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5 days ago · Consisting of 450 titles totaling 94,000 pages of text, Introduction to U.S. History: The American Revolution documents the revolution and war that created the United States of America, from the earliest protests in 1765 through the peace treaty of 1783. Provided by the State Library.
3 days ago · The American Revolution was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies that began in 1775 and ended with a peace treaty in 1783. The colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America .
- What was the American Revolution?The American Revolution—also called the U.S. War of Independence—was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britai...
- How did the American Revolution begin?On the ground, fighting in the American Revolution began with the skirmishes between British regulars and American provincials on April 19, 1775, f...
- What were the major causes of the American Revolution?The American Revolution was principally caused by colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make t...
- Which countries fought on the side of the colonies during the American Revolution?Until early in 1778, the American Revolution was a civil war within the British Empire, but it became an international war as France (in 1778) and...
- How was the American Revolution a civil war?In the early stages of the rebellion by the American colonists, most of them still saw themselves as English subjects who were being denied their r...
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4 days ago · The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of primary source materials associated with the American Revolution era (1763-1783), including manuscripts, broadsides, government documents, books, images, and maps.
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1 day ago · Politics portal. v. t. e. The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.
5 days ago · His latest book, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815, was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize. Professor Wood frequently contributes to the New York Review of Books and The New Republic. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
1 day ago · One of the most significant underlying causes of the Civil War was the stark economic differences between the North and the South. The Industrial Revolution had transformed the Northern economy, with manufacturing, commerce, and wage labor becoming increasingly important. By 1860, the North produced over 90% of the nation‘s manufactured goods ...
3 days ago · As a result of the American Civil War, Reconstruction and the age of industrialism, American ideals and self-awareness changed in profound ways, and American literature responded. Certain romantic notions of the American Renaissance were replaced by realistic descriptions of American life, such as those represented in the works of William Dean ...
