Maggie Albright Question 2 Reasons for the Outbreak of the American Revolution The American Revolution, starting in 1775, began as a conflict between the thirteen colonies and Great Britain. Although there was not one single event or cause of the revolution, the war began as a disagreement over how Great Britain treated the colonies and the way the colonies felt they should be treated. The colonies believed their rights as British citizens had been violated. Leading up to the war was the Enlightenment
Mayflower Compact- The first document outlining a government in America. It was written on the ship, the Mayflower, as a guideline for rules to live by at Plymouth. William Bradford- An English Separatist who migrated to Plymouth on the Mayflower. He also was one of the signers of the Mayflower compact, and he remained the governor of Plymouth for a long time. John Winthrop- a Puritan, was a prominent leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He wrote “City Upon a Hill” which expressed the idea of
Undefined Inspiration The African American’s struggle for civil rights had a profound impact on the nation as a whole. The sit-ins, boycotts, and marches prompted disadvantaged Americans across the nation to join in the fight for social reform. In 1965, a mostly Filipino union organized a strike when the Delano grape growers cut the pay rates in the midst of the harvest season. When confronted by the organizers to join the farm workers strike Cesar Chavez quickly became a martyr for social change