The American and French Revolution sparked some new ideas and gave way for change in two different countries and two different parts of the world. While it is true key events and reasons for the revolutions differentiate the two, both revolutions share a few full of things in common. Both revolutions started on the ideas of Enlightenment Thinkers, the demand for rights and equality, and proved that even the common man can make a change. Spanning over 100 years Britain established 13 colonies in…
Events as substantial and influential as these have often been the result of Revolutions. A key example would be the American Revolution. The American Revolution ultimately began in 1775 with the Battle of Lexington & Concord after a series of escalating conflicts. It ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Leading up to independence, there were many recurring controversies and conflicts involving the English and the American Colonists. Most of these stemmed from economic restrictions set forth…
make an alliance with them, but the Confederacy refused, and instead, made an alliance with the French. The combination of the Native Americans and the French gave them the upper hand in the beginning because they used guerilla warfare, which is basically cowardly ambushing the British soldiers. Later, when the British were starting to overpower them, the Native Americans backed out of their alliance with the French, which led to the British winning the war. But because they did not have the…
A revolution is a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. In many ways the American Revolution was defined as a revolution because of the changes made by the people for a better life overall. The determination and hardwork of the patriots stopped British policies , taxes and their overall in the 13 colonies. Not only were they given freedom but it ali brought it existence a republican system of government in a large nation. Some may say it was not a…
England expected aid from the colonies and the Native Americans. The loyalist were the people still dependent upon British government such as Anglican clergymen, royal office holders and professional ties to the British government (Reich, 2011, p. 279). Even though, the American colonies had already provided troops to resupply their ranks and financial assistance to help assist in buying supplies and paying the troops (Was the American Revolution Inevitable, 2011). In short, the Seven years of…
started the American Revolution. Though through all this talk about freedom, liberty and equality; slavery was still legal in America and nothing was ever said on the behalf of the slaves that had their freedom stolen from them. There was a reason for the American Revolution, things needed to change but a war and the brutality used in order to do so just makes these people seem crazy and to make matters worse they practically swept the fact that they owned slaves under the rug. Americans wanted…
The American Revolution was a major contributor to enduring effects on the United States. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies around the 1770s. These disputes were created because of Britain’s excessive taxing such as the Stamp Act and the Tea Act. A phrase used by the U.S. citizens was “No taxation without representation” which caused even more conflict between the two areas. The American Revolution shaped the U.S. and created…
Analyzing a Revolution The colonists had the right and reason to declare their independence from Great Britain because of the way they were treated by the British and how the event could have been prevented. Although, they were one united country the colonist were treated differently when compared to Britain alone. This unequal treatment validates claiming independence. Britain could have easily prevented many of these problems by simply taking into consideration the ideals of the colonist.…
The American Revolution was a combination of wanting new ideas and creating a new society and in the process escape from Britain. The Revolution couldn’t have taken place without religious background. In A History of the American People by Paul Johnson, he states that “ the American Revolution, in its origins, was a religious event” “That the fact was to shape the American Revolution from start to finish and determine he nature of the independent state it brought into being” One of few reasons…
course of the 18th and 19th centuries, the events and ideals of the American Revolution held a strong grip on the things going on it Europe. England and France were curious to know what would become of newly acquired America, and what Americans were doing to become successful as an independent nation. Europeans were interested in the outcome of the American Revolution, as they wanted to see if the ideas put in place by the Americans would be enough to defeat Britain and form their own country,…