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. ... In this book, the author offers his own interpretation of the importance of the Revolution. ... The Revolution broke all future branches in structure from Europe. ... The most interesting section of the book was the discussion of the French-Indian...

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The years preceding the American Revolution in 1776 were filled with hostility and mistrust between the superpower Great Britain and its North American colony. ... This was the seed of a revolution growing in the colonists' minds. Another reason that justifies the American Revolution is the numerous laws and acts that the British imposed on the colonies. ... 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 ...

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Synopsis For my essay I have chosen to write about the American Revolution where I will 'assess the causes that lead to the development of the American Revolution'. ... Assess the causes that lead to the development of the American Revolution The American Revolution influenced by political ideas was waged by the American colonies against Britain. ... The French and Indian War also known, as the Seven Years War in Europe was a huge conflict between England and France and their Indian allies. ... There were several reasons for this, one being that the Indians still posed a threat to t...

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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. ... The Revolution set in the minds of people, a love for democracy and the expectation of equal rights. ... 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. ... The fact that the events prior to the American Revolution suggested a call for change by the American people, and that indeed huge changes were seen as the Colonies...

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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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Historians argue if the American Revolution was democratic in nature. ... Early in his introduction to The Radicalism of the American Revolution, Wood observes the differences between the American and other nations revolutions in terms of the conditions that existed and the objectives of the revolutionaries. I believe that Wood was interested in the uniqueness of the American Revolution.  ... " Wood is contrasting his analysis of history with that of what he calls the "Progressive" and "neo-Progressive" historians who traditionally view the American Revolution throug...

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Foreign perspective of the American Revolution was changed at the Battle of Saratoga. ... 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 majority of Washington's forces were French, and the others were clothed, armed, and paid by the French. The French armada held English supply ships away fro...

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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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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. ...

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Ten years prior to the revolution, it was well known in the British Parliament that there was a chance that the colonies would eventually break away from England. ... It describes a French farmer in America who has forgotten his European identity and has taken on a new one, an American one. ... There were some people in the colonies known as loyalists, and they had not developed an American identity and did not support independence by the eve of the revolution. ... It was very common for loyalist to be wealthy and anything that would threaten their wealth they would be opposed to, for example,...

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Prior to the French and Indian war, the American colonies had successfully transformed themselves into the world's most democratically progressive region. ... Any revolution is expected to greatly impact the economy, political system and society as well as the nation's ideological state of mind. In terms of the America Revolution, it can be argued that the nature of the Revolution was in fact as radical as any other. The year 1775 marked the start of the American Revolution, during which time; America was desperate for freedom, change and the detachment from the rule of Great...

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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. ... The population growth was phenomenal, so much in fact laws and Acts were being questioned, seeing how they were meant and aimed towards the older French fashions, new English inhabitants sought for a change. ... Upper Canada was tapered into B...

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The dictionary definition for the American Revolution is; "the war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775-83, by which the colonies won their independence." ... Without the Revolution America would not be the country it is today, it was one of the most influential wars of all times. ... There were many different events that led up to the start of the American Revolution; some believe that class and economic conflicts were the major cause of the war. ... After the French and Indian war Britain imposed taxes on its American colonies, without the peoples consent, because the col...

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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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The French and Indian war took place in America. ... At first the British were frighten of the French who devastated their settlements but they were able to recover after William Pitt was at the command of the operations. 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. ... It did just that, the movement gained supporters and allies, including France. ... Not only that, this new way of thinking rapidly spread along the world, influencing numerous revolutions in the 18th century, including...

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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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In 1753 Washington took part in the French and Indian War. ... Also in the war, Washington brought back "crucial intelligence" from the French and Indian territories to Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie and was made a "colonial hero," giving him glory and position. ... Although Washington played a major part in driving the French from British North America, he would soon be driven away from the British side and become a great leader for American Independence. ... This time he fought for the American colonies, during the American Revolution, as Commander in Chief. ... Also the United Stat...

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There were many similarities between the causes of the American Revolution in 1776 and the Latin American Wars of Independence beginning in 1810. ... The causes of the American Revolution and the Latin American Wars of Independence were similar in many aspects. ... The economic causes of the American Revolution and the Latin American Wars of Independence are quite similar. ... The American Revolution and the Spanish American Wars of Independence were caused by political reasons as well. ... "To the American colonists, the result of the Seven Year's War (French and Indian War) represent...

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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. ... The unity of the American colonists in their opposition to...

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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(1754-63) the British gained Canada and the Missisippi 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. ...

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What changed and what stayed the same in the era of the American Revolution between 1775 and 1789? ... Although the colonies of British North America, on July 4 1776 felt strongly enough about the incompetence of British rule, to declare themselves independent of such rule, and fight a war to demonstrate such sentiment, the resulting state created from their revolutionary endeavours, and indeed, the revolution itself, seemed a mere step away, politically, from that of the state they were rebelling against. ... The fact that the colonies could exert this sort of power over the rule of the crown...

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" It was also the year that the American Revolution began in earnest and was nearly lost. ... 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 1781, when American and French troops surrounded British troops led by Cornwallis. ...

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By the outbreak of the Revolution, the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies forged into a single, independent American society through shared origins, ways of life, and tenets of religious/social tolerance, economic development and self-rule. ... During the period of the great immigration in the early 17th century, basically all the English settlers strived to make a permanent settlement, unlike the Spanish who were there for conquest and the French for trade and conversion. ...

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