THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY
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Great Britain decided the war effort wasn’t worthwhile anymore and gave them their independence.
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A massive slave uprising forced the British out of North America.
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The Patriots finally killed the king.
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They were able to infiltrate the upper ranks of the British navy and burn their ships.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Perhaps the single most important reason for the patriot victory was the breadth of popular support for the Revolution. The Revolution would have failed miserably without the participation of thousands of ordinary farmers, artisans, and laborers who put themselves into the line of fire.
Detailed explanation-2: -A key reason the revolution succeeded was its strictly limited scope. The Founders sought only liberty, not equality or fraternity. They aimed to make a political revolution, not a social or an economic one.
Detailed explanation-3: -Britain’s military was the best in the world. Their soldiers were well equipped, well disciplined, well paid, and well fed. The British navy dominated the seas. Funds were much more easily raised by the Empire than by the Continental Congress.
Detailed explanation-4: -Our Revolutionary War was the first successful colonial war for independence of modern times and has inspired independence movements all over the world. To win the war, the revolutionaries had to meet enormous challenges.