The American Revolution
The political and military struggle for independence from Great Britain and the internal social changes it sparked.
Key Questions
- 1Was the American Revolution a radical or conservative movement?
- 2How did the concept of 'natural rights' conflict with the reality of chattel slavery?
- 3What role did women and loyalists play in the revolutionary struggle?
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