Half a Revolution

According to the Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary a Revolution is the action by a celestial body of going round in an orbit or elliptical course; also, apparent movement of such a body round the earth. For me, Revolution is a war for freedom or to be independent from others. The American Revolution was a war for independence from England. I think that the author of “Voices of a people’s history of the United States,” Howard Zinn used the title “Half a Revolution” in chapters five because he knew that main problems or causes of the American Revolution were taxation, mercantilism and many things else that England had against the 13 colonies. However, those problems continued as the same. I think that “Half a Revolution” is an appropriate title, but not enough because I would title it “Quarter a Revolution.” I say so because the 13 colonies only get their dependence within others problems why they fight against England.

Bibliography

The Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition.

Zinn, Howard. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. Seven Stories Press, 2004.