Call for Independence

Call for Independence

Introduction

The American Revolution is one of the major events in the history of the United States of America. It was the need of the hour to fight against the oppressors and lead the way to form a better America, the America of today. The revolution was a political uprising in the later part of the 18th century. In the revolution, North America's thirteen colonies joined their hands against the British Empire. They combined to become a part of the United States of America. There were many ideas behind the need for independence from the British colonies and call for independence. The ideas that were chief among the need of independence included the fear of corruption, the republicanism and liberalism. A combination of all these factors led to the acceptance of them by the Americans who were under the British rule then. The colonists of America began to foster an environment of intellectual nature and that led to the development of a new sense of social, as well as, political identity in the American colonists. There also were certain legislations on the part of the British government that caused unrest and upheaval in the colonies.

The authority of the British Parliament was rejected that included the right and the authority to govern the colonies. The British Empire also retaliated and sent combat troops to gain control over the colonies again. The Americans also fought back and the historical war was named as the War of Independence. Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense also was an important part of the revolution. The pamphlet was read aloud in the taverns, it was loaned and was widely distributed. The pamphlet helped in spreading the ideas of liberalism and republicanism together. It instilled enthusiasm in the people to separate them from the British Empire. It also helped in encouraging the people to join the Continental Army.

Discussion

Significance of Government: Origin & Design

Society can be called a blessing in all its forms, however, the government, in all its states, is an evil. In good times, it is an necessary evil, while in the bad times, the evil of the government becomes an intolerable one. When people suffer the same miseries that they would have suffered if they were living in a country that had no government, one tends to feel that he is furnishing the means by which he is suffering. The government by and large runs on the money of the people. The palaces that the kings and the rulers build are the ones that are build on the ruins of the house of a common man. It is not under the wish of a man that he may or may not pay the money to the government in the name of his protection, he actually has to give money willingly or unwillingly. Society, on the other hand, is one of the most crucial parts of this planet. A group of people sharing the same ideas seem to be tolerant to the ...