American Revolution "Revolution or Evolution"

The American revolution was more of an evolution than it was revolution, because of the lenght of time over which it took place. All the events leading up to the American Revolution happened gradually. After enjoying an independent period of salutary neglect, colonists found that Britain had taken an interest in their development (for economic reasons). Colonists found that they were being taxed on top of their previous duties, taxes like the Stamp act, and the Tea tax. Because of these taxes, things like the Stamp act Congress, and First & Second Continental Congresses were created, in order to have the Stamp act reapealed, and to make a direct appeal to the king. After the King denied a request for colonist representation in parliment, a call to arms was had among the colonies. An evolution is a gradual change over a period of time, while a revolution is a reletivly quick change over a short period of time. All events during the Revolution, led up to the war itself. For example the call to arms of the colonists led to the battles at Lexington and Concord, which was in essance the point of no return for the colonists declaring war on Britain after haveing a failed Olive Branch Petition.

American Revolution "Revolution or Evolution?"

Olivia. The American Revolution was definately more of an evolution than it was a revolution. Even though the Amercian Revolution was a reblellion against Great Britain, a series of events had to take place in order for the rebellion to take place, which would suggest that the Patriotic way of thinking developed, or evolved, slowly. An evolution is a change, and takes place at a slower pace than a revolution, which is a rebellion that happens over a short period of time. If it weren't for the specific events that took place prior to the Declaration of Independence, such as the Boston Massacre, and the decline of the Olive Branch Petition by King George III, many colonists would have remained loyalists and the Revolution would have never taken place. Since many colonists believed themselves to be Englishmen, whose rights were protected under the English Bill of Rights, the idea of seperating from England would have been absurd in the earlier half of the 18th century. It was the buildup of injustices that were done unto the colonies that sparked the idea of separation. The chain of events began with the taxes implemented on the colonies by George Grenville. Since the colonists didnt have representatives in Parlaiment, they also had no say in how, or why they would be taxed. Grenville's taxes led to the Stamp Act Crisis, which led to the formation of the Stamp Act Congress, which was a group of colonial delegates that spoke out against the unjust taxation, and also to the formation of theSons of Liberty who took a more radical approach to boycotting the taxes. Colonial protests resulted in the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. Great Britian's punitive action for the Tea Party was the Intorlerable Acts, which were so unjust that it spurred the formation of the First Continental Congress, a group of patriots who warned colonies that they should start building up their militias. The creation of militias was an indirect cuase of the Battle at Lexington and Concord wich marked the start of the Revolutionary War. So, becuase the events leading up to the revolution were drawn out and gradual, it is more likely that the American Revolution was in fact an American Evolution.

Ava The American Revolution was most definitely a revolution. The American people revolted against the tyranny under which they had been living since Drakes attempts to found Roanoke, and Smith salvage of Virginia. Firstly, the colonists were heavily taxed, without representation in British Parliament mind you, on every day items ranging from paper supplies to tea. Did the people living in Britain incur these taxes? No, because when the taxes were implemented they were able to rebut them through their local representatives in Parliament. The colonists however, who were promised the same ‘Rights of Englishmen’ in the charters establishing the colonies through their joint stock companies, were ‘virtually represented’ according to King George, in parliament in England. This representative however, was not elected by the colonists and did not vote in a way in which represented the thirteen colonies. Colonists saw this, and through many different attempts, beginning with peaceful option which eventually led to boycotts of British goods and British currency officials, most notably the one leading to the Boston Massacre, tried to assuage the situation, but nothing worked. So instead of sitting back and taking what the British were dealing the colonies, the colonists revolted against British rule.Secondly, American merchants and traders began to see that they could make more of a profit in other overseas markets, but through the Navigation Acts, they were forbidden to trade with any other nation besides England. This limited the colonists goods to only the British who could raise taxes and tariffs and the colonists had no other option but to buy from the British. They also could only sell to the British who set prices so low that the colonists often lost money through trade in British markets. So because of these two major reasons, virtually no representation in Parliament to protest the oppressive acts enacted by the monarch, and not being allowed to trade with other nations, the colonists revolted against the crown. They fought for the independence to make and live by their own laws as seen early on in the Mayflower Compact, the agreement that the Separatists and Puritans would remain together and establish their own laws that all would follow, and as demonstrated through the legislative assemble of The House of Burgesses in Virginia.

American Revolution "Revolution or Evolution?"

Was the American Revolutionary War revolutionary or evolutionary in design?

1. You should discuss whether the Revolutionary War was a revolution or evolution.
2. You should define either revolution or evolution in your answer.
3. Be sure to identify reasons and events we have studied in class.
4. You have to post an original paragraph argument and respond to three other classmates.