American Revolution

The American revolutionary period started in 1763, following a series of succession by the British forces at the end of the French-Indian War ended the French forces threat to British North American colonies. The British colonies had imposed a series of direct taxes preceded by other laws that intended to show the British power, all of which proved extremely infamous in the United States. The colonies did not have a representative in the British parliament, thus, most, colonists took the laws to be illegitimate and a violation of their rights as Englishmen. In the beginning of 1772, some groups of colonists started to form Commitees of Correspondence that would head them to their own Provincial Congressess in most of the colonies. However, the Provincial Cogressess denied the Parliament and replaced the British ruling apparatus, concluding in 1774 with the organizing First Continental Congress. The British responded by sending combat troops to Boston and dissolved the local government and imposed heavy direct taxes. Subsequently, the colonies mobilized their military and war broke out in 1775.

The trigger of the American revolution was that the American repelled Britain’s power. The colonists started protesting British taxes and tension emerged over the distinct perceptions on representation and form of British colony. The distinct perceptions caused the crisis to develop more than a simple breakdown in the imperial association. The events following the outbreak of the war led to the evolution of civil wars in America. America established different perceptions about liberty, which is best represented in the Declaration of American Independence on 4th July 1776, which main objective was to remove tyranny completely. The British did not respect the Native Americans, neither did they consider them as equal. Everyone thought that independent people owned and cultivated land and since the Indians were hunter, they could not be eligible for American citizenship. They were regarded as outsiders.

The American revolution had a powerful impact in eventually bring an end to slavery in America, it effectively abolished the social and intellectual surrounding that had permitted slavery to occur everywhere for decades without significant questioning. Moreover, the Republican society evolved following the weak central power that was created through the Articles of Confederation. In addition, tyrannical power of state legislatures developed. Trade also required to be controlled, which could only be done by the Central government. This resulted in the creation of the constitution.

The Declaration of Independence in 1776 promoted the natural sovereignty of the colonists. It is ultimately an assumption of the right of revolution. The main objective of the Declaration of Independence was to introduce the consent of the governed. It stated that people had the right to fight back when their rights were violated. It was half the war and shortly after it was signed, the British and the colonists engaged in war. The war was exhaustive and took many wars such as the Battle at Saratoga to restore the colonists morale, whereby they had a strong believe that they would emerge as the winners.

The American Revolution led to the emergence of the thirteen irrelevant colonies whereby America developed into a democracy. The revolution truly changed America. Slaves were abolished and the America economy grows due to the creation of a central government that controlled the resources. The cause of the American revolution was most in section to economic discrimination due to the reoccurring acts that taxed on arbitrary items, but it was social because the unjust treatment of the colonist resulted to the development of more political ideas in actions.