{"id":2705,"date":"2020-09-10T20:51:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T00:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2020-09-10T20:51:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T00:51:13","slug":"zariah-chiverton-post-for-9-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/09\/10\/zariah-chiverton-post-for-9-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Zariah Chiverton post for 9\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s interesting to me is how twisted the story of the American Revolution has become. When I learned about it, it seemed like everyone in the colonies was for the war and was very patriotic. The reality was, there were a lot of people who didn\u2019t want it and wanted to better their circumstances instead of getting involved with the war. However, it was hard for them to show their opposition to it when they were legally being forced to fight. When it\u2019s these stories and perspectives of events that are being ignored, it\u2019s easier to push the false narrative that the Revolution was great for everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n

I just want to take a minute to talk about William Scott. He was a great revolutionary fighter who sacrificed a lot for the war, but up until this reading, I have never heard anything about him. This just goes to show that it was class before anything else to the wealthy people in power. Scott was another white man in \u201cpower\u201d who didn\u2019t get the recognition he deserved despite taking part in a war to carry out the agenda of those above him. Despite this, he was just another poor citizen that fought in the war while middle-class and higher citizens just watched. Instead, we learn about George Washington, John Hancock, and Benjamin Franklin who all had money before the war, and only made their pockets bigger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even years ago when the phrase \u201cWe The People\u201d was written, it didn\u2019t actually mean the people of the United States. It excluded the most important people in the country, the slaves, indentured servants, the working-class and poor citizens, and just about every other group that was not a rich white man. Considering the racial demographic of this nation\u2019s politicians, it pretty much means the same thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything about reading this chapter shows how there has always been such a big disconnect between the rich and the poor. Although it is has been a problem for such a long time, I really don\u2019t think it has to be a problem, but the reason it is is to keep the classes separate. More than economically, now and even during revolutionary times, the rich and the poor lived in two different worlds. The wealthy men in power were happy to be finding success in the war while the poor citizens were the reason that was possible. Now, big companies and CEO\u2019s are able to get richer and richer by the day, but the working-class and poor citizens that work underneath them, are hardly recognized or properly rewarded for their work. Although things don\u2019t always have to be about class, it is very hard to escape when it is ingrained in our country\u2019s foundations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s interesting to me is how twisted the story of the American Revolution has become. When I learned about it, it seemed like everyone in…<\/p>\n

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