What kept the American Colonists together

A detailed Summary of What kept the American Colonists together

America declared independence on July 4th 1776, although America was not

united when it begun, it soon became united through common hard-times and

great leaders. America was discovered and settled by many different cultures

and all of the cultures clashed from the start. After studying the colonies

I have come to the conclusion that the "glue" that held them together was

made up of: religious bonding, leadership abilities, their economic

situations, the lack of communication with England, and philosophy.

The colonies spread from New York to Georgia and had several ethnic groups

that had nothing in common except the belief of freedom to, practice

religious beliefs and political views. No one realized this until it was

brought to the table by major events and leaders. Although there are

hundreds of events that took place there are four major ones in particular:

the Great Awakening, the Enlightenment, Revenue Acts, and the Albany Plan.

There were also many great leaders such as John Locke, Thomas Paine and Ben

In 1773 the emotional, spiritual, and evangelical movement labeled the

material progress through human ingenuity." (p110) The idea of cause and

effect was developed at this time because of rationalism and the philosophy

two philosophers that caused a lot of heavy emotions among the colonist.

knowledge, the focus was the search for human knowledge, ideas, and

fired and the war lasted until July 4th 1776 when Independence was claimed.

shared by all Americans was the right to freedom.

each of the colonies in a Republican form. The new form of government proved

promoted the spread of reason through out the colonies. He was a "symbol of

were very much a result of the Enlightenment era. "Common Sense," by Thomas

The colonist were eager to win their freedom and started to become self

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