The American Revolution : 1774-1783

Marston, Daniel2023

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The American Revolution, or the American War of Independence, has been characterised politically as a united political uprising of the American colonies and militarily as a guerrilla campaign of colonists against the inflexible British military establishment. The author argues that this belief, though widespread, is a misconception. He contends that the American Revolution, in reality, created deep political divisions in the population of the Thirteen Colonies, while militarily pitting veterans of the Seven Years' War against one another, in a conflict that combined guerrilla tactics and classic 18th-century campaign techniques on both sides. The peace treaty of 1783 that brought an end to the war marked the formal beginning of the USA as an independent political entity. This text is an important resource for the academic or student reader, as well as those with a general interest in the period.