Revolutionary War Turning Point

Although many historians argue that the Revolutionary War began when the first shots were fired in Lexington in 1775 or when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, it seems as if the war began much earlier than that. Before the first shots in Lexington or the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the colonies began to show signs that they had enough with what Great Britain was doing to them. The colonies began to show anger and impatience with Great Britain when they were being taxed without proper representation. They felt that they were being treated as slaves, not British citizens. Many of the actions performed by Great Britain started to effect the colonists lives and insulted them, therefore, tensions began grow rapidly. The Revolutionary War began when the colonies decided that it was time to completely boycott buying goods from Great Britain in 1774. It is important to know exactly what a revolution is. A revolution is a turning point; it is a change of identity which is driven out of anger due to large amounts of conflict. A revolution is usually a rapid change, that defies authority. It comes about when a smaller group of people, such as non-elites, want to make a change. A revolution begins when smaller group of people, which is less powerful, stands up for themselves for the

Great Britain knew that since they weren’t going to make changes, there was no going back. This was the beginning of the Revolutionary War because this was when the colonists and Great Britain began to physically break apart. The complete boycott of Great Britain was the point in time in which the colonies knew that things weren’t going to get better, therefore, there was no going back and the Revolutionary War had