American Revolution essay: what questions could they ask about it in my interview?

Oxford has asked me to write 2 essays, which Ive already written. one of them is about the American revolution. At the moment Im trying to prepare for the interview (I know they'll ask about the essays).


What questions could they ask about my essay?


(they could ask me things like 'what makes a good revolution' for example).


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The American Revolution which took place in the late 18th century was and is considered a very important occurrence which caused dramatic changes in both North America and Europe. The principles of the French revolution were derived from this happening, and the success of the American Revolution played a great role in the encouragement of the French to revolt.


So where did the Americans come from? What were the reasons of the American Revolution? What were its aims? And what made them succeed? How important was their success?


Great Britain was facing a major economic crisis in 1620 - 1635, causing a lot of unemployment. Furthermore, there were Political conflicts in general, and Religious conflicts between the supporters of the Anglican and Puritan churches.


The first Americans were the Anglicans and the Puritans who emigrated from Great Britain since the early 1600鈥檚, with the intention of beginning a better life in the new world. They began building colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America. This resulted in 13 different colonies being established, that were soon under the control of the British Empire.


The number if emigrants had increased rapidly in the East Coast - there were soon 2 million European Americans, and half a million slaves who were bought and brought from Africa.








Great Britain was in deep debt after its seven year war with France (1756-1763). Therefore, the British parliament, which tried its best not to overtax its locals, decided to tax its colonists across the sea. The British started taxing the colonists without giving them representation, which violated the Magna Carta which stated that there would be not taxation without representation in parliament.


The peoples of America we severely angered by the economic issues that they were facing as a result of Britain鈥檚 behavior. By 1775, the 13 English colonies had engaged the British Armies in several battles. The United States declared its independence in 4th of July 1776, and soon the Great Britain had recognized it as an independent state in the treaty of Paris in 1781, which ended the American Revolution.


There were several reasons why Great Britain did not want to continue fighting. The first thing would be the vast distance between England and the East Coast, which made it difficult for Britain to deliver enough supplies for its armies. Not to mention the fact that France sought revenge after it lost its colonies in America and in India after losing in its seven year war with Great Britain.


George Washington鈥檚 role in the American Revolution was one of the main reasons for their success. He was a mastermind general, a thinker, a spirit-lifter, and a leader.


The United States had soon become a major power, and helped the allies in Europe achieve victory in World War one. They also played a great role in defeating Nazi Germany in Normandy during 1944. Furthermore, they united the free countries, which supported Democracy, against the Socialist Republic during the Cold War. The United States today aims to fight terrorism worldwide.|||The big reason for the interview is to make sure you are the one who wrote the essays in question. It will be much the same as defending a post-graduate thesis. If you wrote the papers, you ought to have little trouble.|||dayumm!! thats big^^^??