Compare And Contrast The American Revolution And Civil War

Steven Simkins 12/13/12 The American Revolution and Civil War were fought with a purpose

derived from, and in defense of one minority group. As the Colonists built their own societies and settlements in the New America, issues of contentions arose separating themselves from the rest of the British empire. The Revolution became a fight for themselves and their well being not the well being of anyone else. As ideas of Civil War arose around 1860-1861 the cause was for the black minority although not yet announced by Abraham Lincoln. Both the American Revolution and Civil War were powered through the desires of one minority group to rise up and fight against the traditional normalities. In the years of early American development, the colonists found

themselves contradicting and
The Civil War was both a positive influence on the African-American minority and a negative influence on any other minorities such as the Jews and Chinese. The American Revolution and Civil War were both fought for a meaningful

purpose defending a group of people but neither succeeded in benefitting other minorities of the time. Immigrants and smaller religious practices commonly fell victim to the thrashes of the majority in the population. The American Revolution broke the ties between the Colonists and the British but also led to long term discrimination of the Native Americans. Similarly the Civil War was successful in presenting African-Americans with more rights and freedoms while proving to be damaging to the moral of women and the chances for immigrants to succeed. During both wars the immigrants took more of a back seat role in society, filling jobs and settling in where they could but following the battles there was protest over jobs and land resulting in a loss for the foreigners. As whites had shown before in society, they felt a sense of superiority and used this as they controlled government and the majority of the public