When we talk about the American Revolution we talk about freedom. We talk about fighting for our rights. We talk about independence. But what we don’t talk about is how is was viewed to the British, and what were we actually trying to accomplish by fighting this war. The British probably did look on it as a form of treason. While the colonists looked at it as standing up for what they believed in. Who is right? Who is wrong? Most of all, who gets to decide? In this paper I will do my best to bring out all the facts I can to make clear of, was the American Revolution treason or patriotism?

Back in the 17th century when British people started to wonder how a new life in the New World would be, it was ok for them to come to the New World and try to start their lives thousands of miles away from the homeland. So they did just that, and they started to like not having the government around to boss them around and liked not having all those laws and taxes. The British government didn’t like that everyone loved living over there so much. So they put taxes on the colonies. They put laws on the colonies. They did everything they could to make the colonists understand

Anyone could foresee the future after the Parliament introduced the Tea Act. The colonists were outraged. So when the Boston Tea Party occurred it was the colonists way of saying, ‘we are done putting up with your crap, we want our freedom and we aren’t backing down from anybody.’ So when the question of, was the American Revolution treason or patriotism, people are going to have their views, but when the facts come out it is only fair to say that the colonists were in the right. This was a case of standing up for what you believe in. Patriotism is the word that I think of when I think of the American Revolution and that is what the colonists back in the 1770’s were thinking as well.

These are the events that lead up to the Continental Congress making their decision to fight for independence. Now looking back on these events, it seems to me that anyone would have fought back against laws prohibiting them to live their lives as they wanted. Majority of people came to America to start their lives over. Not for the scenery. And when people try to control a massive amount of people from such a distance, anyone will tell you that it isn’t going to work. This looks like a case or patriotism to me. Fighting for what you believe in. The definition of patriotism is a devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country. The only time you need to defend is when someone is offending. That being the British. This is the side of the Americans. Now onto the British defense.

Apparently the British government thought that it would be completely normal to put taxes on things in the colonies in order to get them back to the financial stage they were at prior to the Seven Years War. They didn’t see anything wrong with it. The colonists were still citizens of Britain and should have to pay the taxes. What isn’t right is that when the coloni

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