How "Revolutionary" was the American Revolution? ... In 1765 the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which roused a violent colonial outcry. ... It is important to note that at this time the idea of Independence from Britain was not a common one and there were strong feelings in America between British Loyalists and the Colonial revolutionists. ... However in January of 1776, Thomas Payne wrote a pamphlet (Common Sense) that strongly urged the colonial cause. ... But the darkness over America was slowly lifting. ...

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There is no doubt about the remarkably inefficient character of Saint Domaine's colonial government. ... Wood points emphasize in The Radicalism of the American Revolution that these Americans were prosperous compared to the rest the world. ... Regardless of how good or bad the actual lot of revolutionary Americans was, the inefficiency of their monarchial and colonial form of government is easy to see. ... It would be an unfortunate mistake to end any analysis of the Radicalism of Haitian revolution with the formal creation of the new Republic in 1804, for the true test of the new gov...

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After the opening Battles of Lexington and Concord in April, 1775, the colonials had engaged the British in what was commonly known as the Battle of Bunker Hill. ... In July, 1775, when George Washington arrived to take charge of the colonial troops, the British soldiers were under siege in the city, with supplies and food running dangerously low. ... McCullough is not content to focus solely on the Americans, however. ... In this struggle, the Americans fared less well than in Boston. ... For Washington, McCullough writes, "experience had been his greatest teacher from boyhood, and in th...

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The ships were often cramped with passengers seeking out a new beginning in America and the conditions under which they lived on these voyages must have tested the hope and morale of these people. ... This gave the settlers from Ulster a chance to adjust themselves to colonial life before they would ultimately begin another migration along the Great Wagon Road, which served as another great opportunity for settlers to seek out new and better lands. ... CONCLUSION The Ulster Scotch-Irish were met with great opportunity as they also faced the changes and problems of the colonial lifesty...

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The Boston Tea Party alone was not the main event that brought America her independence. ... This was a test and the colonists took it. ... On the night of April 18, 1775, British troops ventured out to steal the colonial military supplies that were stored 21 miles away at Concord. ... To this day America could still be under the rule of Britain. ... The colonists did and because of it America is now its own country. ...

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