Historical Context:
The Revolutionary War was undeniably one of the most pivotal and crucial times in American history. Tensions between the American colonists and Great Britain began decades before the beginning of the Revolutionary War. The British made many attempts, some successful, some not, to raise the Parliament’s revenue by raising taxes of the 13 colonies. The most popular were the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Tariffs of 1767, and the Tea Act of 1773. These Acts only resulted in non-violent uprising from the colonies. But as tensions increased further, violence began to take place. The most notable event is the Boston Massacre, where British soldiers shot dead five innocent men. Then after December 1773, colonists dressed up as …show more content…
In fact, on April 19th, colonists and British soldiers exchanged shots thereby initiating the Revolutionary War. After the Second Continental Congress took place, several battles occurred, mostly resulting in British victory. But, when the war reached Fort Ticonderoga, the artillery helped immensely to shift the balance. As the war progressed, more and more colonists began to the separation and independance from Great Britain. This fueled the Continental Congress’ idea to write the Declaration of Independance. After the British sent a gigantic fleet of 34,000 troops with the hopes to destroy the rebellion, and was very close to success, Washington’s army scarcely managed to hold them off. Then, at the Battle of Saratoga, American troops were able to British troops which was one of the major turning points of the war. It caused France to join in on the American’s side which later became a major advantage. The fighting came to an end in the fall of 1781 when American forces had cornered the British forcing them to surrender. Although this was the end of the fighting, the official end of the Revolutionary war is identified in the Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, when Great Britain formally accepted independance …show more content…
The newspaper editors precisely chose the articles to be put in the papers. Although maintaining a seemingly unbiased standpoint, they were truly picking the stories and events that advertised Britain's one-sided and discriminatory behavior towards the colonies. By doing this, they were manipulating the colonist’s opinion to favor Patriotism over loyalism to Britain without even the colonists knowing.
If there were no newspapers, the result of the entire Revolutionary War could have been completely different. Since the papers motivated such a large amount of people to break away from Britain, without them, those same people would have continued to approve of the support from Britain. And if that amount of people continued to support Britain, the Patriots most likely would not have been able to gain independence since they would not have had enough people on their