Conflict and Consensus in the American Revolution

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Conflict and Consensus in the American Revolution

• Presented By Anya Dixon, Ben Jones, Darian
  Libby, Jron Brown, Mike Ruhrr, Scott Cercena,
  and Whitney Oney
  

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• A division began between those who emphasize
  the consensus achieved by the revolting colonists
  and those who emphasize conflict among
  themselves.
• This division has been a great position occupied
  by the Revolution.
  
• The first Loyalist believed that they represented
  an upper ruling class.
  
• We agree with Morgans belief that the current
  scholars have been recognized, if not promoted
  which lies in the power of the Revolution and its
  Founding Fathers.
• The New Deal had no great power in the national
  memory and was a key example that Morgan stated.
  
• The Revolution didnt accomplish nor aim toward
  a radical social change, stated Morgan.
  
• It was said that a good example of internal
  conflict is class conflict among the Americans of
  the Revolutionary period.

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• Revolutionary efforts against Great Britain
  equaled suppressed social conflict.
  
• Some merchants felt local Revolution leaders
  threatened their interests more than Great
  Britain's.
  
• Revolution probably increased social mobility
  both up and down ruining fortunes of many
  families and opening opportunities for speedy
  ascent during upstarts.
• An American who had moved up from lower rank,
  carried with him the expectation of sharing with
  those who had already arrived from the offices of
  government.
• Disputes occurred, but the extraordinary social
  mobility characteristics of the 18th century
  American society unusually prevented such
  disputes from hardening along class lines.

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• There are very diverse cultures in all
  colonies.
  
• Even though people jobs, lifestyles, etc., may
  vary greatly the difference between free men and
  slaves was very great.
  
• 500,000 Americans were slaves which equaled 1/5
  of total population.
  
• Because slavery is so direct an assault from one
  group to another, it can be considered class
  conflict.
  
• During the Revolution slaves were unable to mount
  against their masters.
  
• Both Americans and British armies made use of
  slaves some earned small parts of their freedom
  thought military service.
  
• Men had to rent land or move to the dangerous
  frontier
  
• By the middle 18th century, all laborers were
  black slaves that had no reason to fight, no
  weapons, and were higher than indentured
  servants.

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• American of the Revolutionary period were less
  successful in repressing sectional conflicts than
  conflicts arising from class ranking or race.
  
• East West conflict issues include
• -the rate of population growth
• -abundance of land
• -unoccupied of only thinly occupied by the
  Native Americans
  
• The total population of the thirteen colonies
  doubled every 25 years during the eighteenth
  century.
  
• Most fearful growth unlike anything recorded in
  the history for Europe.
  
• People migrated west rapidly.
• The Paxton Boys were armed thugs, terrorists,
  murders, and also westerners.

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• England divides for overseas emigrants in the
  wake of the Great Migration through the 1700s.
  
• Parliament had no representatives.
• Colonists poke out about their needs and wants,
  and now they had no right to tax them.
  
• The American Revolution was a revolt of settlers
  in a new land against government.
  
• After 1776 the Americans had to hold the force
  that impelled the revolt against their
  motherland.
  
• Slavery and loyalist helped lower tension between
  classes and east and west.
  
• Slavery didnt move westward as rapidly as
  freedom.
  
• Class conflict wasnt brought up during the
  Revolutionary period.
  
• Nationalism was in itself the strongest force
  binding Americans of the Revolutionary period
  together.
  

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• Repression from the slaves could have been
  effective with declining with discontent or
  insubordination. Repression would have not been
  good when dealing with people who could fight
  back politically or with force.
• Most of the Americans had two big powers most of
  the Americans owned land on which they lived and
  a lot of them owned guns.
  
• England didnt realize theses two powers that the
  colonists had.
  
• The colonists knew that owning land could make
  them defy those who is the past controlled
  society though the control of its land.
  
• Britain also failed to see the firepower the
  Americans had.
  
• Governor Berkeley had experienced the fact that
  no one else was as well armed as the Americans.
  
• Robert Zemsky showed the social status had
  counted for more that seniority in at least one
  colonial assembly.

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• The feeling of equality in America since the
  Revolution, can be greatly seen in conservatism.
  
  
• Europe felt it was odd to see conservatism
  support equality, but America quickly accepted
  that belief.
  
• John Adams had said a special place in government
  should be saved for the rich in order to isolate
  them, and keep them from being too powerful.
  
• William Graham argued against isolation of power,
  and said the rich deserve and should keep their
  wealth because they worked for it, and the poor
  should keep their poverty. He said aiding the
  poor would be threaten equality, because it would
  be giving special attention and help towards
  them.
• The US has been reduced to the ludicrous by the
  national commitment to equality.
  
• The commitment was slowly destroying racism.
• If this is conservatism, it is merely radicals
  who have made the most of it.

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• Old creed was designed to suppress the
  aspirations of lower classes, to make them
  content with their lot.
  
• American Revolution itself was brought on by a
  British minister who had rejected what he called
  the absurd opinion that all men are equal.
  
• British ministers absurd opinions became basis of
  the American consensus that grew out of the
  Revolution.
  
• James Madison tried to secure a guarantee in the
  Federal Constitution.
  
• Those who have claimed the benefits of equality
  in America have usually had to press their own
  claims against stubborn oppositions.