What is core of the American revolution ? Was it money, wars, or education?

Question

Or Israeli lobby

core as an ideology please not the reasons

Do you remember what Jefferson said about that point

Answer 1

you must be very young to sit around and ask such asinine questions

Answer 2

The Israeli lobby? Them sneaky jews must have gotten their hands on a time machine, which was probably invented by some brilliant Muslim back in 730 AD, back when they were inventing algebra, doorknobs, and sunlight and sliced bread.

How about this: The core of the American revolution was the Enlightenment and the rights of the individual over the state, and the revolutionary idea that individual rights are more fundamentally important than group or state rights.

Oh, and whoever cut and pasted from Wikipedia. Get some originality, or at least make it a little more concise. It took me, like, half an hour to scroll past that.

Answer 3

Money was a big factor. The Shipowners in places like Salem, MA, did not subscribe to England's mercantile theory of economics. Even if some of them did, they acted in their own best interests, not the King's. The trade possibilities were staggering. It can be argued that the revolution was fought so that the rItch could get richer. That is true of many wars.

British taxes were widely resented. British troops, however, were expected to protect the western frontier and the navy to deal with pirates. The Stamp Act controversy is a famous example of the tax climate at the time.

Other social factors existed. The British officers, stationed in the colonies, made no effort to hide their disdain for colonial officers. George Washington, himself, experienced this. The King did not grasp the realities. He missed the opportunity for reconciliation, following the advice of experts who underestimated the colonies ability to cooperate in a united defense.

Answer 4

Most colonist were Loyalist.

The lure of natural resources, gold, cotton, tobacco, more land meant that they would gain financially. Well put phrases would give them Historical prominence.

Answer 5

None of these. It was power. There was no representation of American interests in the decision-making process.

Answer 6

Denial of representation. To escape control of a government which was not accountable to its citizens.

Answer 7

israel.... the way of there life.... live free like haven... that they think..

Answer 8

The Revolution was also a series of broad intellectual and social shifts that occurred in American society as new republican ideals took hold in the population. In some states (especially Pennsylvania), sharp political debates broke out over the role that democracy should play in government. The American shift to republicanism and gradually expanding democracy was an upheaval of the traditional social hierarchy; the new republican ethic (augmented by classical liberalism) formed the core of American political values.

Most historians agree that the revolutionary era began in 1763, when Britain defeated France in the French and Indian War and the military threat to the colonies from France ended. The end of the Revolution is usually marked by the Treaty of Paris, in 1783 with the recognition of the United States as an independent nation. However, references to the "revolutionary era" sometimes stretch to 1789, when the new national government under George Washington began operating.

Interpretations about the effect of the revolution vary. At one end of the spectrum is the older view that the American Revolution was not "revolutionary" at all, that it did not radically transform colonial society, but simply replaced a distant government with a local one. The more recent view pioneered by historians such as Bernard Bailyn, Gordon Wood and Edmund Morgan is that the American Revolution was a unique and radical event, based on an increasing belief in republicanism that produced deep changes that had a profound impact on world affairs.

Intellectually, the Americans were primarily influenced by the "country" party in English politics, which roundly denounced the corruption surrounding the "court" party in London. This approach produced a political ideology called "republicanism", which was widespread in America by 1775. Influenced greatly by the Radical Whigs, whose critique of British government emphasized that corruption was to be feared, the colonists associated the "court" with luxury and, especially, inherited aristocracy, which Americans increasingly condemned. Corruption was the greatest possible evil, and civic virtue required men to put civic goals ahead of their personal desires. Men had to volunteer to fight for their country. For women, "republican motherhood" became an ideal, as exemplified by Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren; the first duty of the republican woman was to instill republican values in her children, and to avoid luxury and ostentation. The "Founding Fathers" were strong advocates of republicanism, especially Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.

A second stream of thought growing in significance was the liberalism of John Locke, including his theory of the "social contract". This had a great influence on the revolution as it implied the inborn right of the people to overthrow their leaders should those leaders betray the agreements implicit in the sovereign-follower relationship. Historians find little trace of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's influence in America. In terms of writing state and national constitutions, the Americans used Montesquieu's analysis of the ideally "balanced" British Constitution. But first and last came a commitment to republicanism, as shown by many historians such as Bernard Bailyn and Gordon S. Wood.

By 1763, Great Britain possessed a vast holding on the North American continent. In addition to the twenty-nine British colonies, victory in the Seven Years' War had given Great Britain New France (Canada), Spanish Florida, and the Native American lands east of the Mississippi River. A war against France's former Indian allies — Pontiac's Rebellion solidified the western frontier. At this time, the colonists considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same historic rights and obligations as subjects in Britain.

The British government sought to tax its vast North American possessions and help pay for its past wars, most of the costs of which occurred in Europe. The new tax policies that were implemented served to stabilize the Empire's finances. The policies also aimed to curtail smuggling, especially in the colonies of the West Indies, and to ensure exclusive trade with Britain (a policy known as Mercantilism). The problem was that Britain refused to consult with the colonies about taxes, thereby violating the historic British principle of "no taxation without representation." London said the Americans were "virtually" represented and did not need to be consulted, but most Americans rejected that theory.[1]

In theory, Great Britain already regulated the economies of the colonies through the Navigation Acts according to the doctrines of mercantilism, which said that anything that benefited the Empire (and hurt other empires) was good policy. Widespread evasion of these laws had long been tolerated. Now, through the use of open-ended search warrants (Writs of Assistance), strict enforcement became the practice. In 1761, Massachusetts lawyer James Otis argued that the writs violated the constitutional rights of the colonists. He lost the case, but John Adams later wrote, "American independence was then and there born."

