The revolutionary war fought between 1776 – 1785 was a major impact in American history. ... George Washington, being our first founding father, played a strong part throughout all of the revolutionary war. ... He fought many battles such as the battle of Saratoga, the turning point of the Revolutionary war. ... He eventually helped guide America through the troubles of the revolutionary war. All three men were able to play very strong roles in the beginning of the revolutionary war. ...

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Dissent from entrenched ideologies and the undermining of ancien régimes established the time period as truly revolutionary. ... The Revolutionary War symbolized ideological change in America, where self-government replaced monarchism, while democracy and capitalism triumphed over Imperialistic totalitarianism. ... The American Revolution was revolutionary because it challenged and defied decorum. ...

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The Revolutionary War by Bart McDowell The Revolutionary War gives an interesting and distinct account of the history and events of this great and pivotal time. ... The author, Bart McDowell, gives the reader a lesson in the various battles and people, which make up the Revolutionary War through his family trips with his kids. He began a journey with his family, teaching his children all about the events of the Revolutionary War. ... It wasn't until the French came to America's aide that the war shifted for the Colonials. ... I found it interesting how General Cornwallis ha...

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Was The American Revolution Revolutionary? ... For the most part, the rights of the colonists did undergo a transformation because of the Revolutionary War. ... Similar to the class structure, the revolutionary war did little to change the government. ... While many individuals would argue that the Revolutionary War brought about the change of America into a democracy, the truth is that America was not a democracy. ... (pg 70 Zinn) While many people believe strongly in the Revolutionary War as revolutionary, the war hardly brought about any change at all. ...

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The main cause for the Revolutionary war was propaganda, almost every act and tax that was passed by the crown was blown out of proportion by the press. ... In fact they were just panic troops that had never seen what happens in war. ... Now 15 months after the battle at Lexington war has been declared. This war was a very long and nasty war. ... SO the very long battle to declare independence was fallowed by a very long war. ...

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The revolutionaries had several advantages, but most of them are merely vague conceptual ideas that can not be materialized into guns, money, or soldiers. ... The Patriots also noticed all the enemies that British made during its previous wars. ... They saw the war as a passport to freedom. ... We were severely short in just about every single surface that needs to be covered to fight a war. ... The Continental Congress was supposedly the rally point of the revolutionaries. ...

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The girl had no idea that once in Philadelphia she would enter into a world entirely different, that of post-revolutionary war America. ... Constitution finds its beginning in post-revolutionary America. ... But every war creates its own set of problems. ... Even before the American Revolutionary war, Americans despised taxes. During the war it was "no taxation without representation", and after the war Americans did not want to give up their hard earned money to pay off war debts. ...

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This came to be known as the Civil War. ... The struggle between these two combatants is the American Civil War, also known as the War Between the States or the War of the Rebellion. ... In both wars, Americans did fight fellow Americans; in the case of the American Revolutionary War, Patriots fought Loyalists (as well as the British); in the case of the American Civil War, Americans from the North fought Americans from the South. ... Both wars were waged in the name of unity, the American Revolutionary War for unity of the colonies of America, and the Civil War for the unity (preservatio...

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Slaves were also treated unfair pre and post Revolutionary War. Although women didn't play a crucial role in the Revolutionary war led to some to believe that they should not be given certain rights. ... Hierarchy classes were dominant before the Revolutionary War. ... Persecution against slaves continued on through out the Revolutionary War but in 1775 the Philadelphia Quakers decided this persecution of innocent people should be no longer. ... Women did not play a crucial role in the Revolutionary War although some were disguised as men and fought. ...

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Patriots didn't seem to co-op with the new law system and decided to rebel against British authority which then led to the American revolutionary war in 1775. ... The revolutionary era debated over morals and corrections of slavery for blacks and many other nationalities. ... At this time American revolutionaries brought their opposition of slavery into the war. ... Many of the African Americans use this war to escape and be freed slaves, others died, some turned on their masters, and few became heroes of the war. ... I feel the evidence of the war made a clear statement about slavery p...

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(Pole, 132) Yet, by the time the Revolutionary War was done, America had a new identity and new egalitarian values. ... (Pole, 132) Equality had begun, however inadvertently, in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War. Pole states that during the time of the Revolutionary War, it would have been foolish to believe that any event, no matter how significant or momentous, would have foreseen "the proclamation of the ideal of natural rights equality as the general principle of the American people. ... This was brought about by such historical events as the Revolutionary War; just as this idea is co...

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After the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation formed the federal government of the United States. ... Throughout the revolutionary period, the rights of many changed very little. ... They gained no more freedoms due to the Revolutionary War. ... The letter exhibits the unchanging mindset of ruling men before and after the war. ... The American Revolutionary period was revolutionary for only a small portion of Americans. ...

