Revolution+WarAS209


 * // Was the Revolution really a Revolution?

//** DEFINITION of REVOLUTION: An overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. The revolution started because the colonists were unsatisfied with the long-term social, economic and the political changes happening in the government. This included the additional taxes and the unfair laws. The war originally was not meant for independence. In 1772, Patriot groups created committees of correspondence. These groups repudiated by making their own Provincial Congress in each of the colonies. The Provincial Congresses had replaced British ruling. With protests in Boston, Britian sent combat troops and fighting broke out, causing the Revolution.

The colonists overthrew the British to gain independence and therefore, it was a revolution. There were many repudiations in the American Revolution. One repudiation was the creation of the Provincial Congresses. The additional taxes that were made associated with keeping the colonists in the British Empire. They were unhappy with their rights as Englishmen, they created their own government. In 1776, the Stamp Act was made that all writtin documents had to be stamped with a tax stamp. To protest, a group called the Sons of Liberty formed in many towns and caused violence to people who bought these stamps. Also in 1776, representitives of the 13 colonies created the Declaration of Independence. This meant that the 13 colonies was now the United States. They repudiated by breaking away from Great Britian and establishing a new government. The United States formed an allience with France to overthrow the British government. The revolution was a success and the two countries had made the treaty of paris, which ended the war.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution

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