INTRODUCTION

• The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) resulted from a conflict between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown.
• The colonial government was represented by the British crown King George III.
• 13 colonies were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
• It was a war against the deteriorating situations of the American colonists under the British Rule.
• It gave a very serious jolt to mercantilism and colonialism and it was deeply associated with middle class aspiration. So it was considered a middle class revolution.
• It is an example of the first successful revolution against a European empire, and also of establishment of a republican form of democratically elected government.
• Provided a model for many other colonial peoples to become self-governing nations with directly elected representative government.
• Furthermore the U.S.A. became a living example of democratic republican government, the Federal structure and individual freedom.
• After this revolution America became a symbol for colonial liberation so it inspired the liberation movement in future.