The Right of Revolution

The Right of Revolution
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The Right of Revolution
The revolution was a pivotal event in the world’s history. It was a period of great intellectual and political tumult, with colonies fighting against foreign powers. Almost all colonies were emboldened to resist new colonial policies that raised concerns about political and natural rights, inequalities, and individual freedoms. Revolutionists John Adams and Mercy Warren Otis believed that colonial policies stimulated colonies' minds to demand independence and rights (Moots & Hamilton, 2018). This revolution of the mind had external consequences as rebels aggressively opposed colonists’ new assertions of power. Political independence, the right to representation, increased taxation, slavery, nationalism, separation of church and state, individual freedoms, use of the military in civil unrest, and commercial restrictions were some of the salient issues that motivated revolutions (Clark, 1986). Despite being marred with war and violence, reformers and rebels of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries believed that they had the right to revolt against an acknowledged authority.
One of the primary justifications is the need for democracy. Revolts and rebels were not impressed by the oppressive rule of foreign nations that denied them independence and freedom. They argued that the colonists abused their powers and violated the rights of the nationals. During the American Revolution, American rebels saw acts like the Intolerable Acts and Stamp Act as oppressive measures that violated the freedom of the colonies (Paine, n.d). They saw the revolution as a response to these abuses and an insertion of the nationals’ natural rights. They also saw revolution as a chance to gain independence and free themselves from the colonist’s oppressive regime.
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