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Six Key Reasons for American Revolutionary Victory and Its Lasting Impact

The American Revolution was influenced by six major factors that led to victory against Great Britain. First, Americans fought for their homes and freedom. Their superior skills as wilderness fighters, along with exemplary leadership from figures like Washington and Greene, were pivotal. The support of foreign volunteers and allied nations like France further bolstered their cause. Meanwhile, England's divided public opinion created additional challenges for British forces. The outcome of the revolution spurred movements toward democracy, lessened voting restrictions, and advanced the fight for individual rights and social reforms.

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Six Key Reasons for American Revolutionary Victory and Its Lasting Impact

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  1. The Rebels as Victors

  2. Six major reasons for victory • 1. The Americans were fighting for their own soil, homes and freedom. • 2. The Americans were superior wilderness fighters. • 3. Superior leadership: Washington, George Rogers Clark, Nathanael Greene, John Paul Jones.

  3. 4. Notable foreign volunteers: Marquis de Lafayette, Baron de Kalb, Baron von Steuban, Count Pulaski, and Thaddeus Kosciusko. • 5. France, Spain and Holland enter the struggle against Great Britain. • 6. Within England, public opinion was divided. ( William Pitt and Edmund Burke)

  4. Results of Revolution Winds of change

  5. Movement toward democracy • Lessening of some voting restrictions. • Elimination of primogeniture. • Virginia Declaration of Rights. (1776) • Gains in the fight for separation of church and state. • Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom (1786). • Movement against slavery.

  6. More ... • Women’s gains. • “Civic virtue”. Who taught the children? • “Republican motherhood” Elevated women as the keepers of the nation’s conscience.

  7. State constitutions • Became the models for later documents. • Followed the ideas of Montesquieu. • Legislative branch usually had sweeping powers.

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