The American Revolution: Founding Fathers
The American Revolution was a period of political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783, during which the thirteen colonies broke away from British rule and formed the United States of America.
The revolution was sparked by a number of factors, including economic, social, and political tensions between the colonists and the British government. Throughout the 1760s and 1770s, the British government implemented a series of laws and taxes that were designed to raise revenue from the colonies. These included the Stamp Act of 1765, which imposed a tax on all printed materials, and the Townshend Acts of 1767, which placed duties on a variety of goods imported into the colonies. These measures were deeply unpopular with the colonists, who felt that they were being taxed without representation in the British government.
The colonists responded to these measures with increasing resistance, including protests, boycotts, and acts of violence. The Boston Massacre of 1770, in which British soldiers fired on a crowd of colonists, and the Boston Tea Party of 1773, in which colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest a tax on tea, were two of the most famous incidents of this period.
In 1775, tensions between the colonists and the British government boiled over into armed conflict. On April 19, British troops marched on the town of Lexington, Massachusetts, to seize a cache of weapons and ammunition that the colonists had stockpiled. The colonists, who had been forewarned of the British plan, were waiting for them. The two sides clashed in what became known as the Battle of Lexington and Concord, which marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
The American Revolution was a complex and multifaceted event, shaped by a wide range of factors and involving a diverse cast of characters. In the following lessons, we will explore the major events and figures of the revolution, with a particular focus on the role of the Founding Fathers in shaping the new nation that emerged from the conflict.
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