What is your opinion of the American revolution?

Question

In my opinion: it was a fit thrown by a group of rather lazy ingrates who took it upon themselves to rid themselves of the least expensive taxes in the British kingdom, only to impose more expensive and ridiculous taxes on themselves when finished with their temper tantrum.

Lumber Jack: Where do I start. How could you call my parents liberal? Most of my family, including me are conservative republicans. As far as your community college reference: let's get realistic, but because you may be lucky to attend such a college, does not that I would ever attend such a school ... I plan on going to a far better college and will settle for no less. As far as my parents: I am assuming... based on my knowledge of slang... that you are implying that they have low-paying blue-collar jobs. You are just a little off. Both of my parents own companies and are not ultra-wealthy, but are defiantly not lower middle class.

As for everyone else... Hostilities such as lumber jack's are not encouraged. I am asking for an opinion...not an exemplification of irrationality.

sapboi: You may want to know that I, much to my chagrin, currently reside in America.

Answer 1

America began as it is now. Citizens, who became rich off of the French-Indian War and the smuggling ring from the North Atlantic to the Caribbean to Africa dealing in Slaves, Rum, Molasses, Whiskey, Sugar and other things, did not want to pay taxes for the new territories gained in a war they were conscripted for and not allowed to settle. The major players of the revolution were wealthy citizens who chaffed at paying taxes and the loss of profit from not having the ability to settle the Ohio territories.
The ability of the then Colonist to wage war was nearly laughable from one stand point. The single general of the US that is most celebrated is George Washington; who was a military idiot! Every child in the US knows only about Washington and that he (as if alone) won the war.
George Washington partly ignited the French-Indian war when he ambushed a very important French offical under a diplomatic mission to inform Washington that he had crossed over into French territory and was commiting an act of war. Naturally, the hero of virginia was ignorant of this and stormed the camp killing 11 people (including the French official while he was trying to tell Washington he was commiting an act of war). He then built a fort in French territory only to surrender it to the French when they came to kick him out of their land. After his surrender, his command was disbanded and had Washington not left the service he would have been demoted to Captian from Lt.-Colonel.
Washington also bungled another major battle in the French-Indian war. During the Battle of the Monongahela (which the british and colonial forces lost), Washington was shot at numerous times but his most noticeable contribution was rallying the forces to retreat.
Washington was given command of the Colonial forces in the revolutionary war and he led it continually to defeat against Howe. Washington didn't catch a break until Howe left a part of his army unaware or his actions and without current orders. Washington didn't even then win the Battle of Saratoga. General Gates did with the help of some militia and sharpshooters. Washington was able to get French support. French support was one of the bigger reasons for winning the war. Even then, Washington was able to win because and only because there was fog when he crossed the delaware against 7,000 better trained, better armed and better commanded German mercenaries (known as Hessians). Otherwise I have not a doubt that even with the Germans as sleepy or drunk as they were would have blasted Washington's troops into the sea or slaughtered whoever landed on the beaches. He was only able to beat Wellington to end the war because a German Baron had trained his rabble army at Valley Forge, well those that didn't freeze to death.
It surprised me that the Colonials won the war with an idiot like Washington as commander. It surprised me that the US survived Thomas Jefferson, possible one of the most corrupt individuals to take office.
These big players convinced barely a majority to wage war for the ability to make more money for themselves. The prewar insentives of the major players were rather corrupt, however they did eventually gather together the right reasons to create a country. I give loads of credit to the formation of a truly ingenious republic and a very well put together constitution. Both the republic and the constitution (although not complete or perfect at the time) are both things that have lasted the better of 200 years of good and bad times.

Answer 2

As far as history is concerned, we, who read history 1 to 2 hundred years later, are left with one or two subjects to follow.The American Revolution leaves us with "taxation without representation" as the prime reason for the revolt.

So long as we have no other subject to pursue, we have to believe that that was the prime reason for the revolt. yet there probably were many more than one prime reason.

Until we know those other reasons, we really do not know much about the reason for the revolution and we can go off on many tangents following history that is not real.

Therefore any opinion we may have concerning the American Revolution is worthless.

Answer 3

You don't know what the heck you are taking about. You must pay attention in school. I mean that literally. Why? Because our public schools, community colleges, and colleges are a disgrace. All they teach any more is liberalism, self hate, A-theism, death to the family, death to the country, and communism. You must be an A grade student. Your liberal yack job parents who ignore you must be throughly pleased. You are a self seificiant retard who thinks he has opinions. Get off the site your a disgrace to the country and your self. Only you're the last one to know it.

Answer 4

To expand upon your assertion, those revolutionaries are really lucky that Great Britain had too many other concerns to successfully wage a war on the other side of the Atlantic.

Answer 5

The American revolution was about kicking economic royalist out of the country for interfering with government and a class system with peasantry and a commander and chief or king with absolute power over the people.

Answer 6

I'm glad we won even though you may be right. If the loyalist or the torys many who were in the upper middle class and who could have made the difference to the British if more of them had come forward. .The revolution and everything that came after it has been good for our country.

Answer 7

no, it was a power struggle between the rich colonists who wanted to rule, and get richer, and the english monarchy who wanted to retain their power. The poor slobs in the middle did all the fighting and dieing as usual.

Answer 8

You are right king George III was cool, much better than dictator George II.

Answer 9

(About King George of Great Briton)

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

Declaration of Independence 1776

Why is there 16 reasons before the taxes reason? We wanted freedom from the destruction of laws and society in the New World. But I do believe our taxes are too much.

Answer 10

Hey you have a great itme in golly old if you know what I mean, meanwhile I'll f-----off in America doing as I bloody well please with sunshine and eating great foods from around the world and having hot chicks with good teeth blowing my J. Thomas when I wil it so. .

So F--- off you ****-it-your-self brit