Q Questions for Topic 4: Liam’s Focused Lectures According the lecture, Communities of Violent Men, why was the American Revolution successful? What historical social and cultural factors help to explain the martial readiness of the American Colonists on the eve of the Revolution? How was the American Revolution different from other significant revolutions in history (or was it not different at all)? What cultural factors added moderation to the otherwise violent impulses of the colonists? According to the lecture there were many reason fro the ameican revolution to be successful, some of tehem being the sustained act of successful violence, which hmeasn that there were a series of war that were tegre in the colonies. It is also an important ascpet to note down that the post 17th century American colony were the most military experienced population which means in any war or any support the colonial support was taken in to account and they were hevily trained in the being well afrmed and also skilled. There was a collective act of violence and sustained act of viaolnevce which is discussed in eth lecture which shows how the colonist were prepred and knew how to act accordingly in a situation. This has made the inclusion ofteh actfs of passion and vioelce which happened in some part sof the American history(50:50) too which makeds it specia and different from otehs. 2. Who were the Regulators and how did they embody the 18th colonial culture of efficacious and focused communal violence? 3. What were the squatter Rebellions and the Land Riots of 18th century colonial America? 4. How literate was 18th century colonial America? What books did most American colonists own (if they owned books at all)? Why did only the gentry own many books? What did they read? 5. In the context of this lecture, what was Environmentalism? Why was the Enlightenment called both the Age of Reason and the Age of Optimism?