Music During The Revolutionary War

For this extra credit project, I watched 1776, a musical that goes through the creation and signing of the Declaration of Independence. It begins with a song, as any good musical does. The story focuses on John Adams, a delegate from Massachusetts at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The story begins on May 8th, 1776, and John Adams’ unrelentless tirade on Congress to vote for independence. Congress is not fon of the idea, and Adams turns to Ben Franklin for help. Franklin suggests that they send Richard Henry Lee, a delegate from Virginia, to the Virginia House of Burgesses to get a resolution on independency. About a month later, he returns with a resolution. The colonies vote on whether to debate the issue, with a 6-5 vote for debate.

In the American Revolution, music played an important part of American culture no matter what sector of society. The music of the era served as a social commentary on the political concerns of the period aside from entertainment. The music was expressed through many forms, songs, hymns and varied instrumental musical traditions that reflected the social conditions which created it. Church music was an important source of spiritual inspiration and expression of the patriotic sentiment. The music in the Revolutionary period in the thirteen colonies varied according to region and the region’s prevalent religious views, it was used for revolutionary propaganda and expressed the tensions and sentiments of the revolutionary culture of the time.

The revolutionary war led to a new nation in America. The war started with the battle of Lexington and concord on April 19th, 1775. in less than 10 years conflict was brewing between the American colonies and great britian. Great Britian tried several solutions involving passing laws to try and keep the colonies in line. Americans are use to having this privilege of control over the local government. The people of the American colonies didn't agree with the new laws being passed against them and protested the illegal taxation. Britians Parliament found that Massachusetts was rebelling and at the center of the protest leading to British troops sent out to take care of the rebellious group. This led to a war a little after this and the American Colonies were

The Revolutionary War was the colonial struggle for freedom, liberty and independence. There were growing tensions between the colonial militia and the British military after the French and Indian War, which would intensify as a result of strict British legislation. Strict British legislation and unreasonably high taxes led to rebellion and boycotting British goods. The French and Indian war, British legislation and taxation and the ideologies of the Enlightenment altered the American perceptions of Britain, and contributed to the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Doing the research from the ten different documents, the conclusion drew from it was that the revolutionary war was not so revolutionary. The research gotten from the documents supports this claim because as big as it was to to split away from a huge empire, not much changed. The only things that really changed was just rights and equality after years. For example, in document 3, there was someone who was not rich and they were playing pool with other rich people after the war. This just shows that some equality changed and nothing else that could be huge was like economy, or government since they just used basically the same type of government, but with different rich, white men. Also, document 2 was a part from the Unanimous Declaration of

I am doing a synthesis write on what I know about the revolutionary war. My claim is: you may think that the colonists and loyalists were different because they were fighting against each other, However in many different ways they are the same.

For many, after the dreadful seven years’ war all thought it could only get better. Britain sustained a massive debt leaving them in a hole so deep you could not see light. Britain had sought to acquire all nessary funds to help lessen the debt as much as possible, leaving the people angered, especially people from the colonies. Britain began to impose an abundance of unsanctioned taxes on them. The American colonist were infuriated with such actions, arguing that they it was not consulted. In accordance to all these events many had took it up themselves to express their opinion with action.

Patriotism defines America like no other continent. The victory of the Seven Years’ War evoked the patriotism in the inhabitants of North America, however, the aftermath of the war led to a series of events that would create a domino effect, resulting in the Revolutionary War. The outset of this domino effect was the taxation passed by the Parliament to reduce the debt after the war, named Stamp Act. The impact of this taxation was extremely poignant since it was the first direct taxation applied to the population of the colony. Through the employment of boycotts as a form of rebellion, Americans manifested that the tax seemed outrageous since it was meant to collect a profit rather than to regulate trade.

¨The shot heard around the world.¨ This was the start of the revolutionary war at the battle of Lexington and Concord. The revolutionary war was the war that gave us are independence and we achieved it. There were three main causes of the war. They were, the Proclamation of 1763, the Townshend Acts, and the Boston Massacre.

Until 1763 the British government and the colonists had peaceful relationships. The Seven Years War, known in America as the French and Indian War, was a turning point. Although Britain achieved victory and defeated France and its allies in 1763, the war left Britain with debts. British parliament decided to increase taxes in the colonies. The increase in taxes dissatisfied the colonists.

To win the Revolutionary War, there were three crucial factors. First, the unity was solidified when the rebellious consciousness was aroused and thus united the American against the British. Secondly, it was the military force that translated into action the thoughts of rebellion. Lastly, the logistic supports from the grass roots allowed the army to fight without worrying about the food shortages. These factors which constantly affected each other made the united Americans strong and competitive enough to fight with Britain and win the war.

On the day of April 12, 1861, the civil war began. It was a war between the north, or the Union, and the south, or the Confederacy over slavery. The Union had an army of nearly two million soldiers, while the south had approximately half because of their population differences. About 620,000 total soldiers died from combat, starvation, disease, or even accident. The civil war was the bloodiest battle in the history of our country and resulted in the greatest number of casualties compared to any of American war. Soldiers who fought in the civil war witnessed and experienced countless sights of death and sorrow. In order for spirits to be raised and for them to be distracted from war, music was often played or sung. Music

Music played a major role in the way people lived during the World War II era. It affected the way people coped and the way people grieved. While this era was a very serious and bleak time, people still found joy in music. World War II was the first war to happen in the age of electronically mass distributed music. The role of music during this time helped keep positive spirits among people all around the world. On a different note, the Germans played music to their soldiers to motivate them to continue to fight. Music was used as propaganda throughout the countries involved to gain public support.

Throughout time, music has been an influential part of society. As a form of entertainment and expression, its impact has always been felt both economically and emotionally. During the Vietnam war, music evolved into more a form of expression rather than pure entertainment. Emotionally charged songs became a method to oppose the war, and vent frustrations. While many songs opposed the war, numerous others focused on peace and happiness. They provided a positive perspective in an otherwise depressing time. Along with incorporating passion into music, cultural diversity increased in music greatly. Black artists became progressively more popular and accepted in the musical scene. This respect

The major war of World WarⅡhad a bigger impact on the music that surrounds us more than most realize. The war caused many gradual changes such as, the change into musical groups instead of Big Bands, musician royalty payment, and the limit to materials used in musical instruments. Between 1941 and 1951 bands have became smaller because of expenses and obstacles from the war. During the musicians protest there was the want for royalty payment for albums and artists. Lastly, the war caused a limit in the materials used to make musical instruments.