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==Review==

==Review==

To learn history well, imagine being there at certain times and places.  Think of what it must have been like.  Imagine it in your mind.  Put yourself at the time and place of the Boston Massacre, for example.  Try to see both sides of the conflict, and why people acted as they did.  Why did the British soldiers shoot their guns?  Because people were throwing snowballs at them, some containing rocks.  Why were colonists throwing snowballs?  Because they did not think the British soldiers should be there.  Why were the British soldiers there?  Because the King George III ordered them to be there to keep things under control.  And so on.  Every person in history had a motivation for doing what he did, and to learn history well it is essential to understand those motivations.

To learn history well, imagine being there at certain times and places.  Think of what it must have been like.  Imagine it in your mind.  Put yourself at the time and place of the [[Boston Massacre]], for example.  Try to see both sides of the conflict, and why people acted as they did.  Why did the British soldiers shoot their guns?  Because people were throwing snowballs at them, some containing rocks.  Why were colonists throwing snowballs?  Because they did not think the British soldiers should be there.  Why were the British soldiers there?  Because the King [[George III]] ordered them to be there to keep things under control.  And so on.  Every person in history had a motivation for doing what he did, and to learn history well it is essential to understand those motivations.

That does not mean both sides were partly right for what they did.  One side may be completely wrong, but it still had a motivation to act as it did.  Often the reason is either to make more money, or to gain more power (or self-glory).

That does not mean both sides were partly right for what they did.  One side may be completely wrong, but it still had a motivation to act as it did.  Often the reason is either to make more money, or to gain more power (or self-glory).

'''Question''':  was the American Revolution a "conservative revolution?"  It was not a typical "revolution" because it did not attempt to overthrow and replace King George III, who ruled for 60 years (including nearly 40 years after American Revolution).  The American Revolution was not motivated to establish a brand new future with its own revolutionary leader, because for the first few years after the Revolution the colonies (then states) refused to have a president at all.  Instead, the American Revolution was an attempt to restore natural God-given rights (such as life, liberty and pursuit of happiness) and self-governance to the colonies, a "conservative" result.

'''Question''':  was the [[American Revolution]] a "conservative revolution?"  It was not a typical "revolution" because it did not attempt to overthrow and replace King George III, who ruled for 60 years (including nearly 40 years after American Revolution).  The American Revolution was not motivated to establish a brand new future with its own revolutionary leader, because for the first few years after the Revolution the colonies (then states) refused to have a president at all.  Instead, the American Revolution was an attempt to restore natural God-given rights (such as life, liberty and pursuit of happiness) and self-governance to the colonies, a "conservative" result.

==State Constitutions==

==State Constitutions==