1. Enlightment
Throughout all of history, religion has played an important role in the actions of groups or individuals. ... In this new land, religion would play just as significant a role as it had in all other parts of the world. ... Founded essentially by the Puritans, religion played a strong role in the everyday life of early Americans. ... This instance of religion playing a significant role in politics is but one of many in the history of America under rule of Britain. ... Since the end of the 1800s, however, rationalism has played chiefly an antireligious role in theology. ...
He wrote this magnificent piece of propaganda so that any literate person could understand it. ... the actions of dedicated colonists played an essential role in the fight for independence because with these actions, the reasons to break away would be unknown, and there would not have been any orchestrated measures taken against the English. ...
Joseph Reed, Washington's adjutant general, wrote to the commander on December 22, urging him to take action: "Our affairs are hastening fast to ruin if we not retrieve them by some happy event. ... " By the end of the book, however, it is also clear how much chance played its role in the quest for American independence. ...
Samuel Adams wrote in 1772 that, "while their property shall be disposed of by a House of Commons at three thousand miles' distance from them, and who cannot be supposed to have the least care or concern for their real interest; who have not only no natural care for their interest, but must be in effect bribed against it, as every burden they lay on the Colonists is so much saved or gained to themselves", [Ada72]. ... The following year the Stamp Acct applied, "a tax stamp on legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards", [Dig141]. ...
The creation a central government in America soon became a common goal among Congress, and Lee's strongly democratic views and insistence on political reforms came into play. ... Once, in a letter to John Adams, Lee wrote, "The hasty unpersevering, aristocratic genius of the south suits not my disposition, and is inconsistent with my ideas of what must constitute social happiness and security." ...
Sidney wrote that a mob-action was detestable if "aiming only at the satisfaction of private lust, without regard to the public good" (Maier 34). ... America soon adopted this version of mob which played an important role in America's road towards its independence. ...