When the Revolutionary War occurred, that was when America started to try and break away from Britain. With that happening, more action started to escalate - war after war along with acts being put into place, such as the Boston Massacre, Shot heard around the world, Stamp Act and Townshend Acts. The American colonists were justified in waging and breaking away from the British because it was war after war that the colonists weren’t recovering from past wars because so many of their soldiers were dying or wounded. For example, after the Boston Massacre the colonists wanted nothing to do with the British.
Along with the many colonists that wanted to see the colonies become separated from the mother country there were debaters. People that owed big money to Great Britain were patriots as if they became separated from the mother country the debtors hoped that all debt owed would be abolished. Also similarly to the loyalists the patriots were mainly from one spot, not to say there couldn’t be patriots in the southern colonies or vice versa, but many patriots came from the new england colonies such as Massachusetts, Rhode Island, etc… Document 4 was written by Thomas Paine, a very influential patriot who explained in his writing why the loyalist arguments were wrong or at least he thought so. According to paine Great Britain did not protect her colonies because her motive was centered around self interest and she wanted to protect Britain from her enemies to benefit those living in Britain. Paine also described Great Britain's behavior as savage and shameful as, ‘even brutes don’t devour their own and nor even do savages, make war upon their family.’
It started when the “patriots” publicly voted against the King. Which was basically against the law! That’s why the King ( King George III) ordered his men to go and arrest the so called patriots. This was after the Lexington and Concord battle had ended.
The colonists fought for the idea of freedom. They said that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. These words were very important to get Colonists to agree to fight for a
However, there was a severe disconnect between the freedom they fought for and the freedom the state legislatures applied within the colonies. Through their harsh treatment and pushing out of the Native Americans it is evident that the colonists’ had no regard for the freedom of the people they are pushing out. The persistence of slavery within the colonies is contradictory to their blasphemous claim of enslavement by the British. Finally, the oppression of both women and the lower class suggests that the Patriots were fighting for the principle of freedom but had no intention of implementing freedom within the colonies. The propertied men’s fight for freedom is hypocritical to their actions because there is no implementation of freedom as one would assume a colony fighting for freedom would have.
All through history, wars have dependably been battled about the oppression of rulers, for example, the English common war. When they initially began, American provinces had what's coming to its of wars, for example, the French and Indian War, and the War of 1812. The revolutionary war was most striking in American history as it was the first occasion when somebody conflicted with their homeland, and roused different nations to do the same later on in time. The Patriots activities were legitimized amid American Revolution as the British were exhausting them without their assent, they abused the homesteaders without giving any regard, and they likewise gave brutal penalizing to the nationalists for their activities.
"Twisted" by Laurie Halse Anderson was my IRB. The book's narrator is a high school senior named Tyler Miller. He has recently been punished for vandalizing his school. Before his senior prank, he was a nobody but afterwards, he caught everyone's attention, including his fellow classmate Bethany Millbury. He also has a younger sister named Hannah and a best friend named who he calls "Yoda."
Many aspects of Chains, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, appeal to me. For instance the detailed writing and vivid imagery in the scene when Isabel was branded was really intense. For instance on page 148 the author wrote, “The glowing iron streaked in front of my face like a comet. The crowed roared.” I thought that me and Isabel are really alike example is, (We both blow up when we get mad, we stand up for ourselves, we sometimes have self control).
Before the revolution came to be, there were two main factions who opposed each other. on one side were the patriots, rebels to society, and on the other
The majority of people during the American Revolution fought for liberty without realizing the actual cost and brutal reality of war. In the novel My Brother Sam is Dead, the Meeker family consisting of a Father name Life, a Mother named Susannah, a rebellious teen named Sam, and a conflicted teen named Tim, journey through the life of colonists owning a tavern during the Revolutionary War. Sam departs from his family to fight alongside the Patriots going against his Father, a Tory. War brings a lot of terrible things, but some examples are families splitting, clash of generation, and an overall theme of principle vs reality. The soldiers who fought in the war thought they were fighting for liberty, when really they caused havoc and awfulness.
The American Revolution was a conflict fought between the American colonists and the British. The colonists were unhappy with what they perceived as a violation of their rights by the British. In events leading up to the American Revolution, the British were heavily taxing the colonists as well as neglecting them in terms of their demands and passing laws that were seemingly oppressive. The colonists who supported England were referred to as Loyalists whereas those who sought independence were known as Patriots. Between the years 1763 and 1783, the views on American independence were extremely complex as they varied depending on the time period, their religion, and where they were located.
Freedom and liberty were the reason for the American Revolution. There were different point of views on freedom and liberty, the Loyalists, the Patriots, and the slaves. The Loyalists, such as Elihu Lockton from the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, thought that more freedom wasn’t necessary and was overrated since the freedom the king was giving was good enough and were treating the Loyalists well. The Patriots thought that freedom away from the king was needed because the colonies/Americans were being mistreated and didn’t want to live under the rules that were unfair for them. However, the slaves had a completely different view of freedom.
The loyalists knew what kind of punishments the British could impose upon them, having been affected by them when the patriots committed imprudent acts—for instance, when patriots decided to destroy hundreds of chests of tea at the Boston Tea Party, the Coercive Acts were passed. These loyalists have seen what Britain has done in response to these kinds of actions, and realized that Britain’s treatment of the colonies would only worsen if the colonists were to lose a war against them. They believed that they would be better off under Britain’s rule. The British wanted to continue ruling over the colonists without the loss of life or resources. On the contrary, many colonists, who called themselves patriots, wanted to break free from Britain and be recognized as an independent nation.
The British believed liberty to be their unique possession and believed that it competed/struggled against the idea of power. Therefore, those who were apart of the British freedom celebrated their liberty as a victory. This idea of liberty was central to two different sets of political ideas that took place in the 1700s. One of the ideas is republicanism, which “[…] celebrated active participation in public life by economically independent citizens as the essence of liberty.” (141) Liberalism posed as the second idea, “whereas republican liberty had a public and social quality, liberalism was essentially individual and private.”
Many say that the generals of World War 1 were donkeys and the infantry were lions lead to their death by their generals. Although many historians have their own opinions on the generals of World War I, a lot of highly acclaimed historians believe that the infantry were courageous and brave soldiers who laid down their life for their country. They also believed that the generals were cowardly and sat 30 miles behind front lines and stayed in luxurious conditions compared to that of the infantry and never saw the action of the front lines. I for one agree with this.
