American Revolution & self-determination
A desire for self-determination is the core of the American Revolution. The people of the American colonies revolted against British rule because they did not have the right to decide for their own political future. Aristocrats who knew nothing about the American experience, conditions in the colonies, or the American people, made decisions as to their well-being and proper governance. Government's power comes from the consent of those governed, and the colonists had not given any kind of consent. The colonists, a united, freedom-loving people rose up in righteous anger at the King's tyrannical actions, grabbed their trusty flintlocks, hid behind trees and walls, defeated British soldiers, and established the United States of America. Throughout the story, there is a certain inevitability about American victory. All the causes, significant individual, and events eventualiy triggered the Revolution and promoted right for self-determinationStamp Act was revenue law passed by the British Parliament during the ministry of George Greenville. The first direct tax to be levied on the American colonies, it required that all newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, commercial bills, advertisements, and other papers issued in the colo
~~~~~Tramsition~~~~~The Battles of Lexington and Concord were initial skirmishes between British soldiers and American colonists that marked the beginning of the American Revolution. An infamous event, "The Shot Heard Around the World," began this Battle. En route from Boston to seize the colonists' military stores at Concord, Mass., the British force of 700 met at Lexington with 77 local minutemen alerted by Paul Revere and others. Who fired the first shot is unclear, and resistance soon ended. The British moved on to nearby Concord, where they were met by over 300 Amer. patriots and were forced to withdraw. On their march back to Boston, colonists firing from behind barns, trees, and roadside walls continually harried the British. The Battles of Lexington and Concord may seem like minor battles, but they really had a great impact - the Revolutionary War had finally begun. They also affected the whole world, because they influenced other groups of people to act for freedom. The Battle of Yorktown was the climax of the Revolutionary War. The combined forces of General Washington, General Rochambeau, Admiral de Grasse, and General Lafayette all converged on the greatest concentration of British troops in America. It took great amounts of planning, courage, and skill to execute this attack. After a futile counterattack, Cornwallis offered to surrender on October 17. On October 19, the papers were signed and he officially surrendered. This would be the final major battle of the Revolutionary War. On November of 1782, the Treaty of Paris, in which Britain recognized the United States and promised to remove all its troops from the country, had been written. Just over 8 years after the Declaration of Independence, the United States of America was fully established as an independent nation. The second Continental Congress, then in session, opened American trade to every country but Britain, which it was embargoing. On June 7, the Congress debated a resolution introduced by Richard Henry Lee, declaring the colonies independent from Great Britain. There were lingering doubts about this motion. A committee was appointed to write a Declaration of Independence. The committee consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Frankli
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