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American Revolution and Civil War
The American Revolution and the Civil War are two of the most important wars fought in the United States. The wars have played a vital role in shaping the United States. The American Revolution created the Nation and the Civil War united and strengthened it.
American Revolution
American Revolution dates back to the early colonial years. It was an open conflict between the Great Britain and America’s thirteen colonies (Wood 12). The American Revolution was primarily an economic rebellion because of the taxation conflict and parliament representation. The colonists strongly believed that the English government was unfair and tyrannical and the conflicts over taxes, trade and government presentation, led to the American Revolution.
There were many influences that resulted to the American Revolution. The colonists believed that Britain was too controlling, and they needed to be independent from tyrannical leadership. In addition, the American people felt that they were very strong and independent, and wanted to do things their own way. Moreover, they felt that the Great Britain was along their way, and they had to eliminate it through a revolution. Likewise, the British forces forced them and intimidated the colonists into submission, and this gave them more cause and justification for violence and thus, the American Revolution.
Among the causes of the revolution was the Boston Tea Party. This is where a group of colonists disguised as Indians dumped tea overboard from three ships in Boston Harbor. They had made up their mind that no tea would leave the ship, and so, they ruined it by throwing it in the harbor and even stripped the ship owner of his clothes. In response to the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts were introduced, and this was also one of the causes of the American Revolution since Americans were tired of being pushed around like babies. Restrictions were placed on the colonist for example, outlawing holding town meetings. For instance, the Boston Port Act which ordered the closure of the Boston Harbor until the damages had been repaid to the Dutch East India Company. Another example of the intolerable acts was the Massachusetts Government Act, which put the Massachusetts government under direct British control. The other intolerable act was the Quebec Act, which expanded the British territory in Canada, and guaranteed the free practice of Roman Catholicism. Another cause of the American Revolution was the 1754-1763 French and Indian War (Hammond 102). This war was between France and Britain, and ended victorious. With Britain defeating France, it remained in debt and started demanding more revenues from its colonies, and the colonies became less dependent on Britain for protection thus resulting to the American Revolution. The Sugar Act, the Stamp Act and other taxes were also among the main causes of the American Revolution. Americans were not happy with the high taxes forced on them, and they had no other option but to revolt against the taxes. These Acts increased revenues through tax collections on everything from paper to clothes, and even tea resulting to a revolution. The British taxation of Americans was a fundamental factor that led to the rise of the inevitable revolution.
The American Revolution was successful. This is because it was under the strongest and most stable leadership ever in the region. For instance, General George Washington who was extremely skilled, and mastered the entire terrain of the country yet, the Britain forces had no prior knowledge and experience of the American revolutionaries combat. The American Revolution led to the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. This is what ended the American Revolution, and gave the colonies independence from the Great Britain. The thirteen states were freed from Britain and were now free to become the United States of America, form their own central government, and make their own laws. America’s success in the Revolutionary War created a new nation.
Prior to the war, women had no rights other than to raise families but after the revolution, they were able to gain more rights. For instance, the power to be able to divorce their husbands if they chose to, and this is something they could never do before. On the other hand, apart from the positive impacts of the revolutionary war, there were negative effects. After the American Revolution, the Continental Congress was unable to pay the colonialists troops and this made them resort to selling bonds to other governments in order to be able to pay the troops. In addition, the beef and sugar prices soared as high as double. Even though Britain lost the thirteen colonies to America, they were able to retain Canada, the land in Africa, India and the Caribbean. The American Revolution war had a great impact on the social, economic and political parts of colonial America. Although they were able to gain independence from the Great Britain, and form their own government, they were in big debt which they found it difficult to clear.
The Civil War
The American Civil War simply known as the Civil War was fought from 1861- 1865 in the United States. It resulted from sectional differences between the Northern and Southern territories. Slavery was one of the causes of the Civil War in the United States; the South was in favor of slavery while the Northerners were against it. The North and the South could not agree over the future of slaves, and this dispute led to secession which later resulted to war among the territories. The South wanted to make use of slaves on their large plantations while the northern states gradually abolished slavery. This created conflicts between the two territories, and this resulted to the Civil War. The irreconcilable differences and simmering animosity between the South, and the North led to the Civil war.
In addition, unfair taxation also led to the Civil War. The North and the South were different territories; the North had many factories while the South had large cotton plantations. The South depended on slaves to work on their plantations for their economic success, and sold their crops to England and got manufactured goods produced from Europe. However, the Northern factories started producing the same goods the South imported from Europe and the Northern politicians passed heavy taxes on imported goods from Europe so as to force the Southerners to buy goods from them (Weigley 202). This was not taken lightly by the Southerners as it angered them, leading to the war between the territories. The laws were unfavorable to the Southerners, and they had to fight against them since they felt that the laws passed by the federal government treated them unfairly.
The Civil War emerged to be one of the tragic wars in the American History. Many lives were lost during this war. However, it was able to get rid of the slavery institution. Additional amendments were added to the constitution which helped erase slavery in the United States.
Furthermore, the Civil War resulted into the strengthening of the United States’ foreign power. The country became united since the sectional differences brought about by slavery, i...