The American Revolution

Thesis

1600

Thesis Statement - Many aspects of the Enlightenment affected the American Revolution such as the natural rights of people, the right of the people to revolt, and better representation in government for the people; resulting in the Patriots in the British colonies wanting more freedom and not having to pay taxes to the King of England..

Enlightenment Evidence #1

1685

John Locke: 3 Natural Rights; Life, Liberty, Property “Locke famously wrote that man has three natural rights: life, liberty and property. Locke suggested that governments should respect freedom of religion except when the
John is saying that everyone should be free without the government but be protected like the government.

Enlightenment Evidence #2

1750

Voltaire: Separation between church and state “... he acknowledged that politics strongly favored prejudice rather than tolerance. He wrote, “No one can hold office in England or in Ireland unless he is a faithful Anglican.”
They changed the religion so that only certain people could be king or queen.

Enlightenment Evidence #3

1751

Rousseau: social contract theory between government and the people “Rousseau believes the co-existence of human beings in relations of
They believe that freedom is possible in the human kind and that everyone should be protected.

Enlightenment Evidence #4

1752

Montesquieu: Separation of Powers “...a system in which different bodies exercised legislative, executive, and judicial power, and in which all those bodies were bound by the rule of law. This theory of the separation of powers had an enormous impact on America still made taxes because they figured out that you need taxes to keep the country goin.

Revolution Evidence #4

1763

“Parliament passed a series of laws, the Coercive Acts, which closed Boston Harbor until restitution was paid for the destroyed tea, replaced the colony’s elected council with one appointed by the British, gave sweeping powers to the British military governor General Thomas Gage…”
They closed everything up until they were paid for the damage and destruction from the tea.

Revolution Evidence #2

1767

“The Townshend Acts of 1767 and the Tea Act of 1773) met with heated protest among many colonists.” There were many acts and and taxes that made the patriots angry and so they protested.

Revolution Evidence #1

1775

“Before the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, tensions had been building between colonists and the British authorities.” Before the war even started there were problems and everyone was getting more and more mad.

Revolution Evidence #3

1775

“The Revolutionary War was a war unlike any other—one of ideas and ideals, that shaped “the course of human events.”
It was a war that made america a free country it was a huge part in history.