The American Revolution A History In this concisely drawn book that covers the colonial period from 1763 to 1790, the author attempts to explain the bases of the American Revolution. ... The author makes it really clear that enormous cultural, social, and economic changes were occurring in the colonies dating from the French and Indian War. ... By this phrase, the author means that any person, regardless of social status, wealth or education had the right to pursue his or her own ends, to find value, and to seek his or her own self-defined interests and economic success. The Revolution b...

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The new-age colonists, who appointed social leaders favored by popular decision, viewed England's deeply ritualistic monarchial government as oppressive and a means to an end. ... This was the seed of a revolution growing in the colonists' minds. ... The Seven Years War between Great Britain and France and its subsequent acts had a substantial impact on British-American relations once the war was over. When France ceded Canada and the Ohio River Valley to Great Britain, the British announced the Proclamation of 1763, "to prevent the colonists from rushing into territories vac...

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The American Revolution was not a true revolution as it is revealed to be, but more of a gradual change in American life. ... When the war ended, Americans had some trouble adjusting. ... When the French and Indian War came to a close, a new nationalistic feeling arose out of individual Americans and they came to see themselves as Americans, and not British. ... The colonist's want, and need of independence formed the basis for the American Revolution. ... The American Revolution was a result of evolutionary changes in American life. ...

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How "Revolutionary" was the American Revolution? ... The revolution had begun. ... But does it necessarily hold true that this proves that the American Revolution was indeed a "Revolution" and should be touted as such? If we look at the case of the both the French and the Russian Revolutions, in these instances it was the poorer people of the nation rising against its elite class that defined the revolutionary action. ... Under the Declaration of Independence (1776) the thirteen states declared, "Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive to these Ends" (in this case the "En...

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They dramatically revised their miliary way of thinking after the revolution, which was later displayed in their future battles against neighboring France. ... As the American Revolution came to an end in the late 18th century, Holland spawned its own revolution against Britain that coincidently mirrored many of the same issues dealt with in the colonists revolt. ... The elements of suprise and camflauge were used both in the American Revolution and Pariots" revolt. ... In conclusion, the American Revolution affected various countries around the world in many different ways. ... The revolution...

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The British, with a massive supply system behind them, needed no foreign aid and desired to end the war quickly. ... Because of this capability to do so, and the dwindling of the ports they controlled in America, they sought to end the war quickly. ... This victory gave the independency cause legitimacy in the eyes of the French, foreign countries finally seeing the potency of the Revolution. ... Foreign intervention kept the American fight alive, the French keeping the budding American government together by lending it money that was paramount in keeping the Revolution alive. At Yorktown, the...

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The second most influential cause of the revolution was the taxation by Parliament. ... They had fought for that land against the French and believed that they had a right to settle on it if they wished to do so. As a result of lack of enough enforcement, the colonists ignored the orders, moved west, and often ended up trespassing on Indian land, which would cause even more problems. ...

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Wood looks at the revolution from more a social aspect and talks about how oppression was a threat to them during the time. ... In The Radical Revolution from the "Bottom Up" by Gary B. ... The revolution began because the results of the French and Indian War stroke Britain economy hard as the national debt doubled because of how expensive the war turned out to be. ... The revolution also sparked change for women's roles in society. ... Women demanded the cruelty of men end with the beginning of a new revolution (Nash 127). ...

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British North America Thirteen colonies in 1776 came together to revolt against its British rulers in what was to be named in history as the American Revolution. ... After France was beaten and Britain took control they left many of the laws and way of life constant, thus the northern population were not as angry towards their British rulers. So when the Battle of Saratoga ended with an American victory and the Loyalists were expelled from the United States, there only refuge was that of the northern British colonies. ... Upper Canada was tapered into British fashion seeing how a major...

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The French and Indian war took place in America. ... Slowly they took control over the war and forced the French out of their colonies up to Quebec were they cornered French soldiers up a rocky embankment. ... The Declaration ends with the thirteen colonies declaring "that these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown" which will be replaced by their own new Government. ... It did just that, the movement gained supporters and allies, including France. ... Not only that, this new way ...

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Britain and Its Colonies When the French and Indian war ended, with the Treaty of Paris, France had to surrender its land in North America to Britain. ... Considering that the French and Indian war was very expensive, Britain's struggle for more revenue caused the first major conflict between England and the colonies over Parliament's right to tax. ... This measure encouraged the grievances of the colonists, and their determined action in response paved the way for the American Revolution. ... It is more than likely that if England (Parliament) had simply given the colonies fair ...

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When the war was finally brought to an end, the French Colonial Empire had ceded Quebec, the former New France, to Britain; so the British Empire finally established its hegemony in North America. ... An all-out independent war spreading over the entire North American Continent seemed predictable because the habitants, early French settlers in Canada, were from Britain's archenemy France; nevertheless, the Province of Quebec did not rise up against Britain. ... They assumed that the French populace, suffering under the British rule, would doubtless join the struggle for freedom, but they ...

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At first, colonists originated from England and were considered English subjects; however, British government increased their taxation policies after the French and Indian War and the Continental Congress began to question British authority. ... Due to the French and Indian War, which was also known as the Seven Years' War and began in 1756, England suffered a massive debt. ... The Revolution then began at Lexington and Concord and the Second Continental Congress was established. ... The Revolution officially ended all relation between England and the colonies and provided the basis of t...

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Both the United States and Latin America wanted to end the rule of a mother country whose mercantilist system impeded the development of a growing colonial economy. ... The causes of the American Revolution and the Latin American Wars of Independence were similar in many aspects. ... "By mercantilist theory, the function of colonies was to produce raw factures and to foster its shipping; and the purpose of the Navigation Acts was to ensure that the English colonies fulfilled these ends" "(Miller 4). ... The economic causes of the American Revolution and the Latin American Wars of Independence...

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Introduction Two of the major events commonly regarded as preludes to the American Revolution were the enactment of the Sugar Act (1764) and the Stamp Act (1765), designed to increase British tax revenues. ... After the last French and Indian war (1754-1763) the British gained Canada and the Mississippi area as new territories. ... After a year of protests, rioting and debating Parliament withdrew the Stamp Act, having grossly overestimated its own power and realizing the situation indeed had changed after the French-Indian war. ... In the end this proved to be impossible because the more r...

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What changed and what stayed the same in the era of the American Revolution between 1775 and 1789? ... After the end of the civil war in England, and the restoration of King Charles II, England closed its grip on the colonies. ... The fact that the colonies could exert this sort of power over the rule of the crown had the effect of making the governing bodies of the colonies somewhat independent of the crown, and it was this type of independence that the parliament in England moved to subdue in the years leading up to the American Revolution. ... After 1764, following the end of the colonial ...

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" It was also the year that the American Revolution began in earnest and was nearly lost. ... From his description of the situation in Britain at the end of 1775, McCullough turns to the situation in Boston. ... Washington, a Tidewater planter, was also an experienced soldier and surveyor, serving with distinction under Edward Braddock in the French and Indian War. ... McCullough maintains that the year 1776 served as a training ground for Washington, Greene, and Knox, the only general officers still in the Continental Army by the time of the last battle, fought in Yorktown, Virginia, in ...

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