how revolutionary was the american revolution?
350314
How revolutionary you ask? Think about it for a second. The most powerful and most well respected army and navy in the entire world is not only defeated but defeated by farmers and other workers not soldiers. It was so un heard of and so remarkable.
709209
The American Revolution.\n\nTimeline of the American Revolution.\n\nhttp://theamericanrevolution.org/tline.asp\n\nhttp://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/paulvm/foyer.html\n\nLexington and Concord.\n\nApril 19, 1775. "The shot heard around the world" was the first battle of the American Revolution.\n\nhttp://www.earlyamerica.com/shot_heard.htm\n\nThe American Revolution, also known as the revolutionary war, was one of the most significant events in American history. Without it, the United States of America may not have come into existence. Read on and learn why it happened, and learn about key events of the revolution. Also check out our links to other sites on the American Revolution.\n\nhttp://theamericanrevolution.org/\n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/\n\nhttp://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/amrevol.html\n\nhttp://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm\n\nhttp://www.kidskonnect.com/AmericanRevolution/RevHome.html\n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html\n\nhttp://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/revolutionarylinks.html\n\nhttp://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/RevFAQ.html\n\nhttp://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html\n\nThis site has everything..!!! Perfect for A P American History.\nAmerican History:  \n\nhttp://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/AHAPCourseMainPage.htm\n\nhttp://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/Weblinks/AHAP_Weblinks20.htm\n\nhttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/\n\nHistory and Social Science.\n\nhttp://www.kidsolr.com/history/index.html\n\nGeneral Resources \n\nhttp://www.ushistory.org/\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
941532
I think there is a lot of historical revisionism going on here...well thats assuming that you have any actual knowledge of what you are talking about. Certainly your knowledge of British history is lamentable. Are you suggesting that the American Revolution has been the only 'pure' revolution in world history? I don't understand the reference to communism. The doctrine of Communism was a 19th century one, which really didn't get into full swing until the Russian Revolution of 1917. What about the Glorious Revolution of of 1688 when Britain kicked out King James II and the barons and nobles installed William of Orange and his wife Mary to the British throne? No one died, there were  no battles (at the time at least) and there was a smooth transition of power. Not bad for a country that "always gave in to the king". (oh and as an aside, we had beheaded another King earlier in the same century... but perhaps we were too busy "giving in" to him to notice.) History is never as clear cut as you may want it to be. There was a large Colonial army that fought on the British side against the Revolutionaries that tends to be forgotten about, as it is always the victors that write the history books. It is interesting that many black americans fought in the Colonial army as they saw the British as a better bet for their eventual freedom than Washington et al. Mmmm. I wonder if they saw their so called masters as enlightened revolutionaries, or brutal slave owners who maintained their grip over these poor people by terrorising them with chains, whips and torture. I think we all need to be very careful before holding ourselves up as paragons of virtue.
662078
1787, ratified in 1788. the declaration of independence was written in 1776.
1076214
The founding fathers were anarchists for their day....I guess. They were bucking the system in England. But now days....They get a bad rap because they are the voice of revolution and change! God bless em......we need more of them! Change is the only thing that is going to save our country!!!!!!!!!
334065
Now if I was an ordinary person I'd most probably be unable to write anyway, but I would try to show how well our side was doing.\nTry to show that revolution would occur in all countries like France, as others followed the example set.\nShow how Napoleon was gradually conquering the world, well it doesn't have to be true does it, and make sure that Napoleon had a copy of it. Then he would give you more information, and most probably a decent meal.\nMention what a great thing it was to drive on the right.\nEnclose a charter for all good citizens of the revolution to follow.
142317
The answer is 1776. The person who answered before forgot to add the 12 to it.
575999
Yes it was terrorism at the time.\nBut you don't judge the winners.\nIf the terrorists win and form their own Country they stopp being terrorists.\nSo consider this, if American Revolution would have failed, George Washington would be known as a terrorist.
36943
Key Event: America Signs Treaty with Tripoli.\n\nSome more Key Events in President George Washington's Administration\n\n• Precedents---Washington established two main precedents: a cabinet and the two-year term.\n• Whiskey Rebellion, 1794---Washington ordered 15,000 troops to Pennsylvania and crushed the first challenge to federal authority.\n• Farewell Address, 1796---Washington warned against the evils of political parties and "tangling alliances" abroad. \n\n\nOn April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. "As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent," he wrote James Madison, "it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles." \n\nBorn in 1732 into a Virginia planter family, he learned the morals, manners, and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman. \n\nHe pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion. At 16 he helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. The next year, as an aide to Gen. Edward Braddock, he escaped injury although four bullets ripped his coat and two horses were shot from under him. \n\n   \n From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Married to a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, he devoted himself to a busy and happy life. But like his fellow planters, Washington felt himself exploited by British merchants and hampered by British regulations. As the quarrel with the mother country grew acute, he moderately but firmly voiced his resistance to the restrictions. \n\nWhen the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his ill-trained troops and embarked upon a war that was to last six grueling years. \n\nHe realized early that the best strategy was to harass the British. He reported to Congress, "we should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn." Ensuing battles saw him fall back slowly, then strike unexpectedly. Finally in 1781 with the aid of French allies--he forced the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. \n\nWashington longed to retire to his fields at Mount Vernon. But he soon realized that the Nation under its Articles of Confederation was not functioning well, so he became a prime mover in the steps leading to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. When the new Constitution was ratified, the Electoral College unanimously elected Washington President \n\nHe did not infringe upon the policy making powers that he felt the Constitution gave Congress. But the determination of foreign policy became preponderantly a Presidential concern. When the French Revolution led to a major war between France and England, Washington refused to accept entirely the recommendations of either his Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who was pro-French, or his Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, who was pro-British. Rather, he insisted upon a neutral course until the United States could grow stronger. \n\nTo his disappointment, two parties were developing by the end of his first term. Wearied of politics, feeling old, he retired at the end of his second. In his Farewell Address, he urged his countrymen to forswear excessive party spirit and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, he warned against long-term alliances. \n\nWashington enjoyed less than three years of retir
293713
America was not invented.The English people from England fought the French and Spanish for this land.Due to the fact that the England still taxed them even though they weren't in England anymore, the new settlers started the American Revolution.It began in 1775 and ended in 1783.
109019
Somebodies got a paper to write. There was a revolution in America?
968364
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/16801/effects_of_the_american_revolution.html\n\ngood luck!
780512
Absolutely, but how do the American people go about restoring democracy, revolution?????
1182981
Actually it's the Revolutionary war.\n\n1. We hated the English. Mostly because the taxed us without representation.\n\n2. We signed the declaration of independence.\n\n3. We kicked their butts.\n\n4. They surrendered in Yorktown, VA.\n\n5. We kissed and made up and now we are friends.\n\nThat's about it.\n\nHint: look up revolutionary war or american revolution and you will find more stuff than you could ever use.
276825
The Revolutionary War.
206915
Please try : \nAmerican Revolution Intended for children : includes a comprehensive collection of links and unique content relating to The American Revolution and early American government.\nwww.kidinfo.com/American_History/ American_Revolution \nShould serve your need dear !
94031
None.  No other country declared or gained independence in 1776