CHAPTER 2, Q1: What are the decisive events and arguments that produced the American Revolution? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times (Charles Dickens)." This best describes the Americas in the 1700’s. The settler’s went through the best of times from obtaining religious freedom, to becoming prosperous merchants, and finally to establishing a more democratic government. However, it was the worst of times in the sense that the settlers in …showed first 75 words of 1488 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1488 total…cast, the colonies must either submit or triumph." A few months later, the Revolutionary War broke out. Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY American Revolution. World Book Encyclopedia. World Book Inc. Chicago: Illinois. 1997. Pg. 270-274. American Revolution. Comptons Interactive Encyclopedia. 1994 Bailyn, Bernard. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Cambridge: Massachusetts. 1967. Goldfield, David etal. The American Journey: A history of the Untied States. Prentice hall. Upper Saddle River: New Jersey. 1998. Pg. 130-153.