Go Radicals!

Go Radicals!

The First and Second Continental Congresses were shaped by disputes between the moderates, radicals and conservatives. The problem was that America were still under Britain’s rule. The conservative were more along the line of extremist, and were republicans. They believed that America should remain loyal to the mother land being Britain. The moderates were the ones who were able to see good in staying under Britain’s rule or becoming independent. They were directly in the middle, some were republicans, and some democratic. The radicals, who were the most persuasive and effective in achieving its goals, were the people who wanted complete change. They no longer wanted to answer to Britain. The radicals were the democratic. The radicals were the most persuasive because as you can see today, America is independent and no longer under Britain’s rule.
Even though America had its on government and way of living, they were still under Great Britain’s control. This gave Britain the right to tax America on whatever they saw fit. An example of this was the Tea Tax. During that time tea was important to them as coffee is to many people today. America reacted with the Boston Tea Party, dumping the tea into the Boston Habor. The conservatives believed that for the most part they should do what Britain wanted them to do. The conservatives favored a return to the way things were before the French and Indian War. The felt that Britain gave them a since protection and that they should remain loyal to Britain. They were not persuasive though, because America is no longer under British rule.
In order to be persuasive you must first stand strong in what you believe in. This is why the moderates were not the ones who were the most persuasive. They were the ones who were able to see the good in remaining under British rule or becoming independent. Moderates did not really feel that events had taken place yet to make them break from Britain, but were willing to change. They were also referred to as the mediators, the ones that felt that they would do anything as long as the end result was peace and happiness. They were the ones who were getting persuaded by the conservatives and radicals.
Since neither the conservatives nor moderates were persuasive that leaves the radicals. They were as strong as the extremist but belived on the exact opposite. The extremist wanted no change and the radicals were all about change by any means necessary. They were the ones who believed that America should be independent from Britain and rule itself. The radicals would be the democrats. In result of the radicals being the more persuasive group the Revolutionary War started.
In result of the radicals being the most persuasive, America went to war with Britain to gain its independence. This was the Revolutionary War, America were the ones who claimed victory. Thanks to the radicals being the most effective America is now independent from Britain. Now America rules over other countries.