The Importance Of The American Revolution

The American Revolution was one of the most important events in American history. If there was not an American revolution, there would be no United States of America. Without a doubt, the American Revolution shaped America and still has a lasting effect on us today: the way we live our lives, the freedoms we’ve gained, the holidays we celebrate. When celebrating the fourth of July and the American Revolution, people tend to lean towards the richer, more popular revolutionists when giving credit to different events of American History. Tales of Paul Revere’s midnight ride and John Hancock's signature signed large on the declaration of Independence are commonly told. Very few people ever talk about George Robert Twelves Hewes and his many protests, his participation in the Tea Party, and the injury to his shoulder he sustained in the Boston Massacre (Richardson 1).
Maybe, people remember him more because he was rich, and apart of the upper class. The importance of the revolution is this: the revolution wasn’t just for the rich like Paul Revere and John Hancock; it wasn’t just for them to keep all their wealth and businesses, it also wasn’t just for the poor like George Robert Twelves Hewes and Joshua Wyeth; it wasn’t just for them to be able to get rid of the soldiers quartered in their houses and stopping the taxation on everything they owned. The American revolution wasn’t based on social class or how much land one owned. It was based on freedom, justice, and liberty, and how hard those 13 colonies worked to gain what the British had denied of