American Revolution
The American Revolution was both a war for independence and a revolution. John Adams statement which says that the war was no part of the Revolution is only half-true. It was a war for Independence from the tyranny of the British parliament. It was also a revolution in the fact that the colonist would, in the end, set up a new form of government. A government which was for, by, and of the people. It also changed society in many ways. Though revolutionary thought was on the minds of the people before the Revolutionary War had begun, I believe that the war which followed was, in fact, a revolution. Many revolutions begin in an outbreak of violence, which sometimes is a response to heightened repression or other extraordinary demands from government against their people. The American Revolution is an example of this. The violence took the form of the Revolutionary War and Congress became the leadership. The American Revolution was the
Another important cause for the American revolution may have been the French and Indian war. It educated the colonists in the art of war, and it taught them how to fight against the great armies of Europe on their own land. It also was a great training field for officers that would be key in a victory for the colonists in the Revolutionary War. Another problem facing the colonies was the armies that were kept in America. They felt that, in a time of peace, the consent of the colonist's legislature was necessary to keep those armies there. The Declaration of Independence states "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers form the consent of the governed..." It goes on to say that
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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