US History Essay Quiz 11.3 October 14, 2014 During the first quarter of US History, I could learn a lot about the history of The United States of America, since the time when it started just with colonies, lead to wars which ended up with revolutions, and a series of events that are important to history. In the first spot, I would like to remark how important it is to know about history, because it’s clearly the reasoning of why events happened, what their causes were, and was was it all about. In each of the events, there were important leaders who took initiatives of change, in a point where they realized it was necessary. Even though in this essay we are supposed to talk about certain topics we learned about, I would also like to mention something that in my personal opinion, was the most important thing I learned during this quarter: why it’s important to understand our own history, and even being a Colombian, I consider American history being part of my history as well, because even now, when time has passed, i can admire and take lots of things on how this affects us, and the entire humanity. …show more content…
Rebels were congress men who could be also considered as Patriots, and revolutionaries in certain causes. Those rebels, were people from the thirteen colonies, in other words, they were colonists. Their aport in the American history, consisted in the revolutionary process against the British. This was a violent process, since it was a hard revolution with the purpose of independence, which was actually obtained by the Americans on July, 1776, lead by the hand of important characters such as Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Their movement consisted on a republican idealism directed by educated and wealthy men, though, without the help of “ordinary” men such as farmers, lawyers, and merchants, this movement wouldn’t been