American Revolution Dbq

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THE REVOLUTIONS The American society was strongly independent, they wanted to do things for themselves. Great Britain was a long way away, they didn’t want people half way across the world telling them how to live their lives. The American Revolution took place in 1775. When the sugar and stamp act was passed, Britain thought this would be a good way to get money from the American People, this made the colonist mad. The 13 colonist would then strike back. The colonist started to boycott the British goods, not buying them, pressuring the American people around them to stop buying the tea. Samuel Adams from Boston Massachusetts, created a group called “The Sons of Liberty”. The men of these groups attacked tax collectors, in some very bad …show more content…

Once all of this was figured out, we made the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776, declaring our independence from England. After all of those long hard years in a hot musty court room in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Even though on 12 out of the 13 states showed up (because the state of Rhode Island refused to show up), we eventually made the constitution of the United States of America. The French Revolution, the 10 year period from 1789-1799, during this period France went from monarchy ruled by King Louis XVI to a republic ruled by the people, then some time passed and it was run under a dictatorship run by Napoleon, this will be one of the bloodiest times in European history. The American Revolution was both an inspiration for the French Revolution and a cause, as the expense of joining the Americans helped bankrupt the government. The Revolution also abolished slavery in France and legalized Judaism. The storming of the Bastille prison is known as the beginning of the French …show more content…

Brazil was the last nation to abolish slavery, slaves were freed by the Brazilian princess Isabel. The final part of the Revolution was won in the north, in Mexico. Spain got so feed up with the fighting they finally gave up in 1826. The entire Spanish empire was demolished. So in my opinion I think that the American Revolution was the most special, it inspired other nations to come out of hiding and fight for what’s right and to speak their minds and not be afraid as to what might happen next. Yes, during the American Revolution we had some really bad plays and really good ones but the colonist helped us get to where we are today. The importance of the American Revolution goes beyond the idea of colonies breaking from their parent country. The major importance of the war is that it created a whole new form of government. America became the world’s voice of democracy, America showed the world that Revolutions will work if you work hard enough as a nation, America showed the world the government can be “run by the people and for the people”. America is one of the first to be successful in their fight for independence, it make so much sense that the rest of the world admires America so much. America is one

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