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 he American Revolution was more than a war for national independence. It was also more than a war against British taxes and trade regulations. It was true revolution in which Americans fought for such principles as natural rights, the sovereignty of the people, and government resting on the consent of the people.
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King George III, Proclamation of 1763. GLC 5214
The roots of the American Revolution can be traced to the year 1763, when British leaders began to tighten the reins of empire. The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
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"The Bloody Massacre," by Paul Revere. GLC 1868
Just three weeks after British soldiers shot and killed five Bostonians and wounded six others, the silversmith and patriot Paul Revere produced this engraving, which depicts the British massacring peaceful colonists in cold blood. |
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Lucy Knox to Henry Knox, August 23, 1777. GLC 2437
The Revolution threw into question all forms of inequality, including inequalities of gender. In this letter, Lucy Knox, the wife of American General Henry Knox, tells her husband not to consider himself "commander in chief of your own house, but be convinced that there is such a thing as equal command."
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