Memmi wrote a book named "WasaŹ¹se: Indigenous Pathways of
Action and Freedom". He said that "revolt is the only way out of
the colonial situation, and the colonized realizes it sooner or later. His
condition is absolute and cries for an absolute solution; a break and not a
compromise."
I somewhat agree with this statement. In 1775, April 19, American
revolution began. This revolution against British created the United States.
The war lasted from 1775 to 1781. These are some fast facts of American
revolution.- In the mid-1700s, Britain
bested France in a struggle to control the American colonies.
- In an attempt to raise
revenue, Britain imposed a series of taxes on the colonies. These taxes
severely strained American-British relations.
- British soldiers and
American patriots started the war with battles at Lexington and
Concord, Massachusetts.
- Colonists in America
wanted independence from England.
- The British government
attempted to pass some laws, enforce several taxes, and increase more
control over the colonies. The colonies strongly objected to these
laws and taxes. They wanted England to have no control over them.
- For ten years before the
war actually started, there was a lot of tension between England and
the colonies.
- The colonies had no
central government at the beginning of the war, so delegates from all
the colonies were sent to form the first Continental Congress.
- George Washington, a
former military officer and wealthy Virginian, was appointed
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
- Members of the
Continental Congress wrote a letter to King George of
England outlining their complaints and declaring their independence
from England.
- On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, in which the colonies declared their independence from England.
- The war ended in 1783, and the United States of America was born.
Glossary
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- Continental
Congress: an assembly of colonial delegates that first convened in
1774 to address the colonies increasingly strained relationship with
Britain.
- Declaration of
Independence: a document written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson that
proclaimed American freedom from British rule.
- Hessians: mercenary
soldiers recruited by the British from Hesse-Cassel and other German
states to fight against colonial rebels.
- Minutemen: special
groups of American militia that excluded men loyal to the Crown and that
could fight at a minute notice; best known for service at Lexington and
Concord.
- patriots: Americans
who opposed and/or fought the British.
- redcoats: British soldiers,
so named for their crimson jackets
As the result of the American revolution, I see that revolt is one
way to be independent. However, I do not think it is the only way.
