Category: American Revolution
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The Enlightenment as the Philosophical Foundation of the American, French and Haitian Revolutions
During the 18th and 19th centuries, certain nations and colonies located in the Atlantic desired to upheave the current governmental and pecuniary mandate of the administrations in control, they wanted to institute a fresh direction, founded on the philosophies of the Enlightenment – exclusively pursuing to establish order that desired to create government based on…
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The Influence of the Glorious Revolution in England on the Continental and Colonial Development of the Early United States
One spark can set a forest ablaze. One knocked-over domino piece can cause the rest in the row to fall. One royal couples succession of the throne of England in 1688 and their reign helped influence Americans desire for rights, liberty, and self-governance. These ideas and principles that emerged from the Glorious Revolution had a…
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Review of Howard Zinn’s ‘A People’s History of the United States’
Howard Zinn was an American historian, a playwright and an active social activist. He attended college on the G.I. Bill, earning a B.A. at New York University; and went on to earn a masters degree and a doctorate at Columbia University. Zinn later on became chairman of the history department in 1956 at Spelman College.…
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Significance of the People of the American Revolution
It took many different people, and different kinds of people for that matter, to make the American Revolution possible. Some you have probably heard of but others you may have not. These people made separate contributions that impacted the revolution differently and created what history is known for, which is cause and effect. An example…
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The Main Causes of the American Revolution
A cause that historians might label as one of the tips of the iceberg was all the regulations being implemented by the British. Regulations like the Sugar Act, the Currency Act, the Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act. The Sugar Act, passed in 1764, added taxes on goods like wine, sugar, coffee, and spices that…
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The Significance of Hannah Fosters ‘The Coquette’
What if women had never taken part in history? Would they still be acknowledged as equally important as men? Throughout the centuries, women have always been important for society. For instance, Brooks (2013) points out that during the American Revolution, women would take the role of a spy to take down the British empire or…
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Impact of the American Revolution on American Society
Parliament and the British king imposed a multitude of taxes on the colonists during the mid to late 1700s in order to raise the revenue needed to pay off their debt from the French and Indian War. The colonists held various forms of protests and boycotts on the newly imposed taxes, such as The Boston…
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The American Revolution as an Unprecedented Instance of an Extraordinary Revolt
Preceding the American Revolution, there was a long and strong create to the war. In case we see this come up we will see the strain filling in just as most of the 5 things that you necessity for a productive change. The things that you prerequisite for a productive change are, close by uprisings…
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Rational Arguments for the American Revolution
American Revolution had taken place between the years 1775 to 1783 in demand of full independence of American colonists from the shackles of Britain by American patriots. Many political and social abuses from the part of British government finally led to this revolution as a result of which America got their freedom after the revolutionary…
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The British Were Right and We Were Brats
When looking back at the American Revolution most history books between the grades of 1st-12th majority public schools, have it written that the British were unfair and unjust in their ways with how they treated/ handled the colonies. After taking this particular course on American history it’s come to my attention that it may not…