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The road to freedom was long and hard for almost everyone involved during the American Revolutionary War. Many people died while trying to gain freedom from Great Britain. During the American Revolution people sacrificed their lives and their families, some lost contact because there brothers, husbands or even their young sons were fighting on opposing sides of the war. In a more recent struggle, On December 17, 2011, Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolated or set himself on fire to prove his point, this sparked a wave of revolutions across Arab Spring. Both of these events were Revolutionary for all of the people involved.

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In “Sisters” Lucy Knox is writing to her beloved sister Hannah Urquhart written in the year of April 1777.” Two sisters had husbands who fought on the opposite sides of the war, one loyal and one patriot, Because of this the sisters lost contact and one sister Lucy felt that her family had cut her off, the mother would not respond to the many letters Lucy had written begging for an answer and the whereabouts of her mother, father, and Brother( Sisters). “I am not only deprived of father mother Brother & Sisters but also denied the satisfaction of hearing of their wellfare.” (Knox). In the Arab Spring world, poverty is very common, Bouazizi is an example of this, when he was just a young teenager he dropped out of his one classroom school to work, at around 8 AM, on December 11 2011, Bouazizi began selling produce from his cart. Around 10:30, the police began harassing him, purportedly because he did not have a vendor’s permit. The police humiliated him by taking his scales, he was angered by this harassment and went to the governor’s office to complain. When the governor refused to see Bouazizi, even after he stated “”If you don’t see me, I’ll burn myself,”” Bouazizi went to a gas station, bought a can of gasoline, and returned to the governor’s office. Standing by a busy street, he doused himself with gasoline, shouted, “”How do you expect me to make a living!”” then set himself alight. It was 11:30 AM, less than an hour after the abusive altercation.

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Although America had to go through many hardships to gain freedom there were many successes that came from those struggles. One example is how the American Revolution helped let us overthrow the British monarchy and create our own nation. We held a constitutional convention with representatives from every colony to make sure we had a strong federal government (South Carolina). South Carolina had a very important role in the creation of the Constitution.

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Over 200 battles of the American Revolution were fought in South Carolina (Libguides). Although many people in South Carolina were Loyalists they eventually drove the British out. The final battle located in South Carolina was Eutaw Springs. After the American Revolution concluded a convention was held to create a Constitution for the new nation.  South Carolina’s representatives were very active in the Constitutional Convention. One of South Carolina's delegates even claims to have written the basis for the Constitution (New Nation). South Carolina was the 8th nation to ratify the Constitution.

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“LibGuides: American History: The Revolutionary War: Major Battles and Campaigns.” Home - American History: The Revolutionary War - LibGuides at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, guides.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/c.php?g=288395&p=1922348.

Website with many important battles of the revolutionary war and information about each. Helped me to understand that man of the major battles were in SC.

The American Experience in the Classroom, americanexperience.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Loyalists-and-Patriots.pdf https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5229.
Website that explained the difference between patriots and loyalist that helped me to understand why the American Revolution was fought.

South Carolina.” The Trial of Galileo: An Account, law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/marrysouthcar.html.
Website with biographies about four of the delegates in the constitutional convention that were from South Carolina, helped me to understand South Carolina's role in creating the constitution.

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“Sisters”

This is the source that helped me to understand the struggles of when a family was separated and how much it hurt each side to not see each other. “Sisters” was a letter between 2 Sisters one with each husband on opposite sides of the war

Sisters

Arab Spring is the source that showed me that sometimes people have to risk their lives for there cause.

Text Source: Arab Spring

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Romans, 6-17-1775, Battle at Charlestown

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Romans, 6-17-1775, Battle at Charlestown

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Mohamed Bouazizi’s Self immolation