Revolution History 1301
Essay by Zomby • February 29, 2012 • Essay • 770 Words (4 Pages) • 1,453 Views
What kind of Revolution?
The American Revolution first began in the minds of the people. Before a war was started, or a cannon fired, the founding fathers had a vision of freedom and equality. Colonist had to break the laws that governed them in order to deny the right of those who ruled them, and the ambition of creating a nation free of monarchy. England acted in a non-reasonable action not only by creating unjustified regimen but by letting their ambition of power blind them from reality, giving them confidence that a prodigious empire such as England could ever be overturned by some diminutive colonial states. Revolutionaries fought for many reasons, some for economic grievances and others for political afflictions; however I can say there is no difference, the analogue of politics is concerning over governing affairs that bases on the actions taken that can also affect economy. Some fought for political reason, some over economic reason but its sure every American fought for the same reason, REVOLUTION. England's tyrannical actions were eliminating the opportunity of a new nation that were once promised upon arriving in the promising country.
For the British, "revolution" meant nothing more but a heap of rebel's and anarchist, however to the colonist revolution meant something more than just a simple word. Revolution gave them the sense of opportunity, an opportunity to start a better life, a better nation. " A military spirit that was truly amazing had seized the land. Militiamen were as thick as bees... committed to the defense and support of American liberty." (AE 67) Even though the Americans lost plenty of battles and in circumstances, independence from England looked genuinely impossible or merely far away, they never lost hope. Americans had a much bigger cause to fight for than the British soldiers who were at war because of their King rather than for themselves.
The aspect of England towards America has been only for the benefits of the king, It blinds him to see that America can become more than just a place of commercialism and business. The colonial people know that America can become beyond greater than England and many of Europe, flourishing far more richness in this land than any other place. "I answer roundly, that America would have flourished as much, and probably much more, had no European power taken any notice of her. The commerce by which she hath enriched herself are the necessaries of life, and will always have a market while eating is the custom of Europe " (CTAP 81) It clearly challenges any proponent who thinks, America has been given the advantage of acquire thanks to the help of Great Britain, as if America alone wouldn't be anything but a land of untamed men. So in perhaps we should thank the British for the richness of this land, which they themselves have created or else this America would be a dead place.
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