Effects of the Revolution

The 8 year long American Revolution is a key event in history because of the long time effects it had on our world, even today. This post is specially dedicated to exposing this effects.

One of the effects was of course the complete independence of the British colonies from the British Empire/Crown. The colonists achieved their long time dream (I use the word long a lot okay) of constructing their own government and government rules. After the revolution, there was no King who would levy taxes on them or appoint governors for them. These freedom of government completed the formation of what today is one of the most influential countries in the whole wide world: United States of America.

Another effect was that since the American Revolution was the first independence movement of colonies towards the Empire owing them, it inspired other colonies to seek and fight for independence. It kind of made them think they could also have the freedom they felt the need to have, but just didnt know how to explain or express. Latin American independences are inspired in the American Revolution. In fact, the American Revolution also inspired other countries to revolt against their own authorities. The biggest and most famous of these revolutions was the French Revolution, which happened about 8 years after the American Revolution in 1789. If you think about it, it seems incredible that the colonies won when the British had the greatest Empire of that time.

A bit of French Revolution humor
 

The last effect I´ll mention, is more an intellectual effect of the Revolution. You must have heard the famous phrase, "all men are created equal" from the Declaration of Independence. These single fragment that the Patriots intensly marked was taken from other groups such as slaves and women (check out our post on Revolution effects on slaves, women, and loyalists. By the way) to fight for their rights and position in society. Of course the men who were involved in the writing and signing of the Declaration only referred to men-white men. This didnt keep other from interpreting and extending the meaning of the phrase. Nowadays, in most Constitutions in the continent of America all citizens are considered equal and granted equal rights. This includes women and slaves that so fiercly fought to gain this rights after the outburst of the Revolution.

To wrap it all up, the American Revolution wasn't just a war that colonists fought to gain freedom and they won and that's all. It had all the ever-lasting effects that we explained in this post.