Rights: Procured through Independence

Generally speaking, most everyone desires insurance over his or her rights, but cannot obtain it easily. A paragon of this could be seen in the cause of the American Revolution, where the British imposed several acts of maltreatment upon the colonists, who had already won their independence. These acts limited the colonists’ lives, forcing them to abide by Britain’s every order and sacrifice their goods and imports for their mother country’s sake. Confining the lives of the colonists unfairly, major acts and events such as the French and Indian War, Intolerable Acts and Boston Tea Party were leading factors in precipitating the American Revolution, and had they not been issued nor forced, none of this warring would have occurred.

The first major cause of the American Revolution was the French and Indian War, a long and brutal crusade that expelled the French from all of their American territory. The most negative outcome of this war was the arrears factor: once Britain came out victorious, they realized that they were deeply in debt, and thus they commanded the colonists to indirectly pay them for what they had lost. For example, unnecessary taxes were levied almost immediately without the colonists’ assent. As mentioned in Theodore Draper’s notions about the American Revolution, the colonists did not agree with this, but to prevent unnecessary violence, their only option was to comply, as the colonies were proud to be British. However, the colonies were still outraged and could not stand being taxed for things that had previously been free of charge, so they organized a sanction of British goods, only to fail after a short period of time. Had the French and Indian War not taken place, the British and French would have had much mo...

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...quity and hardships unimaginable, the colonists knew that their goals were within reach, and through their hard work, they were able to win autonomy. In due course, the Declaration of Independence justified the colonies’ ultimate separation from the British, which culminated in a war between the colonies and Britain. We refer to this war today as the American Revolution, or the colonists’ paramount attempt at becoming independent from British supremacy. Ultimately, we are still lucky that we can retain a fair relationship with Britain and France to this day, because although these wars occurred hundreds of years ago, that does not mean that their effects will simply dissipate. Had these schisms been unified in a more ethical and just fashion, we would not have to worry about any of the American Revolution’s lasting effects, as the war itself would not have occurred.