In 1763, Patrick Henry argued the Parson's Cause case. Clerical pay had been tied to the price of tobacco by Virginia legislation. When the price of tobacco skyrocketed after a bad crop in 1758, the Virginia legislature passed the Two-Penny Act to stop clerical salaries from inflating as well but in 1763, King George III vetoed the Two-Penny Act. Patrick Henry defended the law in court and argued "that a King, by disallowing Acts of this salutary nature, from being the father of his people, degenerated into a Tyrant and forfeits all right to his subjects' obedience."

In 1764, Parliament enacted the Sugar Act and the Currency Act, further vexing the colonists. Protests led to a powerful new weapon, the systematic boycott of British goods. The colonists had a new slogan, "no taxation without representation," meaning only their colonial assemblies, and not Parliament, could levy taxes on them. Committees of correspondence were formed in the colonies to coordinate resistance to paying the taxes. In previous years, the colonies had shown little inclination towards collective action. Prime Minister George Grenville's policies were bringing them together.

A milestone in the Revolution occurred in 1765, when Grenville passed the Stamp Act, as a way to finance the quartering of troops in North America. The Stamp Act required all legal documents, permits, commercial contracts, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards in the colonies to carry a tax stamp purchased from royal officials.

Colonial protest was widespread. Secret societies known as the Sons of Liberty were formed in every colony, and used propaganda, intimidation, and mob violence to prevent the enforcement of the Stamp Act. The furor culminated with the "Stamp Act Congress", which sent a formal protest to Parliament in October of 1765. Parliament responded by repealing the Stamp Act, but pointedly declared its legal authority over the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”

The sequel to the Stamp Act was not long in coming. In 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, placing taxes on a number of common goods imported into the colonies, including glass, paint, lead, paper, and tea. In response, colonial leaders organized boycotts of these British imports. In June 1768, the Liberty, a ship belonging to colonial merchant John Hancock and suspected of smuggling, was seized by customs officials in Boston. Angry protests on the street led customs officials, fearing for their safety, to report to London that Boston was in a state of insurrection. The Massachusetts legislature, which opposed the tax, was dissolved.

London sent troops that began to arrive in Boston in October of 1768. Tensions continued to mount; culminating in the "Boston Massacre" on March 5, 1770, when British soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot fired into an angry mob, killing five. Revolutionary agitators, especially Samuel Adams, used the event to stir up popular resistance, but, after the trial of the soldiers, who were defended by John Adams, tensions diminished.

The Townshend Acts were repealed in 1770, after much colonial protest, and it was still theoretically possible that further troubles with the colonies might be avoided. However, the British government had left one tax from the Townshend Acts in place as a symbolic gesture of their right to tax the colonies — the tax on tea. For the revolutionaries, who stood firm on the principle that only their colonial representatives could levy taxes on them, it was still "one tax too many". This resulted in the Boston Tea Party, in which the colonists destroyed many crates of tea on ships in Boston Harbor. The King decided that act of defiance had to be punished severely.

The Proclamation of 1763 restricted American movement across the mountains. Regardless, groups of settlers continued to move west. The Proclamation was soon modified and was no longer a hindrance to settlement, but its promulgation without consulting Americans angered the colonists. The Quebec Act of 1774 extended Quebec's boundaries to the Ohio River, and seemed to turn the west over to the Catholics in Quebec. By then, however, the Americans had scant regard for new laws from London-—they were organizing at the local and colonial level for war.

London felt the need to send troops into colonial cities-a policy which caused resentment among Americans. In 1765 Parliament passed a Quartering Act which technicaly could force the colonists to aid British troops, but had originaly been intended for use in mainland Britain due to shortage of troop housing. In 1768 British troops occupied Boston after the British government dissolved the local legislature.

While there were many causes of the American Revolution, it was a series of specific events, or crises, that finally triggered the outbreak of war. In June 1772 came the Gaspée Affair, where a British warship that had been vigorously enforcing unpopular trade regulations was burned by American patriots. Soon afterwards Governor Thomas Hutchinson of Massachusetts reported that he and the royal judges would be paid directly by London, thus bypassing the colonial legislature. In late 1772 Sam Adams set about creating new Committees of Correspondence that would link together patriots in all 13 colonies, and eventually provide the framework for a rebel government. In early 1773 Virginia, the largest colony, set up its Committee of Correspondence, including Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson.

Most serious of all was the Boston Tea Party. The "Tea Act", passed by Parliament in 1773, allowed the British East India Company to sell tea without the usual colonial tax, thereby allowing it to undercut the prices of the colonial merchants. Americans were outraged that it imposed a monopoly, again without consultation. On December 16, 1773, came the Boston Tea Party where Sons of Liberty dressed up like Indians and dumped all the tea into the Boston harbor.

London immediately responded with the Intolerable Acts, called by the British the "Coercive Acts" or "Punitive Acts", a series of laws, passed by Parliament in early 1774. Even worse Parliament passed the Massachusetts Government Act which stripped the people of the colony of self government, with local officials to be replaced by new royal officials. General Thomas Gage was brought in to replace Hutchinson, effectively putting the colony under martial law. In the colony Gage discovered he was powerless outside Boston, as the people seized control in every town. Patriot calls for an intercolonial conference were answered by the First Continental Congress which began meeting in Philadelphia, and which soon became a de facto national government. All the colonies joined in boycotts of British merchandise, which was a heavy blow to the British business community.