Fear, I believe, is the seed that breeds devastation and irrational actions that result in things like war. Doubtful attitudes rarely, if ever, have a positive outcome, doubt can lead to discontent and increase hostility between different parties or people. We see that fear leads to poor results in events around us, in movements and in individuals. However, fear and doubt do not necessarily have to lead to a negative outcome, but they tend to lead to change, which normally requires sacrifice and difficulty. Fear and doubt go hand in hand, an example would be the war in Iraq, where soldiers fought because they feared losing their freedom and doubted the security of our country, as well as doubting and fearing the enemy. In a more recent event, we see the election of Trump and the riots that followed, the doubt in the coming years and the fear for our future and the possible war or catastrophe that could result from disagreements with North Korea. A very similar combination of doubt and fear played a role in starting the Revolutionary War. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay The Patriots feared for their future under the harsh rule of the English and developed a tension and doubt later known as the Loyalists' ability to govern fairly, ultimately leading to the war. The accumulation of fear is visible in every riot/uprising of anti-Trump groups and the same path was followed in history before the Revolution. We saw the accumulation of doubts and fears at the beginning, early and throughout the Revolutionary War. In the early stages a group of delegates from several colonies gathered for the Stamp Act Congress, the early colonies coming together to discuss their opposition to Britain's harsh fiscal policies. This was a crucial time and, although many did not want to separate from Britain at that point, they “wanted their fears addressed and allayed” (Ripper, 2008). This quote supports what was said before, that fear tends to lead to movements. Dissatisfaction and doubt grew from here as delegates signed the Declaration of Independence nearly a year after the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord, and this signing led the British to consider the soon-to-be-known Patriots traitors. Personally I believe that The fight for Independence began, as time passed and bodies piled up on both sides, the passion and doubt for the Patriots grew and more official documents resulted. The first draft of the Constitution was formulated in 1781 and was “weak and incapable of holding the thirteen states together” (Ripper, 2008). While the initial draft was less than desirable, it provided the basis for a lasting Constitution, particularly the Bill of Rights that was to come. In 1787, doubts about rewriting the Constitution were understandably high. This lack of hope in the new draft written by James Madison, but which also includes other contributions from the founding fathers, is manifested when citizens expressed concern “about what was not in the proposed Constitution. They saw no guarantee for freedom of movement or of the press.” (Ripper, 2008). This commonly held doubt among citizens showed Madison that their concerns needed to be addressed and led to the Bill of Rights that served as a safeguard. Overall the doubt present in these specific cases of war shows the immense influence that fear and doubt had/have on drastically changing events in both the past and present.