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American Revolution A revolutionary is someone that is not eager or does not feel the need to be a revolutionary. That is what the colonists were when they established their lives in America. The British were proud to be English and not French or Dutch. They looked up to the king and used English things. They respected Britain. For them there was no need to be a revolutionary. They didn't want to fight the power …

…fact that they were getting taxed without their approval. They felt that being a citizen of England that had right to a say and vote in the government. That was not being respected by the British so they went from one extreme of reluctant revolutionaries to being revolutionaries. This process took a lot of steps but in the end they felt that there was a need and they were eager to fight for their liberty.