WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The American Revolution-also called the U.S. War of Independence-was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America, founded with the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Detailed explanation-2: -Summary: Enlightenment ideals of rationalism and intellectual and religious freedom pervaded the American colonial religious landscape, and these values were instrumental in the American Revolution and the creation of a nation without an established religion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some of the leaders of the American Revolution were influenced by Enlightenment ideas which are, freedom of speech, equality, freedom of press, and religious tolerance. American colonists did not have these rights, in result, they rebelled against England for independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -The National Assembly in France even used the American Declaration of Independence as a model when drafting the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen in 1789. Much like the American document, the French declaration included Enlightenment principles, such as equal rights and popular sovereignty.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Colonists based their revolution on the Enlightenment ideas of John Locke (social contract theory). The Patriots felt they had the right to overthrow a government that broke the social contract. The Declaration of Independence – written by Thomas Jefferson and signed on July 4th, 1776.