The American Revolutionary War
The war between Great Britain and the British colonies in North America is known as the American Revolutionary War. After winning control of the colonial governments during the conflict, revolutionaries successfully established the Continental Army, which ultimately resulted in the independence of America. (Sadlier 97).
Developments during the Revolutionary Era
During this time, there was a noticeable evolution in the resistance organizations' various objectives, focal points, and defenses. As a result, the essay aims to discuss some of the developments that took place during the Revolutionary era in terms of the analysis of some of the documentations provided by different revolutionary war participants.
Transformation of Attitudes
The Revolutionary War saw the transformation of the attitudes of the Americans towards the Great Britain before and after the revolutionary war. At first, the Americans exhibited submission to the colonialists through exercising obedience to the various acts of the parliament. The Americans ensured obedience to their colonies whereby they required no armies or powerful individuals to keep them in subjection. The Americans treated the natives of British with particular regard. However, the war saw a significant alteration of the temper arising whereby the Americas expressed their disgust for the British rulers that eventually led to the Revolutionary war.
Considerably Oppressive Practices
Some of the considerably oppressive practices
John Dickson states in his letter that the goals of the resistance movement tend to vary significantly. The artful rulers are likely to exploit their positions to ensure that they legalize some of the considerably oppressive practices. For instance, the oppressed individuals may feel that the taxes raised under Townshend Duties to be significantly small. These people are thus likely to exercise their freedoms in enforcing some of the more oppressive acts through the exploitation of their positions. One such exploitative act entails imposing other duties likely to result in the people becoming obligated to part with significant amounts of taxes.
Selfish Motivations
The Slave’s arguments for freedom tend to highlight the fact that the revolutionists seemed motivated by their selfish desires rather than liberating the individuals genuinely. The act of liberating the country from British and later enslaving fellow citizens seemed motivated by selfishness. The motivation for the revolutionists, therefore, seemed removal of the colonialists from their country so that they could assume their positions and continue their acts of oppressing the seemingly inferior groups of individuals.
Independence and the Future
Thomas Paine advocates for the independence of America from the British colonialists as a way of ensuring the future happiness of the nation and its citizens. Paine further argues that despite the claims that the British assisted America in its development through assuring the citizens of protection of their interests, the claim was misleading. The motive of the colonialist was rather serving their interests and not affirming the attachment between the two nations. Paine further asserts the necessity for the citizens exercising teamwork in ensuring liberation of their country from the seemingly barbaric and selfish colonialists. Paine assures the individuals of reaping from freedom some of the notable benefits that include the formation of their constitution and thus begin a new world of their own.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the various writers agree on the need for revolution. However, the authors highlight some of the reasons that seem to have motivated revolution that tend to vary significantly. For instance, the slaves feel that despite the country obtaining freedom from the colonialists, the slaves are yet to enjoy the fruits of that freedom due to the expression from the locals. The paper therefore successfully highlights the transformation of resistance movements during the years.
Work cited
Sadlier, Sarah. Prelude to the American Revolution? The War of Regulation: A Revolutionary Reaction for Reform. History Teacher, vol. 46, no. 1, Nov. 2012, pp. 97-126. EBSCO host,
