American Revolution Essay The American Revolution was a huge step for the young colonies to take regardless of the reason or purpose. Although, this essay is not intended to dispute how large of a step this was, but to dispute what the colonists' reason for taking this step was. In Gary B. Nash's essay on the subject, he concluded that the colonists came to the point of the American Revolution because of a social upheaval …showed first 75 words of 1024 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1024 total…for itself and historians enjoy going through the pages of time and watching a country that is as strong as this one grow and mature through time of peace and war. So the next fourth of July when you are sitting around watching fireworks take a minute to think about what our ancestors had to sacrifice for us to be able to shoot these fireworks and wave our own flag in the air with pride.