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1、The18thCenturyAmericanLiteratureTheAmericanRevolutionDefinition:TheAmericanRevolution,alsotermedastheAmericanWarofIndependence,whichstartedintheyear1775,wasawarbetweenGreatBritainandthe13BritishcoloniesinNorthAmerica.BriefIntroductionPeopleinAmerica,startedcomplainingaboutthewayinwhichtheyweretr
2、eatedbyBritish,andhowtheywerenotgiventhesamerightsasthatoftheBritishers.TheEnglishofcoursehadadifferentview.Theywantedtoruletheircoloniesinawaywhichwouldhelpheirparliament议会aswellasthecrown皇冠.Tiredofbeingtreatedinthismanner,theAmericansraisedthesloganof"Notaxationwithoutrepresentation"andintheye
3、ar1775,theAmericanRevolutionariesseizedcontrolovereachofthe13coloniesandformedtheContinentalArmyandalsosetuptheSecondContinentalCongressandby1776,theydeclaredthemselvesindependentandformedtheUnitedStatesofAmerica.TheotherEuropeannationswhowereundertheruleoftheBritish,alsojoinedtheAmericansinthei
4、rfightagainsttheEnglish.TheBritisherswereabletofightback,astheyhadaverystrongholdoverthenavy.SomemorefactsabouttheAmericanRevolutionarethat,by1778thecountriesofFrance,NetherlandsandSpainhadalsojoinedthewaragainsttheBritishersandslowly,America,alongwiththeirallies,wereabletodefeattheBritish.In178
5、3,thewarfinallyendedintheformationofafederativebourgeoisdemocraticrepublic-theUnitedStatesofAmerica.SomepeoplealsosaythattheAmericanRevolutionwasacivilwarfoughtonforeignsoilandthattheBritisherscouldnothavebeendefeatedhadtheAmericansnothavehadtheFrenchsupport.Features:Theseparationofthecoloniesfr
6、omBritainwasinevitable,butthewayinwhichthecoloniesseparatedwasradicalandbloody,notgradualandpeaceful.Thisrevolutionwasaculmination顶点ofeventsandpolicies.Significances:AmericanRevolutionwasthestruggleofthirteenAmericancoloniesagainstGreatBritain.ThetermAmericanRevolutionalsoincludestheAmericanWaro
7、fIndependence,andresultedintheformationoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.LeadingFigures:In1772,SamuelAdamscreatedthefirstCommitteeofCorrespondenceandwithinayearthecommitteeledtodozensofsimilardiscussiongroupsthroughoutthecolonies.T