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Term Paper Title	During The Years Precceding And Following The American Revolution, There Was A G
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During the years precceding and following the American revolution, there was a general radical

attitude instilled in most everyone.  But, there were the more radical people, mainly the poor, and the less

radical people, mainly the upper-class.  So, in a sense the revolution was a radical movement in which

hardcore radicals were played as pawns while the more conservative radicals  were driving the cause for

their own interests, be  it economic or simply politics.  The outcome was, at the base, what both sides

wanted; but once that was achieved, the two factions of radicals split into two feuding rivals.

     During the years before the American revolution, the upper-class was not in such a desperate

state as those who were poor.  This, therefore, meant that independence would give the rich more

power.  But, if the revolution failed, the rich would still be rich and they would not feel the repracutions

of the failure.  This is why they did not fight activly in the revolution, but instead inspired the poor to

do the dirty work, or be pawns and sacrifice themselves.  The membership list of the Sons Of Liberty

demonstrates this point well.  Each member was active in the revolution, and next to their name on the

list is their profesion.[doc j]  Every member was a laborer and probably fairly poor, but they were

aggresivly active.  With the poor playing the pawns, the rich still got what they wanted without

getting their hands dirty.

     With the pro-American wealthy sitting at top, the poor people at the bottom were getting

restless.  The patriots had very little tollerance for Tories.  One Tory who refused to recant his beliefs

was "...ordered to be stripped naked, well coated with tar and feathers, and carried in a wagon publickly

round the town...."[doc b]  The people did not care how respected one was, if he or she was a Tory,

they would recieve no breaks.  One man, a preacher, wrote in his diary after being threatened with

death notes for being a Tory: "And for more than six months I preached...with ...

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