The American Revolution ended two centuries of British rule for most of the North American colonies and created the modern United States of America. The Revolutionary era was both exhilarating and disturbing – a time of progress for some, dislocation for others. The American Revolution started in 1775, climaxed in 1776, and ended in 1789 when the Constitution was ratified. But was it really a revolution? The causes and results of the American Revolution will speak of the answer. …showed first 75 words of 2028 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2028 total…Revolutionary War. But the two outcomes that stand out the most are declaring independence and the formation of a government. There is no doubt that the American experience was a real Revolution. It was a struggle to progress from dependent colonies to independent states, from monarchy to republic, from membership in an extended empire in which the several members were connected only through the center to participation in a singly federal nation... And it succeeded.