How did the American Revolution change the world?

Answer 1

It gave other countries under foreign rule the realization that they didn't have to put up with a monarchy that was not responsive to their wishes. Introduced the idea that the common man should have a "voice" or participation in their government. Introduced governmental concept from a monarchy to an oligarchy/democracy.

Answer 2

The American Revolution changed the world in one very important way. It gave the French the courage to rebel against Louis XVI and in 1789, they followed suit and ended the Bourbon Dynasty.

It also made a statement to the British Monarchy..."You may control the English, but you do not control us."

Answer 3

Democracy. The American Revolution marked a turning point in world history because for the first time the people of a nation were allowed to elect their own government officials as they saw fit. The declaration of Independence was so revolutionary that other nations attempting to free themselves from imperial rule used it as the basis for their own declarations of Independence. Another phrase you could use is the social contract system of government, developed by John Locke, who was a major influence to the founding fathers.

Answer 4

1. It showed the world that the idea of liberty, if so strongly held in the hearts of people that they'd be willing to fight and die for it, could bring about the defeat of an ultimately superior nation. The British had every advantage except for their "fighting spirit", they were fighting in a country they cared nothing about, for a cause that seemed to be little more than a price-tag in the Royal treasury.

2. The country that was born from it, the United States of America, has grown to be one of the most powerful nations in the entire history of the world. I'd say that's a pretty big change. ^_^

Answer 5

America was the first to declared war on Britain, and successfully defeat them, declaring their independance. The rest of the British Empire slowly followed suit. The really isn't a British Empire anymore.

Answer 6

I am not sure that the American Revolution changed the world as revolution was and is rather common. The circumstances leading up to the break are more interesting. Many colonists fled Britain and other European countries to escape taxations, servitude, the feudal land system and religious persecution though with the exception of the Puritans that was really not true. Sort of another untruism put upon us by people who want us to believe that Christianity is the basis of the nation. The Anglican Church still held great sway in Revolutionary times but the people began to develop a sense of nation by accepting each other and seeing the commonality of commerce. Distance made British control difficult and the French used America as a means of creating a second front to the endless strife between the UK and France so they agitated a great deal. The true American Revolution is probably more about free commerce as a means of freeing people from poverty and the realization that many people from many countries and backgrounds could live together.

Answer 7

It exposed the farce that is monarchical rule. It gave birth to a nation where language, culture, ethnicity and race were eventually secondary to that of desire to live free and on the laurels on one's own efforts.

Most importantly, the American Revolution served as the unbinding of creative and passionate forces from all over the world who gathered to the shores of the young U.S. to breathe air into personal dreams and allow a nation to collectively dream of the impossible, and not only dream, but achieve it!

This singular event in world history gave rise to the acceleration of all of man's potential, the world over.

Answer 8

The A.R. gave us our freedom from Britain. We still get taxed but they used to tax the colonist on everything.

( PAY ATTENTION IN SOCIAL STUDIES MAN)

Answer 9

Though there are other democracies that have been in existence longer than the USA, the American Revolution had a radical (for then) philosophy. It began with a simple phrase - "We hold these truths to be self-evident ...". What followed was pure magic.
The divine right of kings was being challenged. Our rights did not come from the king, for rights given to us by kings may be taken away by kings.
The revolutionaries also stated than our rights did not come from a majority either. For a majority can enslave a minority as well as a king can.
Where do our freedoms come from? We are endowed by our Creator. Therefore, no earthly presence can legitimately remove them. Whereas the ideal hasn't quite taken over in this country, it is something to which we strive. And the American Revolution is where it began and it spread from there. Freedom has been on the march since.

Answer 10

It showed that poorly trained fighters with the help of the French army could defeat poorly trained mercenaries.
However, it did still show that the British were defeatable, and made America seem much stronger than it actually was.


It ended the money hole that was America for the British gov't (yes the US was taxed, but to a lower extent than the rest of the empire despite being responsible for a disproportiate part of the debt).

It opened up trade with the French.

It allowed for expansion of the American colonists into the western portion of the country, which actually did give them some power (via more natural resources).

Brought up the first stage in American arrogance/worldwide policing (Monroe Doctrine being a perfect example--no way to enforce it, but we issued it just the same).

In the treatment of British loyalists it showed the despite their ideals, the new Americans were just hypocritical and willing to persecute as the Europeans they fled from.

It showed the sway that a few powerful loud people can have over an entire nation, forcing them to go into a poorly justified war for the profit of the elite. Read Common Sense sometime-its very convincing, but quite inaccurate.

Answer 11

of course it did. it gave birth to a nation that eventually became the most technologically advanced and economically sophisticated nation in history.