This paper focuses on the theme of aggression/conflict simply because the subject has been central to most if not all of the United States’ economic, political, and social changes, such as the American Revolutionary War. In the years leading to the skirmishes, the English Monarch boasted of thirteen colonies in North America, but that was not the case by the closing of the eighteenth century. To that end, the theme of aggression/conflict comes into play as the blueprint to know more about the birth of the United States of America as it defined the relationship between colonists and the mother country.
Subsequently, the opposing views on the causes and nature of the American Revolutionary War ensure the availability of multiple materials on the topic. Naturally, there were the Britons and the Americans but within the latter faction, there were loyalists and patriots. Such conditions are perfect for the analysis of aggression/conflict based on this paper’s subject. Notably, to understand the sources of the tensions between two powers and the ensuing repercussions of the same, one has to start the research from the end of the Seven Year’s War to the formation of the United States Constitution. The mentioned battles highlighted the differences between the ideologies of the English and the Americans and the document is worth a mention as it cemented the foundations of the new nation with an emphasis on white supremacy.
With the given facts in mind, the topic calls for both primary and secondary sources and they are readily available in the South University Online Library. There are letters, personal diaries, and journal entries by politicians and civilians that give insight into the conditions that prevailed in the country during the target period. At the same time, secondary sources that provide analysis of the American Revolutionary War such as texts by renowned historians such as authors of the course textbook, Eric Foner, and Howard Zinn will prove valuable in the research. Notably, some government and university websites can provide the necessary information as well. For instance, the Library of Congress is home to scanned copies of the primary sources mentioned above. In that sense, it is the aim of the researcher to utilize both primary and secondary sources when making claims and drawing conclusions. After all, secondary sources explain the primary sources and can correlate the different works to give insight on what was happening in the United States in the years of the Revolutionary War. For instance, a letter by a loyalist will help one understand why some Americans opted to support the Monarch and one from a patriot will explain the grievances of the people; however, a secondary source will explain why the subjects are different. Thus said, it will be plausible to capture the theme of aggression/conflict as it relates to the War of Independence.
References
Berkin, C., Miller, C., Cherny, R., Gormly, J. (2014). Making America: A History of the United States. Boston: Cengage Learning.
Foner, E. (2013). Give Me Liberty!: An American History (4th ed., Vol. I). New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Zinn, H. (2005). A People's History of the United States . New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics.
