In what sense was the American Revolutionary War a civil war?
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There were Loyalists in the American Revolution, maybe 20% of the population. The British also tried to recruit the Indians during the war and turn them against the Americans. That's the only thing that would suggest there was any kind of civil war during the revolution. More detail on this website...
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The Civil War wasn't about immigration.
1131619
Woe.....hey....why stop at WWI .....how 'bout the civil war. The revolutionary war.
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If it is the US civil war, indeed slavery was one reason, but tensions between Northern and Southern politicians is another problem as they couldn't effectively compromise over how to deal with slavery and 1850 Compromise, Missouri Compromise etcetra were not effective. Also, Lincoln's election as President is a cause as well as he was suspected to be against slavery as he was a Republican:  as the Southern states succeeded in response to Lincoln's election, the North wanted the South to return = war. Also, arguments over who owned Fort Sumter is another cause. Other causes such as the break down of the two party system can be also claimed to have caused the civil war.
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There wasn't much population in the south then.  Most of the battles were in the north, from Virginia to New York to Connecticut and Massachusetts, mainly.
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The causes of the war were a complex series of events, including slavery, that began long before the first shot was fired. Competing nationalisms, political turmoil, the definition of freedom, the preservation of the Union, the fate of slavery and the structure of our society and economy could all be listed as significant contributing factors in America's bloodiest conflict.\n\nFor more info visit the link below.\n\nAll the best!
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You will find all your answers or links to your answers here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War - now do your homework yourself please.\n\nGood Luck!!!
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<Andrew Jackson wasn't in the Civil War.He died in 1845 and the Civil War didn't start until 1861.
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The main underlying cause for the Civil War was the freedom of states, and the rights of the states granted under the US Constitution, which by the way does not state that succession is illegal orr forbidden.  The powers of the Federal government are stated clearly in the Constitution, and any powers not specifically granted to the federal government are the responsibilities of the states.  Slavery did not become an issue until 1863 when the United States President Lincoln freed the slaves in a forgien country to keep France and Britian out of the war.  Odds are they would not have done anything to really help the South's war effort, but it was a good political move on Lincoln's behalf.
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Leaders do not have to die for it to be a civil war.  It IS a civil war because you have one faction within a country fighting another faction inside that same country for control.  I don't care what the White House wants to call it, those who decide not to be ignorant will recognize a civil war when they see one.
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I think I understand your question.  To engage in a civil war, it would take the participation of an enemy to the "conservatives" (e.g., the "liberals").  Fundamentalist right-wing ed conservative radicals are paid no more attention by educated liberals than the grasshoppers jumping from weed to weed in the sunny summertime, so the civil war isn't likely to transpire.
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A stupid question these nations are allies.However some contributers to this question seem to be under the impression that the last conflict between these two countries was an american victory. This of course is untrue in fact the british made deep incursions into the us and burnt the whitehouseto the ground.Of course if they mean the war of independance, every one was british.The settlers were revolting about unfair taxes,but they were british How many of the founding fathers were british.I can never envisage a time when britain and america would even be in different camps in any conflict of war
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The Revolutionary War started in 1765 and ended in 1777.
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Unfortunately there is not definition for Civil War in any Military Dictionary in the United States, and the CIA won't say because the information is classified. Experts say that due to the level of violence, the death toll and the way the Country is splitting up, it has already reached civil war status. The death toll has exceeded that of a number of civil wars in recent history although I can't remember which ones. Other experts say that if it isn't a civil war than it is much worse because instead of just two groups fighting there is fighting between the Sunni's and Shittes, different groups of Shiites fighting each other as well as Kurds fighting the Arabs. So to answer your question, our Republican Government will never admit it's in civil war until they are out of office and can blame it on the Democrats because there is no definite definition of what classifies a Civil War. But what is clear is that it is a terrible situation that could have been avoided had we had responsible people running our Government.
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Whole books about this stuff...In a nut shell...\nNatives and Africans fought on both sides of the Revolution to further their own interests.  Native Americans were the dominant military presence west of the Appalachian Mountains and they fought alongside the English.  They believed the English were their beat hope of keeping American settlers from pouring over the mountains and pushing them off their land.\n\nThere were many tribes, some traditional enemies, and that further complicated their response to the war between American Colonists and the English,\n  Africans and African Americans (remember, at this time the African slave trade was very much alive - not all African slaves were native born) fought for the colonies, and fought well, as free men and on behalf of their masters.  At one point, the British promised freedom to any male slave (and his family) if he escaped and joined the British Army.  Many did.  Others took advantage of masters and overseers' absence to escape from slavery.\n\nJust remember this - no group of people ever acted uniformly.  People act in their own interests.
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==============================================\nThe American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence,[1] was a war between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen British colonies, who declared their independence as the United States of America in 1776.\n\nThe war was the culmination of the American Revolution, a colonial struggle against political and economic policies of the British Empire. The war eventually widened far beyond British North America; many Native Americans also fought on both sides of the conflict.\n\nThroughout the war, the British were able to use their naval superiority to capture and occupy coastal cities, but control of the countryside (where most of the population lived) largely eluded them. After an American victory at Saratoga in 1777, France, Spain, and the Netherlands entered the war against Great Britain. French involvement proved decisive, with a naval victory in the Chesapeake leading to the surrender of a British army at Yorktown in 1781. The Treaty of Paris in 1783 recognized the independence of the United States.\n\n\n==============================================\n\nA GOOD ONE ABOUT  Revolutionary War
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There once was a war that was pivital\nAnd somehow this war was called "civil"\nThey all fought alot\nAnd someone got shot\nIt's too bad when different sides quibble!