HIS 201 “Fabric of Freedom” The main goal of “ Fabric of Freedom ” by Esmond Wright, is to show that the American Revolution was in a sense thirteen revolutions rather than a single revolution, and that by 1800 the United States was not a true democracy, but still in its pre-democratic stage. His major point in the book is that the revolution was not primarily a result of British tyranny, but in fact, more so a result of the tensions between the colonies themselves. This view is in direct conflict with our typical U.S History textbooks. In order to show this, the author uses the repercussions of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and the marked differences between the governments, economies and populations of the thirteen colonies. Esmond Wright does a good job proving that the revolution was not primarily a result of British tyranny, but mainly a result of the tensions between the colonies themselves. For example “the colonies and home country were too much alike in political attitudes, with a mutual insistence on freedom of debate and control of their own purses” (Wright 11). Moreoverthere were differences and tensions within each section. Almost all colonies had boundary disputes with each other and all were slow to help each other against the French and Indians. This helps to demonstrate that the colonies’ struggles amongst themselves were at least as influential as the conflictbetween Britain and the colonies in provoking the American Revolution. In order to show this even more clearly, he uses specific examples to show how the colonies differed from one another. For instance, “New England’s prosperity came from the sea” (Wright 12). Whereas “the middle colonies were very different” (Wright, 13). Instead of relying on fishing and shipping for their prosperity New York and Pennsylvania were cosmopolitan and therefore their prosperity is more easily marked in terms of the urban culture. For example, there were theatres, libraries, colleges, newspapers and other...