The American Revolution was a political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from British rule, establishing themselves as independent United States.
Imagine you're part of a group project where one person (Britain) is making all decisions without considering your input. Eventually you decide enough is enough - you break off from this group to start your own project (the United States).
Declaration of Independence: An assertion by thirteen American colonies declaring themselves as independent states no longer under British rule.
Continental Congress: A series of legislative bodies which met in British America and later United States during Revolutionary era. They served as the government of the 13 American colonies and later states before the Constitution.
Patriots: The colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.
Which principle of the American Revolution was most directly influenced by Enlightenment ideas?
What key similarity existed between the process of decolonization in Africa and Asia post World War II, and the American Revolution?
Which policy introduced by Britain provoked discontent among its American colonies leading to the American Revolution?
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