example of how bad the absolute monarchy was, is an