The document summarizes some of the key causes of the American Revolutionary War in the late 1700s. It discusses several significant events that increased tensions between the colonists and British, such as the Boston Massacre, Pontiac's Rebellion, and influential propaganda pamphlets like Common Sense. It argues that if another revolution occurred today, Americans would need to unite as a single army, as the colonists did against the British.
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The document summarizes some of the key causes of the American Revolutionary War in the late 1700s. It discusses several significant events that increased tensions between the colonists and British, such as the Boston Massacre, Pontiac's Rebellion, and influential propaganda pamphlets like Common Sense. It argues that if another revolution occurred today, Americans would need to unite as a single army, as the colonists did against the British.
The document summarizes some of the key causes of the American Revolutionary War in the late 1700s. It discusses several significant events that increased tensions between the colonists and British, such as the Boston Massacre, Pontiac's Rebellion, and influential propaganda pamphlets like Common Sense. It argues that if another revolution occurred today, Americans would need to unite as a single army, as the colonists did against the British.
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The document summarizes some of the key causes of the American Revolutionary War in the late 1700s. It discusses several significant events that increased tensions between the colonists and British, such as the Boston Massacre, Pontiac's Rebellion, and influential propaganda pamphlets like Common Sense. It argues that if another revolution occurred today, Americans would need to unite as a single army, as the colonists did against the British.
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2010
U.S History . BY: Elijah Augustin
[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] Essay about some of the causes of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR. A series of political missteps between the British and colonist made the colonist increasingly see themselves different from the British. Events such as the Boston Massacre, Pontiac Rebellion, and a series of propaganda pamphlets led to the American Revolution. If America were to have a second revolution today, I think the citizens would need to come together as one army to do so, just like the colonist did in the 1700’s.
The Boston Massacre played a huge part in the American
Revolution. On March 5, 1770 a young merchant started to argue with a British soldier. Soon a huge unruly crowd gathered around the soldier, hitting him with stones and other small materials. Finally, fellow redcoats came to the soldier’s aid and held the crowd back. Then suddenly someone out of the crowd or a soldier shouted “Fire” and the redcoats did so. This event had taken place because the colonist was not happy about the Townshend Act the British parliament passed in 1767.
The Pontiac Rebellion was also a very significant event that
took place, and also played a big part of the American Revolution. The French Indian War came to an end in 1760, with the British coming off victorious. The Indians were extremely outraged because the British would construct new forts and settlers, they lacked the reputation and fairness in dealing with Indians, and they’re arrogance were well known amongst the Indians. Ottawa chieftain, Pontiac held a war council with like-minded tribes in April 1763 and plotted to takeover Fort Detroit in attempt to stop the forts being built there. They suffered harshly in the attacking of the British in the Battle of Bloody Run in July 31, 1763. Despite their failures the tribes manage to make eight British forts fall.
There were a number of propaganda pamphlets that were
use to sway the colonist to fight against the British for their independence. A man named Thomas Paine wrote many propaganda pamphlets to sway the colonist, but the most significant was called Common Sense, which really guided America to their independence. The pamphlet expressed how it was common sense to stop following King George III, and that there struggle wasn’t just against taxes but a for freedom.
If America was to have a second revolution, I believe that all
the citizens would have to come together as one mind to defeat our very powerful government. If we were to have events such as the Boston Massacre and Pontiac Rebellion, it would really fuel Americans to revolt and reclaim our independence. Propaganda articles would also help sway Americans to fight in the revolution.
