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America Revolution (Causes)
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* The colonies enjoyed some form of political control which gave the experience and the urge to fight for self rule. * England did not bother to maintain good relationship with her colonies. *Further, the economic exploitation and various unjust laws (sugar Act, Stamp Act) aggravated the revolt. " no taxation without representation was an important slogan" *The enterprising and independent population did not feel the need to depend on the mother country. |
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Immediate cause
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*The Boston tea party incident demonstrated, the hatred of the colonists.
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Course of the American Revolution
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*Trade rivals of England, Spain and France helped the colonists in the conquests. A peace treaty was finally signed in 1783; England acknowledge the independence of the colonies. |
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Reasons for the success of the American Revolution
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*An important factor was the weakness of England, since she had too many territory to defeat at one time. *The American leaders did a good job, such as; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Ethan Allen, Foreign Allies, Baron Van Steubel, Marquis De Lafayette * The others were; Thomas Payne, Patrick Henry and Nathan Hale. |
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Consequences of the American revolution
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*It announce the birth of a new nation. the U.S of America became the first democratic general republic. *Britain loss and important territory and even France face a great deal of loss. *A constitution convention of state representatives was created to enable the new U.S.A to define a guide line fro the laws that would govern the new severing country. * A relatively new system of govt's with three (3) branches dividing the power instead of the conventional one was established from the future outcome of the constitution convention. |
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Significant of the (A.R) IMPORTANCE
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*It gave emphasis to the idea of the right to revolution and self-govern. * Poor classes were encourage to fight against autocratic rulers even were shied(shy) into becoming despotic (cruel ruler) * It started a whole new system of gov't and introduce a written constitution which became the frame work and basis for the entire structure of the evolution of the countries government. |