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The Boston Tea Party and an Evaluation of its Significance

Alfred F. Young's contention that the tea party was the most revolutionary act of that historical decade is presented in this pape...

Revolutionary War and the British Loyalists

(Van Tyne, 1929). Those who remained loyal to the reign of George III were incapable of grasping the liberal concept of individua...

American Revolution and Family Metaphors

of England. It is not something that seemed fair and of course, the colonists had a restless, adventurous spirit and one that drov...

American Colonies and Mercantilism

general theory of economics in the modern era" (Carson, 2005). Unfortunately, it was "weighted down" by "two assumptions ... whic...

Slavery and the Revolutionary War

land become independent. But, with the slaves they truly had their own possessions which they desired to keep. This is perhaps one...

Jews in PA

religious attitudes of the Dutch authorities, and approximately 1,500 Jews may have constituted as much as 50 percent of the Dutch...

Ben Franklin, America's Colonial Printer

works of the time, self-published, and were handed out to Bostonian readers by the twelve-year-old author himself (DuHadaway 34). ...

American Revolution and How the Colonists Achieved Victory

of Guilford Courthouse took place on March 15, 1781 and some say that was the beginning of the end of what was known as the revolu...

5 Questions on the Revolutionary War Answered

country in regards to what direction the nation should take. "[C]onstitutional issues lay at the bottom of the dispute. Andrews, f...

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn

writers could persuade the majority of the population to support the Revolution. While critics believe that many historians treat ...

US Slavery and the Impact of the Revolutionary War

that they are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights"1 Here, then, is the contradiction between perception...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 'Paul Revere's Ride,' Its Inaccuracies, and the Real Paul Revere

slumber to acts of resistance. However, Fischer demonstrates that Revere did make his famous ride and that the ride was signific...

Life of Benjamin Franklin from the Revolutionary War until the U.S. Constitution

general, an office he held for one year" (Anonymous Benjamin Franklin, 2002; franklin.htm). In the year 1775 he traveled to Can...

Early American Working People and Soldiers

In eight pages Revolutionary War soldiers such as Joseph Plumb Martin are examined along with working men and women which include ...

America's Enlightenment and Pre Revolutionary War Periods

thought as Puritans came to America. Prior to the Revolution such ideals come through in writings by infamous Americans. For examp...

Early American and Equality

In five pages this paper examines pre Revolutionary War America in terms of the concept of the equality ideology and how it was in...

Forming an American Identity

state of crisis" (Clay, 2007). Many of the colonists thought that the coming conflict was "between the colonies and the motherland...

Tom Paine: Common Sense

that would "sweep away the liberties of the continent like a deluge" (Paine). The alternative was to return to British control, wh...

The Repercussions of the “Boston Massacre”

the two sides mounted (BMHS 2008). They finally erupted on March 5, 1770 (BMHS 2008). On that evening, "the Twenty-Ninth Regiment...

Overview of the Revolutionary War

revoke the three pence tax on each pound of tea(Schwarz 110). This refusal to lift the tax on American sales caused an uproar sta...

Average Citizens and the Effects of the Revolutionary War

In five pages this paper discusses how the Revolutionary War affected average people's lives when it was being fought and thereaft...

America in the Eighteenth Century and Standing Army Support

In five pages this paper discusses the Revolutionary War and the problems associated with the controversial practice of developing...

Mary Jemison and the Participation of Women in the American Revolution

In five pages this paper discusses the significant contributions women made to the Revolutionary War in this profile of Mary Jemis...

Revolutionary War Responses

to be every expensive. The British authorities felt that the colonies should pay taxes that would help cover the cost of housing s...

United States Foreign Policy Through the Ages

America as a sovereign power following the American Revolutionary War, there have been many conflicting views on what constitutes ...

Drafting the Constitution

the Articles, the US was not a nation, but as the state were referred to vaguely as being united by "a firm league of friendship" ...

American Revolution and the Whig and Tory Political Parties

joining new political parties (CARF, 1998). The patriots who were also known as Whigs, were not disloyal to the Crown, but ...

Gordon Wood and Bernard Bailyn on the Revolutionary War

In six pages this comparative analysis explores the Revolutionary War perspectives of Gordon Wood in The Radicalism of the America...

The Radicalization of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood

In eight pages Wood's text is evaluated in terms of primary issues involving the radical nature of the Revolutionary War in terms ...

Revolutionary War and Propaganda Uses

In ten pages this paper discusses how in Canada propaganda was used for Hessian mercenary defections during the Revolutionary War....