American Revolution Essay Throughout America’s history we have had many victories and defeats. Prior to 1700, some steps toward independent ideas were already in place, but during the late 1700s was when words became actions. While there were many things that lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became inevitable when someone anonymously published the pamphlet Common Sense, which stated that king George violated the covenant between England and the colonist. The war became inevitable after that point because all of the colonies read it, it broke all the boundaries of the traditional monarchy, and it convinced many colonies that a complete break with England was necessary. Common Sense was one of the most popular books of the entire revolutionary era. Common Sense targeted a popular audience and was written in a straightforward and simple way, so the …show more content…
In America no one cared who your father was, you could be powerful and a leader without nobility, like Ben franklin. In Britain, the only people in government were people of a noble family. It doesn’t matter if you were a very smart person and invented many things; if you were not from a noble family you were nothing. Although Britain had a government, if King George the Third wanted to make an act or take away something, he would not need their permission. The colonist had a completely different idea. It did not matter if you were noble, you could still actively participate in government. Also, they did not have one leader ho ruled above all and got to make all the rules without other people approving them. Having a government like this was something no country had ever seen and became the talk of the world. Common Sense stated that ordinary people could understand and rule themselves; they don’t need a king to run a successful government. That gave the common people hope that they could help make their own rules and not leave it up to the