The article on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web02/index.html is about the importance of the American Revolution to the U.S. It talks about how Americans wanted to be a part of their own country instead of a colony. The main point of this text however, is to inform the reader as to how America broke away from Great Brittan and became a country of its own.
According to the text, "It was a war for the people, establishing the rights of rich and poor, high born and low. It was a war of the people, fought by old and young, black and white, men and women". I completely agree with what the author is saying in these sentences. I have studied the Revolutionary war before and I would agree that it was a war fought for the people because it was a war fought for their rights and freedom. It was a war of the people because just about everyone in America was involved in some way. The war also demanded people all over the American colonies to be seen as citizens of a country and not of a colony.
America finally regressed away from colonialism after the Treaty of Paris ended. This means that once the Treaty of Paris was over, America stopped being a colony and became a country of its own. Once this happened, America wrote a new constitution which led to many immigrants from foreign lands coming to the new land. To help with the population increase, Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase which greatly expanded America's territory.
The last thing that we learn from the text is that even though America based its government on the principle that all men were created equal, there were still certain groups of people who wouldn't receive the same rights as others for many years to come. Overall, it was a great struggle for America to become what it is today. Even though many lives were lost during the revolution, they will never be forgotten because they died fighting for the place many people including myself call home.
America finally regressed away from colonialism after the Treaty of Paris ended. This means that once the Treaty of Paris was over, America stopped being a colony and became a country of its own. Once this happened, America wrote a new constitution which led to many immigrants from foreign lands coming to the new land. To help with the population increase, Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase which greatly expanded America's territory.
The last thing that we learn from the text is that even though America based its government on the principle that all men were created equal, there were still certain groups of people who wouldn't receive the same rights as others for many years to come. Overall, it was a great struggle for America to become what it is today. Even though many lives were lost during the revolution, they will never be forgotten because they died fighting for the place many people including myself call home.
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