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We (Americans) had a revolutionary war because of we were tired of being pretty much pushed arounded and roled by Great Britain. This war was vital to our countries history, without this war, who knows. We could still be run by England or Another Country. One thing is for sure, if we didn't have this war, and free and safe America would not here. But our founding fathers got together and the wrote the Declaration of Independence which was a letter to King George III that stated that America was separating from Brittian and was becomeing a free nation. In the kings fury, he declared war on the colonies, not knowing what he was getting himself into...
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt was called "revolutionary" because of all the revolutionary changes that came from it. The idea of democracy was reintroduced in the colonies in a time when monarchy was prevalent. A weak colony had challenged the greatest power in the world at that time - Great Britain. And they actually won emerging as a rapidly growing world power. The ideas and victory that the Americans had created for themselves also influenced other regions of the world like France in the French Revolution.
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∙ 15y agoThe reason why the Revolutionary War is called the first Civil War is because British was the mother country of America, so America was fighing its own mother country. Civil means between a country, and America and Britain were some what of a country together though not after America gained freedom. They're may have been more civil wars in my opinion, but whatever.
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∙ 13y agoBecause they wrote many letters to England but thew would not listen. On march 5th 1770 five colonists were shot so that sparked the revolutionary war
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∙ 12y agoBecause America revolted against Great Britain (taxation without representation, mainly), and they were fighting for the freedom to be self-governing, with certain inalienable rights.
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∙ 16y agoIt was fought for America's independence.
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Was Civil War before revolutionary?
no, the revolutionary war was before the civil war. the revolutionary war was when the colonists broke away from British rule. the civil war was when the north and south fought because of slavery. the revolutionary war was in 1775 and the civil war started in 1861
The Revolutionary War began in?
The Revolutionary War began in 1775.
Who was in the Revolutionary War?
The American colonies, Britain, and FranceThe Revolutionary War was a thing, not a person. If you would like to know who was IN the Revolutionary War, go to www.Google.com/ig and type the soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
What is a good name for a report comparing the revolutionary war and the Civil War?
A comparison of the Revolutionary war and the civil war. How the Revolutionary was different from the civil war A comparison of two wars The Differences between the Revolution and the Civil War
Where did the british surrender the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown, it was the last battle of the Revolutionary war.
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Was lord Cornwallis in the civil war or the Revolutionary War?
he was in the revolutionary war
Was the War for Liberty the Revolutionary War?
The Revolutionary War was America's war for liberty from Britain.
What was the name of the war the us fought the British?
That would be the revolutionary war. That was the war in which the U. S. won it's independence from Great Britain.
What war did the Treaty of Paris 1783 end?
The Revolutionary War
Isn't the war of 1812 the Revolutionary War?
No it was 2 years after the revolutionary war.
Was the war of 1812 the revolutionary war?
No. It was not. The Revolutionary War was fought from 1775 to 1783.
What is the pre Revolutionary War?
The pre Revolutionary war is the French and Indian war
What are facts about Revolutionary War?
The first or second revolutionary war?
The Revolutionary War began in?
The Revolutionary War began in 1775.
What did Benjamin Banneker do in the Revolutionary War?
he fought in the revolutionary war.
Were there any Muslims in the Revolutionary War?
There were no Muslims in the Revolutionary War.
