By 1775 the American people were getting fed up with the British continuing to raise and impose taxes on the colonists. As tensions grew‚ the two sides started to engage in real warfare. Once the fighting ceased and the Americans had gained independence‚ citizens would question how revolutionary the war actually was. The American Revolution was in fact revolutionary because the battles and treaties between the two nations led to the American people getting their independence as well as inspiring
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A revolution‚ in definition‚ is the overthrow of one government with replacement of another. The American and French Revolutions were both successful revolutions that happened in different ways. The French revolution took place because the French saw that the Americans were successful in overthrowing the British rule over them. No taxation without representation was a major cause of both revolutions‚ the Americans were being taxed by Great Britain and the king taxed the French heavily. The American
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American Revolution DBQ The American Revolution began in 1755‚ as an attempt to get freedom from Great Britain. The people of America were also ready for some changes in new country and ended up doing so. The American Revolution affected the American society by having effects on the political‚ social‚ and economical parts of society. The American Revolution changed many things about the American Society politically (docs c‚b‚e). The founding fathers of American believed that the country needed
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Empire. 1765- The Stamp Act is passed. The Stamp Act was passed as a means to pay for British troops on the American frontier. The colonists were the ones paying for the troops and they violently protested the Act. 1766- The Stamp Act is repealed. 1768- British troops arrive in Boston to enforce laws. 1770- Four workers are shot by British troops stationed in Boston. The American Patriots labeled the killings "The Boston Massacre." 1773- Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians
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What Really Caused the Revolution? Historians have argued about the many possibilities of why the American Revolution occurred. The reason for this is that the main cause of the revolution caused other supposedly “causes of the revolution”. The most basic simplest cause of the American Revolution is merely the fact that distance weakens authority; greater distance weakens authority even more greatly. Separation from the “child” nation (Thirteen Colonies) from its mother country (Great Britain)
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DBQ Many things lead up to the Revolution such as the Quarter Act(1775)‚ the sugar act(1776)‚ the stamp act(1775) etc. The colonies felt like they were being treated unfair and so they rebelled against Great Britain. The revolutionary war had begun between the thirteen colonies and England on April 19‚ 1775 where the first shots were in Lexington and concord‚ Massachusetts. The treaty of Paris ended the war on 1783 and finally the colonies had won their independence. On July 4th 1776 where Great
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DBQ #1 American Revolution The American Revolution affected American society in many ways economically‚ socially and politically. Economically‚ the war brought many the colonists many monetary hardships‚ having lost the British as a trading partner. Socially‚ the movements for equality brought up questions about slavery and women and whether they deserved the same.. Political questions Economically‚ the colonies‚ though ready to fight‚ found themselves short on money to finance the war. In
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Bibliography: Boatner‚ Mark Mayo III. Encyclopedia of the American Revolution‚ ed. David McKay‚ et al. New York: McKay Press‚ 1966. Creznic‚ Jean. “Flora MacDonald” in American History‚ Vol. May/ June‚ 1997‚ p. 23. Dulles‚ Allan. Great True Spy Stories. New York: Harper and Row Publishers‚ 1968. Dupuy‚ Trevor N. and Gay M. Hammerman. People and Events of the Revolution. T.N. Dupuy Associates‚ VA‚ 1974. Foster‚ Kate‚ et al. “Spy Letters of the American Revolution”. [Online] Available: http://si.umich.edu/spies/index-gallery
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something for ourselves. When the colonists separated from British rule‚ it is evident that the ideas they were attempting to escape ended up following them as they began settling into their new society. European ethnocentrism created an immense amount of hardships for the colonists as it was so deeply ingrained that it made it extremely difficult for American self-rule to become feasible. Between 1600 and 1678‚ it became evident that there was disagreement between the colonists on a number of topics
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have clear boundaries‚ and it is hard to catch. Essentially‚ the Englightenment was an intellectual movement where everyone started to think about everything differently than they did before. It was quite revolutionary‚ as manifested in the American Revolution. The Enlightenment‚ taking place within the eighteenth century‚ brought with it the “modern” world. In order to understand the Enlightenment and what makes it modern‚ Enlightenment ideas and beliefs must be compared to the premodern world. In
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