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The story takes place in Redding, Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770's. ... I fell that if the American Revolutionary War did not occur, Sam probably would have gone off to New York City to become a doctor where he would have helped many people instead of suffering his horrible death. The American Revolutionary War was one of the biggest problems in the book. ... Meeker would not have Sam fight in the war against the British since he was raised as a loyalist. As the war went on, many people suffered including the Meekers. ...

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The Battle of Yorktown in 1781 marked the end of the Revolutionary War with Britain. ... As a result, British violations of American neutrality rights on the high seas led to President Madison declaring war against Britain "War of 1812. And so began the War of 1812 and confirmation of America's independence. ... American at first prepared to respond with economic coercion rather than war. ... The American Revolution War was when the U.S. fought for their independence against Britain, however, not until the War of 1812 was the American independence confirmed. ...

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The story makes several references of pre and post situations of the American Revolutionary War. ... The effect of the Revolutionary War on this typical villager was to a certain extent significant, but wasn't influential to change his life entirely. ... "How that there had been a revolutionary war-that the country had thrown off the yoke of old England-and that, instead of being subject of His Majesty George the Third, he was now a free citizen of the United States. ... The long sleep of Rip freed himself from his wife's domination, just as the Revolutionary War that consequently...

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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. ... He was interested in the questions of why the revolution occurred when the conditions that historically fueled the revolutionary which was poverty and economic deprivation, did not exist to an appreciable degree.  ... He states that "For some historians, the Revolution seems to be little more than a colonial rebellion or a war for independence.... To...

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This can be looked upon as a stirring of revolutionary ideas in the American people. ... In a speech, Patrick Henry also stated that the colonists had tried all possible solutions available to them, which was also supported by the Declaration of Causes as stated, "We have pursued every temperate, every respectful measure but subsequent events have shown, how vain was this hope of finding moderation in our enemies " but had gotten no response other than actions which could only be taken as an act of war. ... Although the women did not get their independence until decades later on, their revolut...

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During the Revolutionary War, England was not only alarmed by the colonists' insistence on trading with the enemy. The Americans were or were not justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain. ... Whately made this statement, "We are not yet recovered from a War undertaken solely for their [the Americans] Protection a War undertaken for their defense only they should contribute to the Preservation of the Advantages they have received- (Document 1). ... Throughout the Revolutionary War the were some main causes that ignited it, the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, the "Decl...

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Thomas Jefferson, father of the Declaration of Independence, is another revolutionary leader who's primary concern was his own personal interests. ... The Revolutionary era was both exhilarating and disturbing---a time of progress for some, dislocation for others. ... There was no political crisis such as famine or war to lead the people to drastic action. ... Through British impression, war debt repayment put a strain on colonists. ... The war was also a conservative one based on the radicals who were not reallyradical?. ...

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John Hancock emerged as a leading figure in the revolutionary movement. ... Warned by Paul Revere, they fled Lexington just as the battles of Lexington and Concord opened the Revolutionary War (The Founding Fathers Series). ...

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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. ... In order to determine the extent of just how radical the America revolution truly was, it is crucial to consider the motivating ideological and social movements, as well as the pre-conditions leading up to the start of a revolutionary war, and the strong yearning for freedom. ... Finally the Committees of Correspondence and the passing of the intolerable acts also played significant roles in leading up to the revolutionary chan...

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It successfully put an end to the Revolutionary War, it negotiated a favorable end to the war in the Treaty of Paris, and created a model for the admission of new territories courtesy of the Northwest Ordinance. ... After the war, the colonists trusted no ultimate authority; not even one they designed. ...

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The authors of the Declaration of Independence were simply stating that they did not want to be controlled by Britain, along with not wanting war. ... Britain went to war with the colonies in fear that the French would take over the territory. ... The result was the Revolutionary War and the free nation that is America today. ...

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Reforms were in part due to the massive renovation the United States went under after the War of 1812. ... As Francis Grund (DOC 3) proposed, Religion assisted the reformers in their revolutionary struggle, religion made them appeal to defending their liberties. ... Reformers battled the evils of the changed society, due to the War of 1812. ... Reforms that were in part due to the massive renovation the United States went under after the War of 1812. ... Religion assisted the reformers in their revolutionary struggle, religion made them appeal to defending their liberties. ...

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At the end of the Revolutionary War, there was a need for an effective form of government. ... Congress could also borrow money as well as declare war and enter into treaties and alliances with foreign nations. ... States sometimes refused to give the government the money it needed, and they engaged in tariff wars with one another, bringing interstate trading to a halt. ... Because of this, the economy of the United States was not growing and the country could not pay off the war-debts from the Revolutionary War (Doc. ... Soldiers of the War rebelled against Congress for the inability to pay...

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