American Revolution
Founding war's name
The American Revolution was the political upheaval (1765–1783) in which thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence and established the United States.
The term encompasses both the ideological movement rejecting British authority and the Revolutionary War that secured independence.
The American Revolution inspired later democratic movements worldwide.
- Thomas JeffersonThird American president
- Benjamin FranklinColonial American polymath statesman
- John AdamsSecond American chief executive
- Alexander HamiltonFounding father, financial architect
James Madison · John Hancock · Samuel Adams · Patrick Henry · Thomas Paine · George Mason · John Jay · Abigail Adams
Combat engagement area
- Lexington and ConcordFirst armed colonial conflict
- Bunker Hill1775 Massachusetts engagement
- YorktownVirginia siege site
- Valley Forge1777-78 military headquarters
Saratoga · redcoats · musket · cannon · bayonet · siege · infantry · cavalry
Colonial era legislature
- Declaration of IndependenceAmerica's founding proclamation
- Articles of ConfederationOriginal American governing charter
- Treaty of ParisMajor war-ending diplomatic pact
- Stamp Act1765 colonial document tax
Intolerable Acts · Tea Act · Tories · Patriots · mercantilism · charter · crown
Governing principles document
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- amendmentChange to official text
Bill of Rights · separation of powers · checks and balances · We the People · Federalist Papers · Great Compromise · three-fifths compromise · constitutional convention
Absence of constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- unalienable rightsFreedoms impossible to surrender
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
tyranny · natural rights · consent of the governed · republicanism · equality · no taxation without representation · liberty tree · Gadsden flag
Organized resistance to power
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
defiance · sedition · protest · boycott · Boston Tea Party · Sons of Liberty · tarring and feathering · civil disobedience
George Washington
- Thomas JeffersonThird American president
- Benjamin FranklinColonial American polymath statesman
- John AdamsSecond American chief executive
James Madison · Alexander Hamilton · John Hancock · Samuel Adams · Patrick Henry · Thomas Paine · George Mason · John Jay · Abigail Adams · Marquis de Lafayette
battlefield
Combat engagement area
- Lexington and ConcordFirst armed colonial conflict
- Bunker Hill1775 Massachusetts engagement
- YorktownVirginia siege site
Valley Forge · Saratoga · redcoats · musket · cannon · bayonet · siege · infantry · cavalry · artillery
Continental Congress
Colonial era legislature
- Declaration of IndependenceAmerica's founding proclamation
- Articles of ConfederationOriginal American governing charter
- Treaty of ParisMajor war-ending diplomatic pact
Stamp Act · Intolerable Acts · Tea Act · Tories · Patriots · mercantilism · charter · crown
Constitution
Governing principles document
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
amendment · Bill of Rights · separation of powers · checks and balances · We the People · Federalist Papers · Great Compromise · three-fifths compromise · constitutional convention · preamble
freedom
Absence of constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- unalienable rightsFreedoms impossible to surrender
sovereignty · tyranny · natural rights · consent of the governed · republicanism · equality · no taxation without representation · liberty tree · Gadsden flag · free press
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
resistance · defiance · sedition · protest · boycott · Boston Tea Party · Sons of Liberty · tarring and feathering · civil disobedience · pamphlets
- American Historycolonial era, founding fathers, Declaration of Independence, George Washington, Jamestown
- Americas HistoryAztec Empire, colonial era, colonization, Columbus, conquistadors
- Political HistoryBritish Empire, Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, World War I, Magna Carta
- US HistoryUS history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, US Constitution
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- 18th Century MovementsEnlightenment, Rococo, Neoclassicism, deism, rationalism
American Revolutioncounterrevolution
Reversal of political upheaval
counter-revolution · Bolshevik Revolution · Bourbon Restoration · Thermidorian Reaction · Cuban Revolution
revolution, America, American, Americans, Americanize, Americanized, Americanizing, Americanization, South American