Introduction
This paper is dedicated to the history of American Revolution and the War for Independence. The primary purpose of the survey given here is to carry out an analysis of the events of the late 18th century in the British colonies in North America on the basis of vast historical material published in the United States. The process that took place before and during the 1776-1783 period when 13 British colonies’ aspiration for independence broke out into the so-called War for Independence is very remarkable for it’s many unique features, on the one hand, and for many historical parallels that took place a century later when the world-wide spreaded colonial system began to collapse.
John Adams, second President of the United States, declared that the history of the American Revolution began as far back as 1620. “The Revolution,” he said, “was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people.” The principles and passions that led the Americans to rebel ought, he added, “to be traced back for two hundred years and sought in the history of the country from the first plantation in America.”
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