Colonists Life And Beliefs During The American Revolution

Enlightenment philosophy has a great influence on the American colonists lives and beliefs during the American revolution. When the British government purposely infringed on the rights of the colonists, our Founding Fathers was able to apply Enlightenment philosophy to claim independence and support the democratic government. This crisis led the colonists stood up in the American Revolution against the Kingdom of Great Britain for not only their own rights but this event also has a huge impacted later in American future.
Throughout the Seven Years' War, Great Britain defeated France and its Indian allies in America, but Great Britain was deeply in an enormous debt afterwards (more than 150 million pounds) (Give Me Liberty, p.141). During

145). These Acts levied taxes on goods such as glass, paper, paints, and tea (Give Me Liberty, p. 146). British government's action angered American colonists even more, which increased boycotts and eventually violence in Boston, Massachusetts (Give Me Liberty, p. 146). A political group called Sons of Liberty were a head of many riots and boycotts against the British reign, also a group of women avoided purchasing any British goods was labelled as Daughters of Liberty (Give Me Liberty, p. 146). Focusing on American more than relying on British's imported products, this event remarked first resistant symbol of America (Give Me Liberty, p. 146). On March 5, 1770, a crowd started to harass and attack the royal's soldiers station of Britain, this known as Boston Massacre and further enraged the colonists against British oppression (Give Me Liberty, p. 146). A highlight of the massacre that was many of the taxes repealed, except the Tea Act. The Parliament continued to anger American patriots, Sons of Liberty organized the Boston Tea Party in 1773 where they boarded British merchant ships and destroyed crates of tea (Give Me Liberty, p. 148). Later, the British government have to close Boston ports and pass the Intolerable Acts, which imposed on colonist's individual freedoms (Give Me Liberty, p. 146). America stepped by step closer

After breaking away from England successfully, American leaders were able to form the concept of their own beliefs in society. Thinking they would create a different system but they reverted it much alike the British’s government system. In the positive side, women gained freedom a lot compared to the previous time and more slaves were set to free. The main ideas behind American revolution were growing and seeking economy propensity for themselves, yet the changes did not extend in the economic field. Nonetheless, the nation had better experiences in politic, social issue than before. The government also attempted to become another Britain government less, American leaders ratified Articles of Confederation to be fair and to stop the repeating of British nightmare. One of most important thing, neither state nor federal government had the authority to tax on