Revolutionary War Research Paper

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The American War of Independence started with the thirteen colonies who rebelled against a tyrannical monarchy in 1775 and in turn ended a rule of two centuries by British Empire in the Americas. However, this revolutionary war was not only a conflict fought between American colonist and Britain but a world conflict encompassing many of the most powerful European powers of that time. It could be considered one of the first “World Wars” of that time to alter the equilibrium of European colonial supremacy throughout the world and which will continue to for several more centuries to come.
The shifts in the balance of international powers can be seen through America’s revolutionary war because of the willingness of other nations to come to the …show more content…

The first would be the birth of a new nation-state that would become major player in the world’s political and economic scene. The war gave the new independent American nation many political ties to its new allies France and Spain. In which free trade could flow through and grow the nation budding economy. With the signing of the “Treaty of Pairs” of 1783, many of the major players of the war would all gain something from the fighting because most territories were restored to their original owners. America gain the Ohio valley from Britain, which doubled the land that this new nation had. With the more land gained, the more resource and income power America had at it disposable making it into super power nation over time. The next major reason would be how the American Revolution message for freedom and equality would inspire many liberal movement across the world including the French Revolution a decade later. The world watch as colonial nation with no formal army or government overthrew it oppressors and became an independent nation. This proved that political ideas of the enlightenment were more than just non sensible blabber by the elite and educated that could be achieved if one follows through with their

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