What is the revolution? That word is usually used in political science or sociology and can be, figuratively or metaphorically, used in other fields or sectors. According to the definition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, revolution means a major, sudden, and hence typically violent alteration in government and in related associations and structures.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica also says that the term, revolution is used by ANALOGY in such expressions as the Industrial Revolution, where it refers to a radical and profound change in political or social context, economic relationships, technological conditions, and so on.
What was the American Revolution? It is also called United States War of Independence or American Revolutionary War(1775–83). The Encyclopaedia Britannica says that it is insurrection by which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia says that the American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in colonial North America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), gaining independence from the British Crown and establishing the United States of America, the first modern constitutional liberal democracy.
The American War of Independence was said to be the culmination of the civil and political American Revolution resulting from the American Enlightenment. They say that thirteen British-American colonies ruled by Britain proved difficult to govern and the colonists resisted the imposition of direct rule after the Boston Tea Party.
George III, the king of Great Britain lost his American colonies after the struggle against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. According to the British historian George Otto Trevelyan, the king was determined “never to acknowledge the independence of the Americans, and to punish their contumacy by the indefinite prolongation of a war which promised to be eternal.”
The Declaration of Independence which was drafted largely by Thomas Jefferson was unanimously adopted by the entire Congress on July 4, 1776 and each colony became an independent and autonomous state. The next step was said to form a union to facilitate international relations and alliances.
President George Washington took office in New York in March 1789. They say that James Madison spearheaded Congressional amendments to the Constitution as assurances to those cautious about federal power, guaranteeing many of the inalienable rights that formed a foundation for the revolution. The first ten amendments were ratified in 1791 and became known as the United States Bill of Rights.
What was the ideology behind the Revolution? What kind of beliefs system gave such impetus to the American Revolution?
The American Enlightenment was said to be a critical precursor of the American Revolution. They say that chief among the ideas of the American Enlightenment were the concepts of natural law, natural rights, consent of the governed, individualism, property rights, self-ownership, self-determination, liberalism, republicanism, and defense against CORRUPTION.
It is said that a growing number of American colonists embraced these views and fostered an intellectual environment which led to a new sense of political and social identity.
Now it’s the time to talk about the Memphian Revolution(by ANALOGY, not a violent one). Memphis is surrounded, encircled or enveloped by various kinds of corruption and crimes. If the Memphians want to live in a better local community for their quality of living, they should realize that there are things that need to be done. It is the Memphians who CAN decide the destiny of Memphis. And it is the Memphians who SHOULD try do something for their lives here in Memphis.
The historial FLAGS and TORCHES of revolution were handed down from the ancestors of the American Revolution to the current generation of the Memphian Revolution.
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Published: October 6, 2021
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