{"id":2744,"date":"2020-09-13T10:18:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T14:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2020-09-13T10:18:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T14:18:08","slug":"blog-post-9-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/09\/13\/blog-post-9-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog post 9\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"

After reading this chapter in \u201cA People\u2019s History of the United States,\u201d I was in shock with the amount of information that I was not taught in school about the American Revolution. I am once again disappointed in the American schooling system. I knew the American Revolution as a time when the country came together and united as one to fight off the controlling British. Especially coming from Boston, I could never see anything wrong with the Patriots. It surprised me that the middle class were the ones who wanted the Revolutionary War, I always thought it was the upper class. From what I was taught in school, African slaves and Native Americans were often a small piece of the American Revolutionary. I never fully understood their side of the story until now.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was taught that the U.S. Constitution was a fair document giving everyone somewhat equal rights and a way for the colonies to create a system of laws and a government. As I continue to read I realize it was a way for the elite in America to become even more elite. On page 90, Zinn writes \u201cthe rich must, in their own interest, either control the government directly or control the laws by which government operates.\u201d This highlights the classism that was present at that time. The rich are going to make laws and set up a government that allows them to continue to become richer and richer creating an even larger difference between the rich and the poor. It has been an ongoing cycle of the top 1% making the laws that benefit the top 1%. This creates a disregard for the lower classes. I feel that this issue of wealth and power within our country is still an extremely prominent issue regarding the government and well-being of Americans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After reading this chapter in \u201cA People\u2019s History of the United States,\u201d I was in shock with the amount of information that I was not…<\/p>\n

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