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I am writing an essay and need to do a citation, but need the date lol. 97.124.145.114 ( talk) 04:05, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
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It is listed in the right side bar that the American Revolution began in 1765. This is not true as stated within the article itself. LeoAStudent ( talk) 23:37, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
As of Feb 8, 2024. Most notably noted on first and first half of the second paragraphs, as well as first half of last one. It's the first time I see italics used to stress certain words in wikipedia in the literary sense. I cannot edit this since it's a topic I'm currently researching and have little knowledge on the entire process. 77.49.154.115 ( talk) 16:50, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
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Please return the page to how it originally was prior to today. Someone removed the following from the beginning of the “Origin” section:
Summary of the Causes of the American Revolution
By and large, the people who chose to come to America were a freedom-loving, independent-minded people to begin with (and they were the type of people energetic enough to take action). For example, the Pilgrims and the Puritans felt that the Church of England had corrupted the teachings of the Bible, and were willing to accept the enormous risks that coming to America entailed in order to gain religious freedom (and be left alone by England).[5][6][7]
Americans were a literate people. Unlike most people around the world, Americans could read and write. That began with the Puritans, who came beginning in the 1630s, and were great believers in education. The Puritans wanted their children to be able to read the Bible, themselves. They didn’t want their children to have to take the minister’s word for it. The Puritans wanted them to be able to read it. The literacy rate in Massachusetts was higher in colonial times than it is today. As John Adams put it, “A native of America who cannot read and write … is as rare as a comet or an earthquake.” By the time of the American Revolution, there were 40 newspapers in America (at a time when America had only two cities with over 20,000 people in them). America’s high literacy rate (particularly in Puritan New England) led to an attitude of freedom and independence. Americans’ ability to read enabled them to think for themselves, make their own decisions and run their own lives (the objectives of freedom and democracy). America’s independence and freedom can be traced directly back to the Puritans teaching their children how to read.[8][9][10][11]
The American colonies, for the better part of the first century and a half, were under a British policy referred to as Salutary Neglect, in which trade restrictions and customs duties were largely unenforced. England did this intentionally. This era of lax regulation enabled the colonies to thrive economically and become good customers for British manufacturers, thus benefiting both England and the colonies.[12][13][14]
The colonies got used to running their own affairs and solving their own problems.[15][16][17]
However, in the decade leading up to the American Revolution, this changed. England (whose national debt had doubled as a result of the French and Indian War) imposed direct taxes on the colonies (as opposed to just duties on imported products), began limiting the right to a jury trial, and began issuing Writs of Assistance (which were essentially blanket search warrants, enabling British customs officials to search anyone’s house, anytime, anywhere). In addition, thousands of British soldiers were sent to America, and Americans were required to house them. Americans felt that they had the same rights as any other British subjects, such as the right to taxation with representation (but not without), the right to a jury trial, and the right to be secure in their own homes against government intrusion. Americans complained bitterly that their “rights as Englishmen” were being trampled upon.[18][19][20][21][22]
It has been said that if the average American before the revolution had been asked, “What do you want from the British government?” that the answer would have been: “Leave me alone!” That “Leave-me-Alone” sentiment pervades all three of America’s founding documents. Most of the Declaration of Independence consists of a long list of grievances against the British government, all of which can be summed up in three words: Leave me alone. The Bill of Rights is another long list of things that the government cannot do to its citizens, which can also be summed up in three words: Leave me alone. And, the Constitution is a document that is designed to create a government that will have enough power to do what it has to do, but otherwise will leave its citizens alone.[23][24][25][26] 24.1.163.179 ( talk) 19:02, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
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You are invited to join the discussion at WT:MOS § Founding Fathers of the United States on whether the expression "founding fathers" should be in lower or upper case. Thanks. Allreet ( talk) 22:30, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Irregardless of Length, can we all agree that the lead should have some degree of chronology at least in terms of history? Organizing the history into a chronology was my main goal in revising the lead. I wanted to remove excess detail but I feel that it is not my place to do so in total without the consent of other editors. FictiousLibrarian ( talk). 05:30, 20 February 2024 (UTC)